Pressure is mounting on Manchester City and Crewe Alexandra to apologise to the victims of Barry Bennell for the abuse they suffered at his hands between 1979-1991.
Speaking outside Liverpool Crown Court after the final guilty verdicts were returned, Steve Walters who was assaulted between the ages of 12-13, said: “We suffered because of a disgusting predator. But we also suffered because sometimes the sport we loved decided that the reputation of a coach, a club or a sport was put above the protection of children.”
During his time as a scout for Manchester City and a coach at Crewe Alexandra Bennell committed abuse on an “industrial scale” when boys slept over at his home, in the car on the way to training and on holidays to Butlins in Wales.