Southampton FC has admitted "considerable failings" and said it was "deeply sorry" to young footballers abused by a paedophile coach.
Bob Higgins, who sexually touched trainees at the club in the 1970s and 1980s, was jailed for 24 years in 2019.
In an open letter, the club said it was now "a very different place" but not preventing the abuse was "inexcusable".
The club's apology comes as Clive Sheldon QC's review into sexual abuse in football is due out later.
Higgins was found guilty of 46 counts of indecent assault on 24 victims, predominantly Southampton and Peterborough United trainees, between 1971 and 1996.