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UK football sex abuse scandal grows

As many as seven professional football clubs are embroiled in a growing child sex abuse scandal.

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As many as seven professional football clubs are now embroiled in a growing child sex abuse scandal, with more than 20 ex-players alleging they were victims.

Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) chief executive Gordon Taylor spoke out as the Football Association (FA) stepped up its response to the growing crisis engulfing the sport.

English football's governing body appointed senior lawyer Kate Gallafent QC to assist with its review into historical child sex abuse allegations starting in the 1970s, which have been revealed in recent days.

Taylor told BBC Radio 5 Live's Sportsweek: "From that time, of those who became apprentices and senior players, over 20 players have come forward."

Asked to name clubs that had been connected to allegations, Taylor said: "We'd start at Crewe, go to Man City, Stoke, Blackpool, Newcastle, Leeds ... I'm expecting there will be more. I think we have six or seven clubs.


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