Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailPervert coach Barry Bennell did once face instant justice - when the father of former England star Paul Stewart gave him a hiding. Bert Stewart was watching his son play for Manchester-based Nova in the mid 1970's when they came up against a team managed by Bennell. When Bennell went to get the tyre iron, he warned him that he would batter him again. "One of the reasons that I never spoke about Roper is that I knew what my dad would have done to him. It was a lot for a boy of 11 to compute, but I knew if my dad went to prison, everyone loses."
Source: Daily Mirror February 15, 2018 21:47 UTC