He remained free for a further 28 years, taken on by Peterborough from 1994-96, where he sexually abused more young people. He also explains the victim’s reaction of freezing, which is now understood to be the most common response but can be baffling even to many victims themselves. Sheldon’s report described football – and sport itself – without safeguards to protect its young players from the worst of harms. And as the survivors have all said repeatedly, everything possible must forever be done to ensure this can never happen again. Football’s Darkest Secret starts on Monday at 9pm on BBC One, then the series is available on BBC iPlayer

Source: The Guardian March 21, 2021 08:02 UTC