Barry bennell and the fall out for football

[TightEnd]

Eric Bristow's manager asked BBC for £5000 (+VAT) when asked if his client would discuss his tweets about the survivors of child sex abuse.

BBC declined to pay Bristow this or any fee. He has since deleted the tweets.

per Richard Conway of the...BBC

[The Camel]

If Bristow had not conflated paedophia with homosexuality, would he have got himslef in trouble?

Don't lots of people agree with taking law into their own hands / vigilantism where it comes to dealing with paedos?

[DaveShoelace]

If Bristow had not conflated paedophia with homosexuality, would he have got himslef in trouble?

Don't lots of people agree with taking law into their own hands / vigilantism where it comes to dealing with paedos?

Think you are correct, it's the fact he was saying 'poofs' and 'rugby players would not have stood for it because they are hard' that was the problem. He probably would have come across as a rough diamond hero if he was merely calling out the paedo side and said something like 'lets get em'.

In his own thick as pigshit way he was probably trying to do this, but very badly. Asking for 5k is very cynical though, I'm sure the Mail will oblige him.

[The Camel]

If Bristow had not conflated paedophia with homosexuality, would he have got himslef in trouble?

Don't lots of people agree with taking law into their own hands / vigilantism where it comes to dealing with paedos?

Think you are correct, it's the fact he was saying 'poofs' and 'rugby players would not have stood for it because they are hard' that was the problem. He probably would have come across as a rough diamond hero if he was merely calling out the paedo side and said something like 'lets get em'.

In his own thick as pigshit way he was probably trying to do this, but very badly. Asking for 5k is very cynical though, I'm sure the Mail will oblige him.

So basically Bristow is the darts version of Aaron.

[horseplayer]

The interview this morning with Morgan on ITV was awful on all counts.

The lady representing a child abuse charity lost it and called Bristow "an abuser". For all his faults this was a bit OTT.

She then rambled on about needing funding whilst Bristow just mumbled away and looked startled by the whole thing.

[Archer]

NSPCC  receive 860 calls in 1st 3 days  from footballers wanting to talk about the abuse they were subject to and already 60 referrals to police and agencies:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/football-child-sex-abuse-complaints-police-referrals-nspcc-jimmy-savile-a7448256.html

Then in the Mail this article about Frank Roper (now dead)  who preyed on Paul Stewart:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-3987998/Frank-Roper-gave-kids-50-arcade-took-abroad-abused-them.html

[TightEnd]

the Chelsea story deepens

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[TightEnd]

this is horrendous

639 cases referred, 83 potential suspects, 98 clubs

http://www.npcc.police.uk/NPCCBusinessAreas/OtherWorkAreas/OpHydrant/FootballAbuseStats.aspx

[Rod Paradise]

this is horrendous

639 cases referred, 83 potential suspects, 98 clubs

http://www.npcc.police.uk/NPCCBusinessAreas/OtherWorkAreas/OpHydrant/FootballAbuseStats.aspx

Sadly even worse as more cases have come up in Scotland as well & won't figure in those stats. Already a former coach has handed himself in to the police. He was at Celtic, Hibs & Falkirk. Left Celtic after being a suspect in the murder of a Celtic youth player & investigated & cleared of abuse. Now admitting he was guilty of the abuse, the murderer was someone else.

[TightEnd]

Dario Gradi suspended

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/dec/11/dario-gradi-suspended-fa-sexual-abuse-scandal?CMP=share_btn_tw