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‘FA did not let down victims’
- Updated: November 24, 2016
Greg Clarke does not believe the Football Association has let down the alleged victims of sexual abuse at clubs and insists the organisation will do its utmost to support any criminal investigation.
The FA chairman met with Andy Woodward at Wembley on Thursday after the former defender broke his silence on the abuse he suffered at the hands of youth coach Barry Bennell while at Crewe Alexandra between the ages of 11 and 15.
Ex-Crewe midfielder Steve Walters and former Manchester City forward David White have since also claimed to have been abused by Bennell, while former England international Paul Stewart has described the abuse he suffered from an unnamed youth coach as a child over a four-year period.
Bennell was jailed for nine years in 1998 after pleading guilty to sexual offences.
But when asked whether he felt the FA had let down these victims, Clarke told Sky Sports News HQ: “I don’t believe so. I think these victims have reported what happened to them. It came to our immediate attention, we are working on it and we’ve started the helpline.
“I personally went …
