Sexually abused by coaches as children

Sex abuse claims: 2 more ex-Footballers speak out

 
Four ex-footballers have appeared together to tell the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme they were abused as children by a coach.


Andy Woodward, who was the first to go public, wept as Chris Unsworth and Jason Dunford spoke for the first time of being abused by former Crewe Alexandra coach Barry Bennell.


Mr Unsworth said he "never told a soul" that he was raped up to 100 times.


Barry Bennell, 62, has served three jail sentences for child sex offences.


Bennell, who also worked as a youth football scout, was jailed in 1998 for nine years and also served a four-year sentence in the United States.


In 2015, he was given a two-year term for sexually abusing a boy at a training camp in Macclesfield, but is now out of prison.


Several ex-players have spoken out, making allegations about being sexually abused by coaches as children.


A dedicated NSPCC hotline was set up after the abuse claims came to light and received more than 50 calls within its first two hours.