Footballs Darkest Secret
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Topic: Footballs Darkest Secret
Posted By: McG
Subject: Footballs Darkest Secret
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2021 at 9:38pm
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A tough watch on BBC. f**kin hell, those poor lads being subjected to these evil predator f**kers. ------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
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Posted By: t_rAndy
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2021 at 10:10pm
| Anyone know to to watch catch up of BBC shows? |
Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2021 at 10:19pm
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Should be on the iplayer Was shocking and sad
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Posted By: t_rAndy
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2021 at 10:40pm
| Can't get iplayer down south ! I have a VPN thing in all but still wasn't working for me |
Posted By: Gary McKay
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2021 at 11:05pm
Read Paul Stewarts book a few years ago. Horrific stuff. Hard read but couldnt put it down. ------------- "Smalling and Jones.... have the potential to be the PL’s best ever pairing in my opinion." - SlurAlex |
McG wrote:Posted By: thebronze14
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2021 at 11:25pm
| Just finished Woodward's autobiography. It was really sickening. I had a fair idea what it was going to be like but didn't think my level of anger and repulsion would be at the level it was. Absolutely horrific. You would hope the very worst things imaginable happen Bennell in prison |
Posted By: Gary McKay
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2021 at 11:27pm
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He done time in Florida too in the 90’s. Still the FA done nothing.
------------- "Smalling and Jones.... have the potential to be the PL’s best ever pairing in my opinion." - SlurAlex |
Posted By: JUICEBOMB
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2021 at 11:36pm
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Dario Gardi have more involvement....he seemed quite close with bunnell. ------------- hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard |
Posted By: Gary McKay
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2021 at 11:42pm
Interrogated extensively and exonerated. ------------- "Smalling and Jones.... have the potential to be the PL’s best ever pairing in my opinion." - SlurAlex |
Posted By: JUICEBOMB
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2021 at 11:49pm
Interrogated extensively and exonerated. [/QUOTEHow????he obviously knew what was going on and did nothing about it???as did others at the club...they all should of been strung up by the balls. ------------- hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard |
Posted By: BrendanD88
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2021 at 11:51pm
Gradi certainly has the look about him.
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Posted By: Gary McKay
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2021 at 11:59pm
I agree. 4 of Bunnell’s ex players committed suicide including Gary Speed. ------------- "Smalling and Jones.... have the potential to be the PL’s best ever pairing in my opinion." - SlurAlex |
Posted By: The Huntacha
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2021 at 7:17am
Very hard to read. Obviously Roper is a monster but couldn't help but feel anger towards Stewart's parents too. Different times and perspectives I suppose.
------------- Jimmy Bullard - "Favorite band? Elastic." |
Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2021 at 8:40am
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And Stewart losing his wife Beverly recently too. Very sad listening to his poor Mam. Is there another one on tonight?
------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: The Huntacha
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2021 at 9:01am
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3-parter, the 2nd part is on tonight. Very tough watch. Gradi may have been exonerated but he definitely enabled Bennell. ------------- Jimmy Bullard - "Favorite band? Elastic." |
Posted By: Claret Murph
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2021 at 9:21am
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Now missed last night , not sure i really want to watch it as i would say it's very upsetting . These people who did this to no more then kids need to be hummmmmm shot is too good for them . ------------- Lansdowne Road debut aged 52 and 201 days . |
Posted By: JUICEBOMB
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2021 at 10:17am
Yeah think it on at 11.15...crewe fc have a lot to answear for....seems everyone knew what he was up to but just let it slide.other teams would be sl*gging bennells teams because they knew what was happening so managers,parents etc would have known from opposition sides???? And then bennell marries Woodward’s sister....holy jasus. ------------- hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard |
Posted By: Gary McKay
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2021 at 12:57pm
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Yes the sister. You couldnt write that sh*t, Tiger King 2 !! ------------- "Smalling and Jones.... have the potential to be the PL’s best ever pairing in my opinion." - SlurAlex |
Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2021 at 1:01pm
I also read that Bennell's cousin murdered Woodward's aunt.  ------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: The Huntacha
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2021 at 8:26am
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Bob Higgins was almost like a cult leader. The Southampton lads were absolutely brainwashed by him. ------------- Jimmy Bullard - "Favorite band? Elastic." |
Posted By: Jock
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2021 at 8:57am
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Never caught last nights episode, but the first one was tough viewing. Them bastards knew they could make or break a kid's dream of becoming pro, thats why they felt untouchable. |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2021 at 9:02am
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did the sister know what he was up to when she married him? Horrific stuff. Just caught some of last nights episode. Very disturbing. Heart goes out to those lads. As Murph says shooting too good for the cnts ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: JUICEBOMB
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2021 at 10:29am
She must of heard things but chose not to believe them. Woodward writing a letter to say bennell was a good person after he abused him when bennell was caught in Florida was unreal....the hold the abuser had on the victim’s is mind blowing. How did bennell get back into the game when he was caught in Florida.....??? And how did Higgins not get convicted when it went to court the second time....what more evidence did the jury need??? ------------- hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard |
Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2021 at 10:42am
Terenure in Rugby George Gibney in Swimming Penn State in American Football All as you say, the same root cause
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Posted By: Daragho
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2021 at 10:44am
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A very good documentary, I have episode 2 recorded. You can see the pain etched into Paul Stewart's face. I remember as a kid that Crewe were always talked about as a model club for developing young players, and Dario Gradi's name was mentioned as if he was some kind of god. The FA have suspended him from football indefinitely. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/mar/19/dario-gradi-sorry-for-not-recognising-signs-of-barry-bennell-abuse" rel="nofollow - https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/mar/19/dario-gradi-sorry-for-not-recognising-signs-of-barry-bennell-abuse |
Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2021 at 11:53am
And the "Where's George Gibney" podcast which detailed the sick past of the Irish Olympic swimming coach It seemed to be rife back then in many many walks of life
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