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Now 75, Gradi has spent more than three decades at Crewe as its long-serving manager and latterly director of football. For most of that time he worked closely with the chairman, John Bowler, who backed Gradi as the club fashioned a reputation for developing a string of players that went on to bigger and better things. … [Read more...] about Victims of sexual abuse speak out in week that truly shook football

But for Jurgen Klopp to vacate the dug-out for Neil Critchley, and to say that no first-team player will face the Shrews back at Anfield, is a further sign that even people who would normally care about small clubs are starting to cut them adrift. The cries from Leagues One and Two that FA Cup replays and League Cup ties help them put protein bars on the table are now no more than an irritation to corporations who have bigger fish to fry. … [Read more...] about Self-interest of big clubs threatens to turn English football into Premier League 1 and 2

"She is very dignified and very brave to speak out and if she thinks this has happened to her as a direct link to heading footballs, then why not speak out. … [Read more...] about Ex England women’s football pro blames dementia on heading ball during glory years

Wright has denied any wrongdoing. Detectives from the City of London Economic Crime Directorate launched a criminal investigation in November of last year into a “single suspected offence of bribery”, after concluding their review of material gathered by this newspaper. … [Read more...] about Prosecutors consider charges over alleged football bribery

'The guards were found in possession of the key to the handcuffs, scraps of paper which had the postcode for the initial ransom delivery address plus a cannister of pepper spray. The blowtorch was found in a Sports Direct bag along with a roll of duct tape and a hypodermic syringe with a red coloured liquid in it together with other empty syringes. … [Read more...] about Former Manchester City footballer Kelvin Etuhu’s brother is jailed for ten years over gangland kidnapping and torture of man mistaken for drug lord