'The FA didn't stop him': The long road to justice for Bob Higgins' abuse victims

Cultivation of father-figure role allowed coach to get away with sexual abuse of boys for decades

• Higgins guilty of 45 counts of indecent assault
  

Bob Higgins was the star-maker, the super-coach. He worked with the likes of the former England great Alan Shearer, the Southampton legend Matt Le Tissier and the ex Chelsea skipper Dennis Wise when they were promising juniors, hungry for success.

He was admired – loved is not too strong – by the impressionable schoolboys who believed he was the gatekeeper to the world of football. They were “Bob’s boys”, hanging on his every word, following him around Pied Piper-like.

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from Children | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2X0301C