英伦广角 英格兰克鲁足球俱乐部宣布调查教练性侵球员丑闻

With their team playing away, the home of Crewe Alexandra was left shrouded¹ in winter mist. As yet, there is no clarity here. The club is now starting an independent review to find out if they failed to protect the young footballers in their care. The man who started all this—former Crewe player Andy Woodward is still going, still fighting.

The woman this morning who actually texted me and said that she was sat in a dark room, watching tele and writing her suicide note, and while she was writing the suicide note, I was on, and she said you stopped me killing² myself.

The report that a former director of Crewe says that there was a top level meeting at the club about pedophile coach Barry Bennell in the late 1980s has left the players who have come forward stunned³.

Firstly, I think back in the 80s and 90s, there was a serious issue, there was networking that’s now starting, I've not been able to say before, but I knew they were communicating with each other and we were playing the rounds at those places and there was a lot of communication data between these individuals or football clubs and that was apparent.

Bennell has been previously⁴ convicted of similar offenses⁵ here and in America, but the list of allegations against him and other coaches is growing. Bennell isn’t at home in Milton Keynes, but Thames Valley police are now investigating a burglary there. At least four other forces are examining this new wave of abuse allegations.

I can't help but think that in next few days and weeks, we will see an increasing number of sportsmen and sportswomen coming forward and reporting non-recent sexual abuse. 

Throughout his career, Brian Mynott has fought hard to support male victims of abuse, including sportsmen. The failings of clubs and institutions are a familiar story.

If Crewe Alexandra are proven to have covered this up, then there should be a prosecution⁶, and a criminal prosecution, not a civil one or some kind of puberty response idea of favored prosecution. These are criminal offenses. If you covered up a murder or any other crime, then you are accountable by law, but it seems with child abuse, then something else takes place.

Another of the boys at Crewe was Jason Dunford. He says he fought off the advances of Barry Bennell and his colleagues that have stepped forward won’t be the last.

It was long then I’ve sat there and absolutely broken hearted, but we’ve done it for a reason. And it has massive impacts on winning more of you to come forward, we need a lot, you knew you are out there, just have the courage, sit down with people that you think you might upset and this can’t come out and take that brave step, the feel inside. 

The fans of Crewe Alexandra saw their team lose four nail away to Colchester. Among the crowd, the long serving chairman who said last week that they were only just learning about the scale of the allegations.

A top legal figure will now establish who here knew what and when. If it is found that Crewe Alexandra did failing their duty of care to young people, the consequences, the small Cheshire club will be enormous. 

It is though, just one part of a scandal, the like of which football has never seen before.

1 shrouded   

v.隐瞒( shroud的过去式和过去分词 )；保密

参考例句：

• The hills were shrouded in mist . 这些小山被笼罩在薄雾之中。
• The towers were shrouded in mist. 城楼被蒙上薄雾。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 stunned   

adj. 震惊的，惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The fall stunned me for a moment. 那一下摔得我昏迷了片刻。
• The leaders of the Kopper Company were then stunned speechless. 科伯公司的领导们当时被惊得目瞪口呆。

4 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

5 offenses   

n.进攻( offense的名词复数 )；（球队的）前锋；进攻方法；攻势

参考例句：

• It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此，除非有可弹劾的行为，否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法

6 prosecution   

n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营

参考例句：

• The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
• He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。