Football's Darkest Secret (2021)

Directed by

Daniel Gordon

Genre

documentary television program

Country

United Kingdom

How it feels

This documentary series investigates child abuse in English youth football from the 1970s to the 1990s. It tells the stories of survivors and examines how the system allowed the abuse to happen.

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What happens

Football's Darkest Secret is a three-part documentary series, that aired on BBC One on 22 March 2021, about historical incidents of child abuse in youth football that happened in England from the 1970s to the 1990s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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