SERIAL paedophile Barry Bennell has been senteed to 31 years for a string of sex offences spanning more than a decade.

THE father of tragic footballer Gary Speed has said he is “confident” his son was not abused by youth coach Barry Bennell, after unnamed victims claimed they were “99.9 percent” certain the Wales star “suffered at his hands”.

FORMER football coach Barry Bennell has been found guilty of abusing more young boys in the 1980s after his latest trial at Liverpool Crown Court.

FORMER football coach Barry Bennell was a "child molester on an industrial scale", a court has heard.

FOOTBALL coach Barry Bennell pinned a schoolboy to a wall in Crewe Alexandra's changing rooms with a "Darth Vader grip" after he interrupted him fondling another youngster, a jury has heard.

FORMER football coach Barry Bennell had a "power hold" over young boys who dreamt of being professional players, one of his alleged victims has told a court.

FORMER football coach Barry Bennell, 63, has pleaded guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to six child sex offences.

FORMER football coach Barry Bennell has denied 20 child sex offences.

FORMER football coach Barry Bennell is due in court today charged with 12 counts of non-recent child sexual abuse.

FORMER football coach Barry Bennell faces eight more sex abuse charges after a fresh investigation into his past.

FORMER Crewe Alexandra football coach Barry Bennell has denied eight child sex offences in court today.

FORMER football coach Barry Bennell has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with child sex offences.

DOZENS of potential suspects have been identified in connection with historical child sex abuse allegations in football, police have revealed.

ONE of Britain’s top police officers said yesterday the number of potential victims to have come forward in football’s child sex abuse scandal is “closer to 450”.

ONE of the Britain's leading child abuse lawyers said that abuse in football is just "scratching the surface" and is far more widespread across all sport.

EX-FOOTBALL coach Barry Bennell has been charged with eight counts of sexual assault against a boy under 14.

THE FOOTBALL coach at the centre of a probe into sexual abuse of child footballers has been rushed to hospital.

THE football sex abuse scandal could also have happened in other sports, a senior police officer warned last night.

HAMPSHIRE Police have launched an investigation into allegations of child abuse in football, the force has confirmed.

SIX people have come forward to police after a former footballer spoke of the abuse he suffered at the hands of his coach.