simon cussons died last year before manchester city spoke to him as part of their enquiry.le, now deceased, with whom they had potential connections and face the threat of legal action. bennell was most closely linked with crewe alexandra, where he was youth team coach in the late ‘80s. hamilton smith was the managing director at the time and he says that, after being made aware of concerns and rumours about bennell‘s behaviour, he raised the issue in a board meeting, but the coach was allowed to stay for three more years. the meeting that we had, the special board meeting that we had, and they are still saying they didn't know something was going on? i went to the fa to talk to them about my concerns. and ended up getting a dearjohn letter, which said they had investigated, and found nothing to be answered. everybody involved could have done, and should have done a lot more. the then manager, dario gradi, was one of those who smith says was aware of general concerns about bennell‘s behaviour. now the club's director of football, he denies having had any knowledge of bennel

simon cussons died last year, before manchester city spoke to him as part of their enquiry.dophile, now deceased, with whom they had potential connections and face the threat of legal action. bennell was most closely linked with crewe alexandra, where he was youth team coach in the late ‘80s. hamilton smith was the managing director at the time and he says that, after being made aware of concerns and rumours about bennell‘s behaviour, he raised the issue in a board meeting, but the coach was allowed to stay for three more years. the meeting that we had, the special board meeting that we had, and they are still saying they didn't know something was going on? i went to the fa to talk to them about my concerns. and ended up getting a dearjohn letter, which said they had investigated, and found nothing to be answered. everybody involved could have done, and should have done a lot more. the then manager, dario gradi, was one of those who smith says was aware of general concerns about bennell‘s behaviour. now the club's director of football, he denies having had any knowledge of b

simon cussons died last year before manchester city spoke to him as part of their enquiry.andra, where he was youth team coach in the late ‘80s. hamilton smith was the managing director at the time and he says that, after being made aware of concerns and rumours about bennell‘s behaviour, he raised the issue in a board meeting but the coach was allowed to stay for three more years. i find it difficult to believe that, with all of the banter that was going on, all that was happening, the special board meeting we had, and they are still saying they didn't know something was going on. i went to the fa to talk to them about my concerns and ended up getting a dearjohn letter, which said they'd investigated and found nothing to be answered. everybody involved could have done, and should have done a lot more. the then manager, dario gradi, was one of those who smith says was aware of general concerns about bennell‘s behaviour. now director of football, he denies having had any knowledge of bennell‘s crimes, but he was suspended by the fa in 2016. crewe also say they were unaware o