He joined Leeds as technical director in the same year but was dismissed in 2013 after sending an 'obscene' email containing pornographic images to work colleagues. Williams, 68, joined Chelsea in 1979 as youth development officer and worked as assistant manager under former boss Claudio Ranieri before leaving the club in 2006. One said: 'The behaviour was appalling but the players had no way of challenging this behaviour which made it even worse.'ДЇormer England and Arsenal midfielder Rix, 60, joined the Stamford Bridge club in 1993 and left in 2000, a year after being jailed for having sex with an underage girl. He told BBC Sport: 'My own beliefs are that somebody should be accountable and answerable to the things that were said.'ДЄll four players said that their football careers and personal lives had been affected by the abuse they suffered and an inability to report it. Their claims have also been supported by two white witnesses, former players Gary Baker and Grant Lunn.Д«aker, who played for the Chelsea youth team from 1981 to 1985, said that 'to have Gwyn totally deny the things that were said was just totally wrong'.

The BBC has spoken to four players, one of whom alleged that he was subjected to an 'exhaustive list' of racial slurs, while another was allegedly racially abused by Williams when he asked why he was dropped from the youth team.ДЄnother described the club as 'institutionally racist' at the time the incidents were alleged to have occurred. One lawyer suggested more racial abuse claims could follow across football. We are absolutely determined to do the right thing, to assist the authorities and any investigations they may carry out, and to fully support those affected which would include counselling for any former player that may need it.' The club added: 'The allegations will be fully investigated. What did for Thomson was the reaction of his manager вЂ“ and, significantly, OldhamвЂ™s manager, Lee Johnson, is believed to be unhappy at the determination to pursue Evans.Williams and Rix deny 'all and any allegations of racial or other abuse'.Д¬helsea said they are taking the allegations 'extremely seriously'. The club was condemned by its own fans but still attempted to hold the line for a footballer worth about ВЈ500,000, even when it was pointed out that its stadium backed on to a school. HeartsвЂ™ sponsors were uneasy and one pulled out. Like Evans, he made public statements that appeared to lack contrition. There is no scale of sexual depravity but when Thomson was convicted in Edinburgh in 2011, he was instantly labelled a paedophile or вЂњperv footballerвЂќ. вЂњNobody seems to want to give me a job,вЂќ he said. He now manages Portchester and told The Independent that his past had now become a reason for his non-employment. It took him six years to find another job вЂ“ and that was in Trinidad. Rix has not worked in footballвЂ™s mainstream since. Rix lasted a year before the clubвЂ™s ruling Romanov family, who were later to try in vain to keep Thomson at Tynecastle, sacked him. When in 2005 he was employed by Hearts as manager there were protests outside Tynecastle by fans dismissed as вЂњhypocritesвЂќ by the former chairman, Wallace Mercer.

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