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Scottish FA launch five-year strategy to 'transform' child protection

By James Cairney

The Scottish FA have launched a five-year strategy aimed at offering greater protection to children in football. 

THE SCOTTISH FA has published a five-year strategy aimed at offering greater protection to children in football.

The Child Wellbeing and Protection Strategy has been published following an independent review of sexual abuse in Scottish football and has five key aims, which are:

- Embedding a consistent child wellbeing and protection system throughout the game

- Promoting children’s rights in all we do

- Support and develop learning and knowledge of child protection and wellbeing

- Improve standards at all levels

- Strengthen leadership, governance and accountability 

The policy was launched to coincide with the second annual meeting of Child Wellbeing and Protection Officers, and was attended by SFA chief executive Ian Maxwell, Minister for Children and Young People Jackie Brock and former Tottenham player and abuse survivior Paul Stewart, amongst others.

Speaking at the meeting, Maxwell said: “As Scotland’s national sport, we have known for a long time about the positive impact football can have on children and young people. It can impact on all of the national indicators of a child’s wellbeing — that she or he is safe, healthy, achieving, nurtured, active, respected, responsible and included.  

“Above all our children and young people should love being involved in football, enjoying and having fun in whatever way they choose to participate. This can only come about if they feel, and are, safe. 

“In 2016 the Scottish FA commissioned an independent review into Sexual Abuse in Scottish Football. The Interim Report, published in 2018, reported that football had not always been a safe place for some of the children and young people involved in our game. 

“The recommendations highlighted that the safety and wellbeing of children and young people in our sport needed to be prioritised at every level of the game. As a Board we are extremely grateful to everyone who took part in the Independent Review and who has therefore provided the catalyst for the transformational change that this strategy seeks to achieve. 

“The Scottish FA Board is pleased to introduce this five-year strategy for Scottish football and we extend our thanks to all those who took part in its construction. We look forward to receiving and scrutinising updates on its implementation and to fulfilling our leadership role across the game in this essential area of Scottish football.” 

What a crock of shit, a five year strategy, aimed at offering greater protection, all you have to do is pick up a phone, 2nd meeting of wait for it"Child Wellbeing and Protection Officers".

Yet not a peep from Ian Maxwell,Jackie Brock Minister for Children and Young People,Humza Yusaf and Sturgeon on the biggest scandal in the world of sport.

Well done on Paul Stewart but I am pretty sure there are countless survivors closer to home who could have been at the launch of this ground breaking initiative, maybe some were but their abusers can't or won't be named as it might tarnish the good name of a certain football club.

After all they do recognise that football wasn't a safe place for children , well go ahead and tell us who was responsible for making it so, doesn't matter how many clubs or who these clubs were, get it into the public domain and then and only then can you start the transformational change that you are seeking as the Governing body.

How you deal with the guilty clubs ,no matter who they are and the action or inaction you take will determine how you as the Governing body will be judged.

If your response is the same as the Government to date you would be as well putting your report through the shredder.

Do they really believe that people will fall for this ,too little to late. Grow a pair and do the right thing or you will be as guilty as those who knew and did nothing.

Give the victims the justice they are seeking and so rightly deserve after what they have suffered, all because countless officials refused to pick up a phone to protect the name of a football club ,think about it a football club.

Kick them Out.

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Stable door was open decades ago, you did fuck all about it then and are only talking shit now.

Punish the guilty, protect the innocent and criminal charges for every bastard who fiddle with a child or turned the other cheek you creepy religious freaks.

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6 minutes ago, magic8ball said:

Just heard tail end of the news there. Cairney granted an appeal for his conviction. Waste of tax payers money. Think of the nurses, hospitals schools etc.. 

Scumbag 

He failed in his attempt to be released, so he can rot in jail untill his appeal gets thrown out.

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9 minutes ago, Carling1873 said:

He failed in his attempt to be released, so he can rot in jail untill his appeal gets thrown out.

I used to work a fair bit in prisons and always felt sorry when I saw old men in there. 

But certainly not for beasts like Cairney and Torbett they spent years avoiding justice and if their crimes were not so disgusting and mentally threatened the victims may have come forward years ago meaning these scumbags would have served their time as younger men. Instead of being free men. 

I believe that there are still victims to come forward and in an ideal world that these guys come forward in the future and keep these scumbags in jail till the undertakers take them out. 

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44 minutes ago, magic8ball said:

I used to work a fair bit in prisons and always felt sorry when I saw old men in there. 

But certainly not for beasts like Cairney and Torbett they spent years avoiding justice and if their crimes were not so disgusting and mentally threatened the victims may have come forward years ago meaning these scumbags would have served their time as younger men. Instead of being free men. 

I believe that there are still victims to come forward and in an ideal world that these guys come forward in the future and keep these scumbags in jail till the undertakers take them out. 

The sleekit  bastard Torbett is the key to open the door..... This particular fat sweaty bastard needs a thorough investigation on its own due to his links with senior celtic officials who covered up his departure and allowed his return to the club...and of course he is a business dealings with the club while he was in Jail 

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1 minute ago, mrmojorisin said:

The sleekit  bastard Torbett is the key to open the door..... This particular fat sweaty bastard needs a thorough investigation on its own due to his links with senior celtic officials who covered up his departure and allowed his return to the club...and of course he is a business dealings with the club while he was in Jail 

He won't be singing. The bastard still believes he's innocent 

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4 hours ago, magic8ball said:

Just heard tail end of the news there. Cairney granted an appeal for his conviction. Waste of tax payers money. Think of the nurses, hospitals schools etc.. 

Scumbag 

Any cunt who appeals and loses should instantly have their sentences increased.

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15 hours ago, magic8ball said:

He won't be singing. The bastard still believes he's innocent 

He will have confessed , couple of hail Mary's and all is forgiven. He has been well remunerated for his silence.

He is not the key,  Mcginn, Kelly, the beast on the run, the other 7 named , why are they not being perused by the Police. Could it be pressure from their Political masters then and now for whatever reason.

You can throw in Macari, Brady, McCann, Lawell and a multitude of ex players, journalists, all of them knew.

No doubt McCanns help line threw up a few names worthy of investigation.

Why have none of them been interviewed and in the case of McGinn, Kelly and Lawell it should be done under caution.

There has been a sustained effort to pervert the course of justice in itself a crime no one mentions in the on going cover up.

All of this needs to be brought out to ensure justice is served. The way is being paved by the SFA to ensure celtic are not censured in any way, that was the way things were back in the day excuse will be trotted out.

Look at us now we have policies and procedures in place, oh and by the way celtic were the first guys to employ a safeguarding officer aren't they a great club , putting the welfare of Children at the forefront of their thoughts, showing all the other clubs the way, where in fact they continue to do what they have always done. No compassion, no empathy for the Victims , It's all about them trying to save face .Rotten to the core.

It's like an episode of Columbo  a cast of thousands,so many suspects to go through before he gets his man , but this is real life, lives have been ruined and the perpetrators, the enablers,the silencers should all be in the dock charged for whatever role they played in this sordid affair.

The Juan Guy excuse can't be used this time by the club with no shame, they all knew.

Kick them Out.

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The "separate entity" position they are trying to hold  has pretty much been nailed as lie. They have lied about the departures of Torbett and Cairney(using the "pressure of work excuse twice) (documented) and allowed them both to walk away without informing the police.. All to protect their "reputation"

What they should do is put their hands up and admit their guilt and immediately set up a compensation fund as other clubs have done and that club should be severely penalised for allowing this to carry on and even knowing it was going on and doing nothing about it. 

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38 minutes ago, mrmojorisin said:

The "separate entity" position they are trying to hold  has pretty much been nailed as lie. They have lied about the departures of Torbett and Cairney(using the "pressure of work excuse twice) (documented) and allowed them both to walk away without informing the police.. All to protect their "reputation"

What they should do is put their hands up and admit their guilt and immediately set up a compensation fund as other clubs have done and that club should be severely penalised for allowing this to carry on and even knowing it was going on and doing nothing about it. 

No chance they are setting up a fund now. They missed out y not getting in first. Man City set up theirs with 15m with a far lower number of victims. 

In order to keep similar levels of compo your talking 30m plus 

They are far happier to blow cash on PR and lawyers 

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18 minutes ago, magic8ball said:

No chance they are setting up a fund now. They missed out y not getting in first. Man City set up theirs with 15m with a far lower number of victims. 

In order to keep similar levels of compo your talking 30m plus 

They are far happier to blow cash on PR and lawyers 

would you accept an appeal for Cairney if he squealed. I mean exposed everyone?

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3 minutes ago, bluenoz said:

would you accept an appeal for Cairney if he squealed. I mean exposed everyone?

Not a chance he's doing that. 

But hypothetically I'm not sure about that one. Squealing means a reduced sentence and that harms the victims. 

 

 

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1 minute ago, magic8ball said:

Not a chance he's doing that. 

But hypothetically I'm not sure about that one. Squealing means a reduced sentence and that harms the victims. 

 

 

Not if it means others are held accountable.

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1 hour ago, magic8ball said:

No chance they are setting up a fund now. They missed out y not getting in first. Man City set up theirs with 15m with a far lower number of victims. 

In order to keep similar levels of compo your talking 30m plus 

They are far happier to blow cash on PR and lawyers 

Do you think Cairney is dragging out the inevitable to keep the heat off a certain party? 

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10 minutes ago, mrmojorisin said:

Do you think Cairney is dragging out the inevitable to keep the heat off a certain party? 

No I just think he's a horrible predator who is continuing his torture of his victims by refusing to admit wrong doing. 

Read his reason for appeal. Says some evidence wasnt presented to him before the trial and doesn't believe he got a fair trial because of negative press coverage. 

Dirty bastard abused youths in his care and is trying to avoid justice on a technicality. 

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I just saw a headline down at the golf club not sure what paper it was...possibly the Daily mail,  anyway it claims that the beasts are to pay compensation to A former player for the sex abuse....I didn't read the full article but why just the 1 or is this the start for the rest to follow?

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