Football Association accused of failing to keep children safe in "truly shocking" findings

<div class="pa_art"><p>The Football Association has been accused of "truly shocking" failings that cost young people their childhoods following the publication of the Sheldon Review into historical sexual abuse within the game.</p><p>Survivors' groups accused the FA of neglecting a course of action that should have been "blindingly obvious" in response to the emerging scandal, and DCMS chief Julian Knight said the governing body has "grave questions to answer".</p><p>Meanwhile, one abuse survivor described the scope and findings of the report itself as "dilute as Vimto for two-year olds".</p><p>The review was published on Wednesday and looked at abuse between 1970 and 2005, what the FA knew and did about it, and recommendations for improving . . .