English football’s ‘dark day’ as report into child sex abuse shows ‘significant institutional failures’

England’s Football Association acted “far too slowly” to protect children against sexual abuse in the sport between October 1995 and May 2000 as a result of its own “significant institutional failings,” a review into historic child abuse concluded on Wednesday.England’s Football Association acted “far too slowly” to protect children against sexual abuse in the sport between October 1995 and May 2000 as a result of its own “significant institutional failings,” a review into historic child abuse concluded on Wednesday.