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The Football Association secretly issued a lifetime ban to a former Chelsea coach at the centre of a racism and bullying scandal involving youth team players, according to reports.
Gwyn Williams - who worked alongside several Chelsea managers including Claudio Ranieri and Jose Mourinho, and helped discover John Terry - was found to pose 'a risk of harm to children within affiliated football.'
In February 2022, Chelsea settled a High Court case brought by four former youth-team players over alleged historical racial abuse by Williams and fellow coach Graham Rix in the 1990s. Each former player received a six-figure sum.
Williams, 76, was widely seen to have retired but The Athletic report he was issued with an FA ban - barring him from involvement in the game - in 2019.
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