Former England manager Graham Taylor tried to stop boys speaking out about sexual abuse at the hands of scout Ted Langford, an inquiry heard today.
Lanford, who is now dead, was jailed for three years in 2007 for offences relating to four boys from 1976 to 1989.
In the 1987-88 season, 18-year-old Leicester City player Tony Brien, who was abused by Langford aged 12 to 14, plucked up the courage to phone Aston Villa manager Taylor to warn him that youth players at the club were at risk of Langford.
But Taylor, who is also now dead, simply told him to 'move on' and not speak about his ordeal because he would be abused by fans, an inquiry into sexual abuse in football heard today.