Crewe finally broke their silence on football's child sexual abuse scandal on Thursday night with a caveat-riddled statement that was labelled 'mealy-mouthed' and 'begrudging' by survivors.
Barry Bennell is serving a 34-year prison term for sexually abusing boys while he was a youth coach at Crewe and Manchester City.
Crewe's statement read: 'The club acknowledges the findings of Mr Sheldon QC that, notwithstanding the club may still not have got to the truth of any matters at that time, more could have been done to monitor the situation concerning Mr Bennell.'
The club added that they were 'truly sorry if there were in fact any warning signs that ought to have led the club to do more'.