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Eight men are suing Manchester City, asserting Bennell was a scout when he abused them, which City have denied. Mr Justice Johnson has heard the men were sexually and emotionally abused by Bennell between and and were claiming damages after suffering psychiatric injuries. Six are also claiming damages for loss of potential football earnings. In the statement read by a lawyer acting on behalf of the man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, he said Bennell had warned his father off Roper, who died in , because "he molested boys".

The man, who had been a talented schoolboy footballer, said the name of the youth side he played for was "kind of irrelevant", but he had had the "opportunity to play for Manchester City". He also said Bennell had had a "magnetic personality". Manchester City has denied Bennell was working for the club at the time of the abuse and has said that while he was a local scout in the mids, he did not hold the role between and Bennell is serving a year jail term after being convicted of more than 50 sexual offences against boys in and He had previously received jail sentences in relation to child abuse in the UK and in the US in , and In recent years, however, some have debated the extent of the reported ceasefire.

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The competition rules must state how many substitutes may be named, from three to a maximum of twelve. In all other matches, a greater number of substitutes may be used provided that: the teams reach agreement on a maximum number the referee is informed before the match If the referee is not informed, or if no agreement is reached before the match, each team is allowed a maximum of six substitutes.

Substitution procedure The names of the substitutes must be given to the referee before the start of the match. Any substitute not named by this time may not take part in the match.

Changing the goalkeeper Any of the players may change places with the goalkeeper if: the referee is informed before the change is made the change is made during a stoppage in play Offences and sanctions If a named substitute starts a match instead of a named player and the referee is not informed of this change: the referee allows the named substitute to continue playing no disciplinary sanction is taken against the named substitute the named player can become a named substitute the number of substitutions is not reduced the referee reports the incident to the appropriate authorities If a substitution is made during the half-time interval or before extra time, the procedure must be completed before the match restarts.

For any other offences: the players are cautioned play is restarted with an indirect free kick, from the position of the ball when play was stopped Players and substitutes sent off A player who is sent off: before submission of the team list can not be named on the team list in any capacity after being named on the team list and before kick-off may be replaced by a named substitute, who can not be replaced; the number of substitutions the team can make is not reduced after the kick-off cannot be replaced A named substitute who is sent off before or after the kick-off may not be replaced.

Extra persons on the field of play The coach and other officials named on the team list with the exception of players or substitutes are team officials.

Anyone not named on the team list as a player, substitute or team official is an outside agent. If a team official, substitute, substituted or sent-off player or outside agent enters the field of play the referee must: only stop play if there is interference with play have the person removed when play stops take appropriate disciplinary action If play is stopped and the interference was by: a team official, substitute, substituted or sent-off player, play restarts with a direct free kick or penalty kick an outside agent, play restarts with a dropped ball If a ball is going into the goal and the interference does not prevent a defending player playing the ball, the goal is awarded if the ball enters the goal even if contact was made with the ball unless the interference was by the attacking team.

One thing Coady is clear on is that a gay footballer should not only be supported if he plays well — and that any downturn in form should not open the door for homophobic criticism or abuse.

Much of the qualified support from pundits has been predicated on the idea that any gay footballer would be backed by their team-mates as long as performances on the pitch are maintained, while Collin Martin, who plays for USL Championship side San Diego Loyal, admitted last year to GOAL that his form suffered after coming out due to the pressure placed upon him.

Coady says: "That to me is wrong, every single one of us goes through a downturn in form at some point in our careers, more than once, so that is something I don't agree with at all. You don't then associate that with playing ability, you associate that with your team and working as hard for them as they do for you.

While English men's football still treats homosexuality as something of a taboo subject, the women's game — notably the Women's Super League — features countless examples of LGBT stars at the height of their playing career, from Pernille Harder to Sam Kerr.

For Coady, this normality is exactly what should be aimed for — and the insistence from some quarters that it would be impossible due to the larger focus and coverage of the men's game is a source of genuine annoyance for him and other allies within football. That's the biggest thing we can take, how normal it is [to be an out LGBT player]. I get asked the question all the time, and I laugh, because within our dressing room it gets to you a bit that people make an issue of these things.