By Sarah Hall
Thursday June 17, 1999
The manager of Southampton football club, David Jones, has been arrested by police in connection with a criminal investigation into allegations of child abuse……………
Last night, the Premiership club coach, who trained as a social worker in the mid-1980s after a knee injury ended his career as a professional footballer, said it related to an alleged incident which took place 12 years ago when he was employed on Merseyside as a care worker.
He refused to elaborate on the nature of the allegations, or to say where they took place. But, around the time, he is believed to have worked at St George’s, a residential school run by the then Catholic Social Services, in Freshfield. He is also believed to have worked in a children’s home in Southport.”
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