The powerhouse Liverpool forward secured a record-breaking 90 per cent of the vote, while Arsenal’s Alessia Russo topped a wide field to win the women’s award, writes JAMES NALTON
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‘Paedophile should have been suspended by the club’
NSPCC hit out at Sunderland as were Court told that club knew Johnson had kissed 15-year-old but played him anyway
The outcome of the Shakespearean modern-day classic, where legacy was reborn, continues to resonate in the mind of Morning Star boxing writer JOHN WIGHT
THE NSPCC slammed Sunderland yesterday for playing convicted paedophile Adam Johnson throughout the police investigation into child sex offences, knowing throughout that time that he was guilty.
The former Black Cats winger was found guilty on one charge of sexual activity with a child on Wednesday, having been acquitted of another.
A spokesman for the NSPCC said: “If they had known he had kissed a girl prior to his guilty plea, then we think they should have suspended him pending the ongoing investigation.
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