Dario Gradi, who managed Crewe Alexandra when Barry Bennell served as youth-team coach, is set to be stripped of his MBE following complaints that his ‘honour has been tarnished’ – eight years after he was suspended by the FA over safeguarding concerns
In March 2021, following the Sheldon Report’s publication, The Offside – an organisation set up by Bennell’s victims – wrote to the Cabinet Office to campaign for Gradi to be stripped of the honour.
