Midfielder turned lawyer claims coach Kevin MacDonald left a ‘dark shadow’ over players at Villa and says it drove him to suicidal thoughts“It was a culture of verbal and physical bullying, but there were no checks and balances; he operated with “impunity … It was like a dark shadow came over.”Gareth Farrelly, now 43 and a qualified lawyer, with a Premier League and international career behind him, is recalling the bullying he says he endured as a young player at Aston Villa in the 1990s from the coach Kevin MacDonald. It was a “relentlessly negative” regime under him. Related: Aston Villa remove Kevin MacDonald from coaching after new bullying claims I don’t accept it was the culture of the time. I believe he destroyed far more kids than he ever developedIt took me to a place at 20 that nobody should have to go to. And I wouldn’t wish it on anybody Continue readingreadfullarticle
