Hello again, another reminder that the Athletic Football podcast will be back on Monday the 13th of June,

but in the meantime, here is another episode from our recent series, The Moment, with Kelly Cates and Jeff Thomas.

Back in 2016, the former Spurs, Liverpool and England midfielder Paul Stewart made the decision to open up about the sexual abuse he suffered from a youth team coach when he was a young footballer.

Here he tells Kelly and Jeff about that horrific experience, how it impacted upon his life and how he's trying to prevent it happening again.

A warning before you begin listening. This episode contains detailed discussion of child sexual abuse and trauma.

If you're a victim of sexual abuse or have been affected by

it and would like to talk to someone confidentially, you can call Childline on 0808-800-5,000.

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Can you remember the one moment that changed your life forever, the moment that put everything in perspective.

I'm Kelly Kate's. And I'm Jeff Thomas. And in this series, we're sharing the stories of sports

people who've experienced and overcome moments of adversity. This is the moment.

In 2003, after a 20-year career in football,

playing for the likes of Crystal Palace,

Bulls and England,

I was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia.

I was given just three months to live.

But after two years of treatment in the stem cell transplant, I overcame the disease.

Our guests will share how their lives have been shaped by times of adversity and how those experiences have made them the people they are today.

I wanted to speak to fellow sports people to find out how like me they overcame these moments. In this episode, I used to go listen for days and weeks on ends on drug fuel binges and

drink and, you know, I lost my wife in September, you know.

And I'd been with her 33 years.

I never even got to tell her for a lot of time.

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