A former Watford FC player has become the latest ex-footballer to reveal he was a victim of sexual abuse.

Mark Williams, who played for Watford at the turn of the millennium, told Sky News what happened to him as a schoolboy player in the north of England.

Serial paedophile Barry Bennell was found unconscious at an address in Knebworth Park, Stevenage, on Friday.

He had been named by several former footballers who alleged they were abused as children.

Williams told Sky News: "I have been watching events unfold during the last week and feel I cannot just sit back and watch my former teammates suffer alone. I need to stand by their side.

"Their courage and bravery has inspired me to speak out about my own abuse at the hands of my former coach Barry Bennell.

"He abused me on two occasions – once at Pegasus, the Manchester City nursery team, when I was 11 years old, and then three years later when I had moved to Crewe where he was my coach as a schoolboy.

"I was touched inappropriately in the genital area on both occasions and luckily for me it didn’t go any further than that.

"My life has been affected irreversibly both personally and professionally and it has been soul destroying to carry this burden for 30 years."