FORMER LEICESTER CITY CEO BARRIE PIERPOINT SAYS FOOTBALL IS FACING A DANGEROUS PROBLEM AS SOCIAL MEDIA ABUSE GROWS...

IN 1991, Leicester City was a club in the dark ages. By the time I left in 2000, we were a club going places. Two decades later, the club is cemented in the Premier League, and one of only seven teams to win the trophy.
You might think that being part of this journey would have won me the respect of fans. And, for a time, it did. I was the club’s first chief executive during a remarkable upward trajectory. We won promotion to the Premier League and, against the odds, c...