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.