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| Ex-Stoke City player Peter Fox 'admitted Deep Heat abuse' | Ex-Stoke City player Peter Fox 'admitted Deep Heat abuse' |
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| Former Stoke City goalkeeper Peter Fox boasted of putting Deep Heat in the "sensitive places" of young footballers who got "too big for their boots", a court has heard. | Former Stoke City goalkeeper Peter Fox boasted of putting Deep Heat in the "sensitive places" of young footballers who got "too big for their boots", a court has heard. |
| Preston County Court heard the goalkeeper gave a radio interview talking of what had happened, some time between 1986 and 1988. | Preston County Court heard the goalkeeper gave a radio interview talking of what had happened, some time between 1986 and 1988. |
| Ex-Stoke City apprentice George Blackstock, 44, says he was held down and abused with a goalkeeping glove. | Ex-Stoke City apprentice George Blackstock, 44, says he was held down and abused with a goalkeeping glove. |
| He is claiming damages against Mr Fox. | He is claiming damages against Mr Fox. |
| Mr Blackstock, from Belfast, has also started legal action against the club for a breach of duty. | |
| 'Changed the subject' | 'Changed the subject' |
| Court witness John Washington told the court he remembered having listened to the interview on BBC Radio Stoke. | |
| He said he could not remember certain details about the interview - but that he was "shocked" at the comment about Deep Heat, a type of muscular pain relief ointment. | He said he could not remember certain details about the interview - but that he was "shocked" at the comment about Deep Heat, a type of muscular pain relief ointment. |
| He said: "I can remember Peter saying what he did - 'if any young lad at Stoke gets too big for their boots we put Deep Heat in a sensitive place'. | He said: "I can remember Peter saying what he did - 'if any young lad at Stoke gets too big for their boots we put Deep Heat in a sensitive place'. |
| "I'm sure about the Deep Heat." | "I'm sure about the Deep Heat." |
| He said that following the comment, the reporter at BBC Radio Stoke "moved on quick and changed the subject on to tactics". | He said that following the comment, the reporter at BBC Radio Stoke "moved on quick and changed the subject on to tactics". |
| 'Willing to lie' | |
| Mr Washington told the hearing that he first became aware of the case in 2013 after reports in the local and national press. | Mr Washington told the hearing that he first became aware of the case in 2013 after reports in the local and national press. |
| He said he came forward with the information "out of duty". | He said he came forward with the information "out of duty". |
| Mr Blackstock earlier told the court the two alleged assaults, when he was 16, led him to alcohol abuse as he "drank to forget". | |
| But Mr Fox's lawyer said Mr Blackstock was "willing to lie for financial gain". | |
| Stoke City and Mr Fox deny Mr Blackstock's claims. | Stoke City and Mr Fox deny Mr Blackstock's claims. |