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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Paul MacInnes

Manchester United invited convicted paedophile Geoff Konopka to WSL game

View of the Sir Alex Ferguson stand at Old Trafford
Geoff Konopka was invited as a special guest at the first WSL match at Old Trafford. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Manchester United invited a convicted paedophile to be a special guest at the biggest women’s football match in the club’s history.

Geoff Konopka was the manager of Manchester United Ladies between 1983 and 2001, but was sentenced to four years in prison in 2011 and put on the sex offenders register for a decade after being convicted of offences of indecent assault and gross indecency against girls aged under 16.

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