6 most infamous scandals in football

#1 Paedophile alert

Adam Johnson (right) was sentenced to a six-year prison term for sexually assaulting a minor

Former Sunderland player Adam Johnson was not only accused of engaging in sexual activity with a minor but convicted of it earlier this year. One of the biggest controversies to rock the world of football this year, the former England international was handed a prison sentence of six years for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old.

After feigning innocence in the initial stages of the investigation, the former Middlesbrough winger caved in and pled guilty.

The football player had exchanged messages with the girl in early 2015 over social media and agreed to meet her to sign shirts. The signing turned into something much more sinister when he attempted to kiss her and forced himself on her further. The court determined that he had intentionally entrapped the girl in a “single-minded pursuit of his own sexual gratification”.