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The Long Read Alistair Heather: There will be rapists in Scottish football until the culture changes

DAVID Goodwillie won’t be the only rapist playing in the SPFL. Violence against women, and indeed sexual violence, is a commonplace. I’m sure at every level in the Scottish football pyramid, men who have committed sexual assaults, pressured or coerced women into sex, maybe obtaining tokenistic consent, maybe not, will run up and down pitches taking the jeers and cheers of loyal supporters every week. The reporting rate is low, and the conviction rate lamentable.