Head of footballers' union sorry for Ched Evans gaffe

The head of the footballers’ union apologised after he compared the Ched Evans controversy to the Hillsborough disaster.

Gordon Taylor’s comments prompted a storm of controversy after it emerged that convicted rapist Evans’s proposed move to Oldham Athletic had collapsed amid threats to club staff and their families.

The Professional Footballers’ Association chief told BBC Radio 5 Live: “He would not be the first person or persons to have been found guilty and maintained their innocence and then been proved right.