Former Manchester City, Tottenham and Liverpool player striker Paul Stewart has told the Daily Mirror he was abused by a football coach as a child.
Stewart, 52, said he was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a man who threatened to kill his family if he spoke out.
The ex-England international's revelations came after The Guardian reported that former Crewe player Andy Woodward had been abused by coach Barry Bennell.
Stewart, who began his career at Blackpool, said: "The mental scars led me into other problems with drink and drugs. I know now it was a grooming process. The level of abuse got worse and worse."
He added that if he was not playing well, the trainer would threaten him with violence as well as sexual abuse.
Former England star Paul Stewart: I was sexually abused by coach who threatened to kill my family if I told anyone https://t.co/HWCnF6MIhJ pic.twitter.com/b2tj3PlqZN
- Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) November 22, 2016
Stewart said the man who abused him had also abused other boys and said Woodward's story had "brought up a lot of issues for me."
"I wanted people to know how difficult it was to come forward," he said. "It stirred up a lot of my past which I thought I had buried."
Woodward said he had suffered at the hands of Bennell, who was jailed for nine years in 1998 after pleading guilty to sexual offences, between the ages of 11 and 15.
Cheshire Police said six people had since come forward to say they wish to speak to detectives.
Professional Footballers' Association chief executive Gordon Taylor said any abuse of young players was "horrific."
He told Sky News: "Once they're playing with teams or travelling with teams, then they're under the care of obviously senior coaches. And for them to exploit that position of responsibility is horrific."