The Scottish Government has been inundated with calls for them to finally launch a public inquiry into child sex abuse in Scottish football, including at Celtic Boys Club.
But SNP ministers have so far rebuffed any attempts to start one, or even include it in the ongoing Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry.
Fresh requests were made to the government after it was revealed that nine paedophiles had links to the Parkhead club.
The team are also expected to pay out to victims following a class action law suit from 20 former youth players for Celtic Boys Club who were targeted by monsters Jim Torbett and Frank Cairney.
Now, the Scottish Daily Express can reveal that a number of worried Scots have written to the Scottish Government pleading for an official probe to be launched.
Even a SNP MP, Kirsten Oswald, wrote to the nationalist executive on behalf of one of her constituents.
One person wrote that it is “to Scotland’s eternal shame” that “this matter has not been fully investigated.”
Another added that “these victims need a voice in parliament so they can get justice and some closure.”
Another concerned Scot even warned that they would get the UK Government involved if they continue to be rebuffed by the SNP.
They said: “If this only affected Scotland I presume that it would fall within the remit of the Scottish Parliament, but current evidence now suggests there was cross-border trafficking of children not only to England but also to various European countries and the United States.
Therefore I feel that it should be the responsibility of Westminster to undertake a review of the underbelly of our national game and to initiate a formal inquiry; the Scottish Government have made clear that they have no appetite for the same.”
Scottish Tory shadow justice secretary Russell Findlay has long called for a public inquiry to be launched and hoped that this new information might finally poke the SNP into action. He told the Scottish Daily Express: “Survivors of the wide-scale child sex abuse in Scottish football have had the door slammed in their faces by the SNP government.
“Some victims died prematurely while other who are still alive have given up hope of ever getting justice – but they are entitled to answers.
The SCAI, or a separate inquiry, should establish the scale of the abuse, why victims were silenced, how these crimes were covered up for so long and the full extent of connections between clubs, paedophiles and each other.
Humza Yousaf has rejected calls but I hope that these powerful and compelling pleas will cause him to think again.”