Pervert Jim Torbett molested a Celtic starlet before a big match, the Record can reveal.
The beast, who fled into hiding yesterday, left 13-year-old David Gordon so traumatised he quit football.
As David relived his ordeal on Torbett's sofa, police were launching a probe into the former Celtic Boys' Club boss.
And last night Torbett was kicked out of the club, after the Daily Record exclusively revealed how he abused a generation of young players.
Calls about Torbett flooded into our offices as David, now 36, told how the twisted businessman forced him to touch him sexually.
He said: "It went on for nearly an hour. I was terrified.
"But I didn't want to annoy him, because a team of lads were due to play Rangers boys at Parkhead and he was picking the side."
David made the team, but it was his last ever game.
He added: "Torbett took my dignity, my confidence and my career. I lost all heart to play."
Torbett was kicked out of the boys' club after an emergency meeting yesterday.
Club chairman Tony McGuinness said: "He has been excused from his duties, which are purely administrative.
"The allegations in the Daily Record are very serious. There could well be legal proceedings."
Wealthy Torbett, 50, fled his plush Glasgow flat yesterday in an £80,000 Mercedes.
Staff at his Trophy Centre business said he'd gone abroad. But he actually went to lie low at a friend's home.
A neighbour of Torbett's said: "I am not all that surprised by the allegations.
"We always thought there was something funny going on because of all the young boys that used to visit him.
"One lad called so often we thought he was his son."
Former boys' club chairman Hugh Birt, who quit in 1986 after the Celtic board failed to probe sex claims, said: "I congratulate the Record for finally bringing this scandal out into the open.
"I can only hope that other boys who were abused will come forward."
Police confirmed they want to quiz Torbett. A spokesman for the Strathclyde force said: "A complaint has been made regarding claims of indecency at Celtic Boys' Club."
The beast, who fled into hiding yesterday, left 13-year-old David Gordon so traumatised he quit football.
As David relived his ordeal on Torbett's sofa, police were launching a probe into the former Celtic Boys' Club boss.
And last night Torbett was kicked out of the club, after the Daily Record exclusively revealed how he abused a generation of young players.
Calls about Torbett flooded into our offices as David, now 36, told how the twisted businessman forced him to touch him sexually.
He said: "It went on for nearly an hour. I was terrified.
"But I didn't want to annoy him, because a team of lads were due to play Rangers boys at Parkhead and he was picking the side."
David made the team, but it was his last ever game.
He added: "Torbett took my dignity, my confidence and my career. I lost all heart to play."
Torbett was kicked out of the boys' club after an emergency meeting yesterday.
Club chairman Tony McGuinness said: "He has been excused from his duties, which are purely administrative.
"The allegations in the Daily Record are very serious. There could well be legal proceedings."
Wealthy Torbett, 50, fled his plush Glasgow flat yesterday in an £80,000 Mercedes.
Staff at his Trophy Centre business said he'd gone abroad. But he actually went to lie low at a friend's home.
A neighbour of Torbett's said: "I am not all that surprised by the allegations.
"We always thought there was something funny going on because of all the young boys that used to visit him.
"One lad called so often we thought he was his son."
Former boys' club chairman Hugh Birt, who quit in 1986 after the Celtic board failed to probe sex claims, said: "I congratulate the Record for finally bringing this scandal out into the open.
"I can only hope that other boys who were abused will come forward."
Police confirmed they want to quiz Torbett. A spokesman for the Strathclyde force said: "A complaint has been made regarding claims of indecency at Celtic Boys' Club."
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