The FA Council consists of 92 elected representatives, from the
FA Premier League, the
Football League,
County FAs, and the non-executive board of
The Football Association
The Football Association (also known as The FA) is the governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Formed in 1863, it is the oldest football association in the world a ...
. The council meets to decide the major policies of The FA, which is the governing body of English football.
Members of the FA Council
*President
*Chairman
*Vice-Chairman
*Life Vice-Presidents
*Vice-Presidents
*Divisional Representatives
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Association
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*Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal
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Representatives
*Representatives of
The FA Premier League
*Representatives of
The Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in Association football around the wor ...
Controversy
The British Government expressed concern in 2016 over the governance of the FA, which receives £30 million p.a. public funding, in view of the fact that only eight women and four black and ethnic minorities are on the 122 strong FA Council. A proposal for reform was tabled in February 2017 by
Greg Clarke
Gregory Allison Clarke (born 27 October 1957) is an English businessman and football administrator, who was chairman of The Football Association from 4 September 2016. He resigned on 10 November 2020 after making offensive comments while talkin ...
, Chairman of the FA. Mr Clarke has threatened to resign if his reform proposals are not accepted.
References
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