Petition · past parliament
The FA committee needs to be wholey replaced for the sake of English Football.
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
The Football Association is hugely out of touch with the modern game and will never make the decisions we need to become an international footballing force.
We need a completely new committee with fresh ideas, rather than the current one whose main focus is on the money for TV rights etc.
We need a completely new committee with fresh ideas, rather than the current one whose main focus is on the money for TV rights etc.
Historically, the FA has always been an insular organisation who does what they want rather than what a nation of football fans want.
Ron Greenwood as manager instead of Brian Clough. Roy Hodgson as manager instead of Harry Redknapp. Making large sections of new Wembley corporate so fans of clubs playing in Cup Finals cannot get tickets. Badly organised selling of Euro2016 tickets which meant 1000 got returned. Inconsistency in punishments and penalties.
Simply, they are not fit for purpose,
Ron Greenwood as manager instead of Brian Clough. Roy Hodgson as manager instead of Harry Redknapp. Making large sections of new Wembley corporate so fans of clubs playing in Cup Finals cannot get tickets. Badly organised selling of Euro2016 tickets which meant 1000 got returned. Inconsistency in punishments and penalties.
Simply, they are not fit for purpose,
Why it was rejected
It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.
Timeline
| 28 Jun 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 7 Jul 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
7 Jul 2016
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