Football Association

The Game's Founding Fathers

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.04.2013 | UK Sport

England internationals have joined the Football Association to kick off a nationwide search to find the living descendants of the founding fathers of ...

'It's Absurd'

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 25.04.2013 | UK Sport

Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Reina has criticised Luis SuĂ¡rez's 10-match ban for biting as "absurd, out of proportion and unfair". The Uruguay intern...

Watch Out Agger, He'll Have Your Arm Off!

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK Sport

Luis SuĂ¡rez trained with Liverpool teammates today ahead of the Football Association's announcement regarding how long he will be banned for, after b...

'I'll Finish You Off In A Couple Of Seconds'

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK Sport

Norwich defender Ryan Bennett has been charged with misconduct by the Football Association over comments made on Twitter. The Barclays Premier Leag...

Luis Suarez: Dealing With a Cannibal

Jim Smallman | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK Comedy
Jim Smallman

Thing is, when Luis Suarez decided to bite Branislav Ivanovic, he wasn't exactly on my list of favourite footballers. Even before his impression of a petulant toddler that hasn't been allowed a biscuit, he was already a deplorable human being.

Downing Street Takes A Bite Out Of Suarez

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK Politics

Downing Street has taken a bite out of Liverpool striker Luis Suarez, reminding the premiership player he is a role model for children. On Sunday t...

FA Unable To Identify Any Racist Chanting By England Fans In San Marino

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 08.04.2013 | UK Sport

The Football Association has confirmed it has found no evidence of any racist chanting aired by England fans during the national team's World Cup qual...

Brighton Fans Demand Authorities Combat Homophobia In Football

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 03.04.2013 | UK Sport

Brighton fans have implored the football authorities to combat the level of homophobia in football after such abuse has featured in 72% of the club's ...

England Fans Reported For Racist Chants Against OWN Players

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 28.03.2013 | UK Sport

England fans have been reported to Fifa for alleged racist chanting towards Rio Ferdinand and his brother Anton during the World Cup qualifier against...

Fifa Risk Becoming 'A Sham'

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 28.03.2013 | UK Sport

MPs have written to the English, Scottish and Welsh Football Associations over concerns Fifa's reform pledge risks becoming "a sham". The cross-par...

Former BBC Director-General Greg Dyke Voted FA Chairman

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 21.03.2013 | UK Sport

Greg Dyke, the former BBC Director-General, will become the new chairman of the Football Association, succeeding the outgoing David Bernstein. Once...

Samuel Luckhurst

Is Hodgson Out Of His Depth After Ferdinand Farce?

HuffingtonPost.com | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 19.03.2013 | UK Sport

Like Kevin's transformation into a teenager, becoming England coach transforms men into unrecognisable alter-egos. Glenn Hoddle said disabled people w...

FA's Anti Racism Campaigner Resigns After Being Racist

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 25.04.2013 | UK Sport

The Football Association has accepted the resignation of anti-racism campaigner Paul Elliott from all his positions within the organisation after he m...

Flanders Football Game Planned To Mark Centenary Of Christmas Truce

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.02.2013 | UK

The 100-year anniversary of the Christmas truce during the First World War may be commemorated with a football match in Flanders. The government is...

Gerrard Named England Player Of The Year

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 04.02.2013 | UK Sport

Steven Gerrard spoke of his pride at being voted the Football Association's England player of the year for a second time but stressed his frustration ...

FA Won't Extend Hazard Ban

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 31.01.2013 | UK Sport

The Football Association has decided against extending Eden Hazard's ban for kicking a ball boy during Chelsea's Capital One Cup semi-final against Sw...

MPs Say Premier League 'Too Powerful', Tell Football To Change

PA | Posted 30.03.2013 | UK Politics

New laws could be put in place to drive sweeping changes to the way English football is run, following failures by the sport's authorities to change t...

Hazard Charged By FA Over Ball Boy Kick

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 25.01.2013 | UK Sport

Eden Hazard has been charged by the Football Association for his kick on Swansea City ball boy Charlie Morgan in Chelsea's Capital One Cup semi-final ...

Samuel Luckhurst

Hodgson Delivers A 180 At FA's 150

HuffingtonPost.com | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 16.01.2013 | UK Sport

So relaxed and indulgent a mood was Roy Hodgson in, it was apt he hopped on to the carefree darts bandwagon when asked about England's bid to win a fi...

GALLERY: FA Commence 150th Anniverary Celebrations

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 16.01.2013 | UK Sport

The great and the good from the past were in attendance at Holborn for the start of the Football Association's 150th anniversary celebrations. Form...

From Alam To Terry: 5 FA Controversies

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 16.01.2013 | UK Sport

The Football Association celebrates 150 years of history with several high-profile events. Here are five incidents the organisation would rather fo...

'Embarrassing' - PFA Chief Blasts FA's £18k A Year Contract For Women Footballers

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 09.01.2013 | UK Sport

Players' union chief Gordon Taylor has branded the Football Association's £18,000-a-year contract offer to England's top women players as "embarrassi...

A Century and a Half of Not So Sweet FA

Mark Perryman | Posted 04.03.2013 | UK Sport
Mark Perryman

The FA's decline and fall is what has characterised at least the last twenty years of its existence, the game compared to 1963, its centenary year, is almost unrecognisable. Not entirely for the worse of course, but not as much for the better as the FA would like to claim either.

FA Contact Mancini And Redknapp Over Boxing Day Outbursts

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 28.12.2012 | UK Sport

The Football Association has confirmed it has written to Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini and QPR boss Harry Redknapp to ask for their observat...

No FA Charge For Fergie

PA | Posted 27.12.2012 | UK Sport

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson will not face punishment for confronting referee Mike Dean at Old Trafford yesterday, the Football Associa...