English football’s most influential powerbroker David Gill is set to be a victim of proposed FA reforms needed to meet the Government code or risk losing £30million of public funding for the grassroots game.
FA chairman Greg Clarke has threatened to resign if his ‘substantial changes’ do not meet with Minister for Sport Tracey Crouch’s approval before her April deadline.
Clarke’s proposals — still to be ratified by the Professional Game section of the FA — include a board term limit of nine years, three women members on the 12-strong board and a more diverse representation on the FA Council where there would be a maximum 16-year membership limit, plus no more life vice-presidents appointed and a council age limit of 75.