Former England footballer Alan Hudson has demanded that the FA delete his playing records with the national team.
Hudson, the maverick darling of the King's Road at the end of the 1960s and in the early 70s, is believed to be the first player ever to file such a request and will make a unique footnote in football history if successful.
In his letters to the FA, Hudson also accuses them of failing to support him in a long struggle against devastating permanent injuries inflicted by a hit-and-run driver in 1997.
Hudson said: 'I don't want anything to remain in the FA statistics to remind me of the demoralising and very depressing way I was passed over for all but two England matches.