The FA issued a robust defence of the organisation's historic diversity code after it recorded an indifferent set of first year results on Wednesday.
Last year the governing body - led by the chair of the FA's inclusion advisory board Paul Elliott - launched the pioneering document which aims to improve diversity and inclusion within the top jobs in English football.
Fifty-one clubs signed up as founder members of the code, with all 20 Premier League teams now committed.
But Premier League and EFL clubs have recorded a mixed bag of results in the code's first 12 months - collectively failing to meet six out of the eight targets they were set.