The Wembley lunch before the FA Cup final has become a gender discrimination issue for the beleaguered governing body of English football.
Even before the controversy over Phil Neville’s appointment as England women’s head coach, FA blazers were bickering about the different meal arrangements before the men’s and women’s FA Cup finals.
The FA’s absurd protocol committee advised that games should be graded from A* to C to decide whether the VIP Wembley Suite should cater for a full silver-service three-course meal or have a more relaxed buffet arrangement.
Discrimination complaints were then made at a meeting when the men’s FA Cup final was deemed an A* event, with the full trimmings, while the women’s final was classified as a buffet occasion.