THE Football Association today hopes to make a major stride towards appointing an independent chairman.
FA chiefs signalled their intention to appoint an independent chairman at a board meeting at Wembley yesterday.
The FA will look for somebody with a "real affinity to football" who will be "independent" on the day he starts work.
In order for that to be achieved, the FA wants to remove the time element concerning the role of the chairman.
Currently, a chairman must have a minimum of 12 months without a material business relationship to a football entity. Now the FA wants this to be removed from the rules.
If today's FA Council meeting sanctions the proposed change, then it will need to be approved at a special general meeting in October.
Meanwhile, England boss Fabio Capello has agreed to work with Sir Trevor Brooking in a bid to develop the skills of English coaches.
Brooking, along with FA general secretary Alex Horne, will also work on providing a raft of recommendations in relation to international and youth player development and the coaching education set-up. The FA board hopes to consider these recommendations by December.
It is understood there was a "lengthy" discussion about England's performance at the tournament in South Africa during yesterday's board meeting.
Capello's squad won just one game out of four and crashed out 4-1 to Germany in the last-16 stage.
The defeat was the heaviest in World Cup history for England, but Capello will remain as coach.
He will now be supported by Brooking, the FA's director of football development, as the board looks for ways of improving the skills and development of English coaches.
The move will also provide the Italian boss with more English support, particularly when assistant Stuart Pearce is working with the England Under-21 squad.
Brooking's increasingly pivotal role in the game will also see him work closely with Horne when it comes to advocating ways to improve the development of England's international players.
The pair will produce a set of recommendations relating to international player development that will also consider all aspects of the FA's current youth development and coach education set-up.
The FA intends to learn from successful countries, in football as well as other sports, in order to enhance the development plan for England's top players.
The board has asked that the recommendations should be put before them by December.
The FA will look for somebody with a "real affinity to football" who will be "independent" on the day he starts work.
In order for that to be achieved, the FA wants to remove the time element concerning the role of the chairman.
Currently, a chairman must have a minimum of 12 months without a material business relationship to a football entity. Now the FA wants this to be removed from the rules.
If today's FA Council meeting sanctions the proposed change, then it will need to be approved at a special general meeting in October.
Meanwhile, England boss Fabio Capello has agreed to work with Sir Trevor Brooking in a bid to develop the skills of English coaches.
Brooking, along with FA general secretary Alex Horne, will also work on providing a raft of recommendations in relation to international and youth player development and the coaching education set-up. The FA board hopes to consider these recommendations by December.
It is understood there was a "lengthy" discussion about England's performance at the tournament in South Africa during yesterday's board meeting.
Capello's squad won just one game out of four and crashed out 4-1 to Germany in the last-16 stage.
The defeat was the heaviest in World Cup history for England, but Capello will remain as coach.
He will now be supported by Brooking, the FA's director of football development, as the board looks for ways of improving the skills and development of English coaches.
The move will also provide the Italian boss with more English support, particularly when assistant Stuart Pearce is working with the England Under-21 squad.
Brooking's increasingly pivotal role in the game will also see him work closely with Horne when it comes to advocating ways to improve the development of England's international players.
The pair will produce a set of recommendations relating to international player development that will also consider all aspects of the FA's current youth development and coach education set-up.
The FA intends to learn from successful countries, in football as well as other sports, in order to enhance the development plan for England's top players.
The board has asked that the recommendations should be put before them by December.
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