Great Decisions of the FA

[mona]

1 The setting up of the Premier League without having in place the mechanisms to administer it.

2 After the excitement of the 1990 World Cup, choosing the amiable but tactically Graham Taylor as England manager.

 

[lawros left foot]

3Wembley, the most over priced building in this country, bland and nothing like as iconic as it's predecessor. A complete FA cock up

 

[happypig]

Appointing Don Revie ahead of Brian Clough

 

[TheJasperCo]

1 The setting up of the Premier League without having in place the mechanisms to administer it.

2 After the excitement of the 1990 World Cup, choosing the amiable but tactically Graham Taylor as England manager.

2.1) As above, but for Shteve McClaren as well.

 

[ManOfSussex]

Giving Fabio Capello a nice, big, new 2 year contract just prior to the 2010 world cup.

Wasting £x million bidding for the 2018 world cup.

Delivering the new Wembley late and vastly over budget.

So many and that's just 3 for this century!

 

[lawros left foot]

Allocating the 1989 F.A. Cup semi final to Hillsborough, without checking it had the necessary current safety certificates

 

[atfc village]

Letting Man Utd pull out of The Fa Cup.

 

[Bigtomfu]

Courting Jack Warner, cos he's a nice man.

 

[sparkie]

MK Dons

 

[ManOfSussex]

Letting Ant & Dec do the 2002 world cup song.

 

[matbha]

Trusting Bill Archer

 

[The Albion Roar]

Looking the other way when Archer was on his asset-stripping spree.

 

[SeagullofMalaysia]

Throwing money at the greedy PL big clubs (Chelsea etc.) and their greedy players while not giving a rat's arse on lower league, non league and grassroots football

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Allocating the 1989 F.A. Cup semi final to Hillsborough, without checking it had the necessary current safety certificates

Knowing there had been a previous crush there. See David Conn's article.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Giving the green light to the debenture seats on the lower halfway line that makes Wembley look "prawn sandwich" all of the time.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

3Wembley, the most over priced building in this country, bland and nothing like as iconic as it's predecessor. A complete FA cock up

And a complete waste of time and money. The national team doesn't need a single home. There are plenty of excellent grounds in England....take the team around these.

 

[pasty]

Moving FA Cup semi-finals to Wembley

The play-offs

 

[boik]

Letting Man Utd pull out of The Fa Cup.

Not strictly true. Every club has to apply to take part in the FA Cup. Some little clubs have actually forgotten to apply in the past.

 

[ManOfSussex]

Allowing the documentary crew to film 'Graham Taylor: An Impossible Job' to show the country what a slick, modern, organisation The FA was with top coaches like Phil Neal in the English national team all overseen by the FA's director of coaching - Charles Hughes an advocate of long ball.