GRASSROOTS champion Les Howie is leaving the Football Association after 22 years as part of a major round of cost-cutting due to Covid-19.

LES REED is to leave his role as Technical Director of the Football Association at the end of the year and will be replaced by his assistant John McDermott.

THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION has confirmed it will no longer fund the elite England Futsal teams and will “significantly reduce” funding for the grassroots sport from this season onwards.

ONLY six of the 91 Premier League and Football League managers are from black and ethnic minority backgrounds - and less than 5% of those in senior coaching positions. Phil Korklin looks at what's being done - and at what further action is needed.

IN 2011, the Football Association invited 16 of the brightest young English coaches to take part in a new Elite Coaches Course. It was disbanded after 18 months, meaning they are the only coaches to hold the award. We set out to discover what they're doing now.

THE Football Association has issued new guidance banning heading in training for Under-12s and recommended a "graduated approach" for U12s to U18s.

DAVE REDDIN will step down from his position as Head of Team Strategy and Performance at the end of 2019, the Football Association has confirmed.

A PITCH at St George’s Park has been dedicated to Dick Bate in memory of a figure who "helped thousands become better coaches".

THE FA laid down exactly what it means to be an England international in 2014 - and many clubs are now following suit.

PIPPA GRANGE has started as the Football Association's first Head of People and Team Development, tasked with building psychological resilience in the 16 England teams.

STEVE BROWN has been appointed as Head of Coaching by MK Dons after being made redundant by the Football Association.

NICK LEVETT has been appointed Head of Talent and Performance by UK Coaching after being made redundant by the Football Association.

PETE STURGESS, the Football Association's lead for the foundation phase, tells us about the work that led to England's summer of success and how it is now being built on.

HEAD of Talent ID Richard Allen is leaving the Football Association to become Loughborough University’s first Director of Football.