Who became Secretary of the FA in 1978 and its first Chief Executive in 1989?
"Graham Kelly (football administrator) Graham Kelly (born 23 December 1945) is an English football administrator. He was secretary of The Football League from 1978 to 1989 and chief executive of The Football Association (FA) from 1989 to 1998. In December 1998, he resigned from the FA, along with chairman Keith Wiseman, when a scandal broke out over an allegedly improper loan of £3.2 million, from the FA to the Football Association of Wales (FAW). It was alleged that the loan was intended to buy the FAW's support for Wiseman's election as a vice president for FIFA, which would in turn"
"runs several competitions: The FA has a figurehead President, who since 1939 has always been a member of the British Royal Family. The Chairman of the FA has overall responsibility for policy. Traditionally this person rose through the ranks of the FA's committee structure (e.g. by holding posts such as the chairmanship of a county football association). In 2008 politician David Triesman was appointed as the FA's first ""independent chairman"", the first from outside the football hierarchy. The day to day head of the FA was known as the Secretary until 1989, when the job title was changed to Chief"
"regulation to prevent its members from employing players still registered with Football League clubs, further restricting movement by players in the Football League. In February 1898, at a meeting in Liverpool, some of the top players of the day announced the formation of the AFU. Jack Bell, the Everton forward and Scottish international, was the first chairman. John Cameron, also an Everton forward and Scottish international, was the first secretary. John Cameron, announced that the union had 250 members. Other leading players involved in the formation of the AFU or who took a leading role included Bob Holmes and Jimmy"
"Secretaries since its foundation in 1904: History of FIFA FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) is the international governing body of association football, futsal and beach soccer. It is one of the world's oldest and largest NGOs, being founded on 21 May 1904. It has since expanded to include 209 member associations. The first official match between representatives of two nations was conducted by Shubh Krishna Singh between England and Scotland in 1872 at Hamilton Crescent, Partick, Glasgow, finishing in a 0–0 draw. The following year at The Oval, England enjoyed a 4–2 victory over the travelling Scots. This was"
"McElwee of Kempton was appointed Secretary, and Gwenda Cowle of Buckland was appointed Treasurer. In the same year, the Parattah Football Club went into recess, and Bothwell was admitted to the Association, from the Southern Tasmanian Football Association (not related to the STFA that became the TFL). In 1988, Ian McElwee resigned as Secretary, and Helen Scott of Woodsdale was appointed Secretary – Mrs Scott is the daughter of the late Ron Bean. The year 1988 was two more firsts for the Association – the commencement of the Reserves Football Competition, following increased pressure from Kempton, as they had far"
"History of the NFL Commissioner The Commissioner of the NFL is the chief executive of the National Football League (NFL). This article details the previous history of the chief NFL executive. In 1920, the Canton Bulldogs were one of 14 teams to form the American Professional Football Association (APFA), which would become the National Football League (NFL) two years later. Bulldogs owner Ralph Hay was named the first head of the league (the title was officially ""Temporary Secretary"") until a permanent president could be chosen. Hay did make one notable contribution in his short tenure as Temporary Secretary. Vernon Maginnis,"
"Culture and Sports Minister). Ali presided the association with Abul Hashem of Wari Club as general secretary. It became affiliated with AFC and FIFA in 1973 and 1976 respectively. Bangladesh was elected as member in the AFC Executive Committee 1982-86 and 1998-02. Hafizuddin Ahmed was elected vice president of AFC for 1990-94. The BFF continued the Dhaka League that started in 1948, after the independence of Bangladesh. It gained huge numbers of fans and support and continued with premier, first, second and third divisions in the process. In 1980, the Federation started top the Federation Cup, which grew to be"
"following a motion to the union's annual delegate conference, the official name became ""FDA"". Dave Penman, formerly Deputy General Secretary, was elected unopposed as General Secretary in May 2012 and took up office from July 2012. Jonathan Baume was General Secretary from 1997 to 2012. He had previously been Assistant General Secretary and Deputy General Secretary of the union. The General Secretary from 1989 to 96 was Elizabeth Symons and before her was John Ward (1980–88). The first full-time General Secretary was Norman Ellis who was appointed in 1974. In 1996, then Labour Party leader Tony Blair was criticised after"
"Fosse. Louis Ford Louis Ford (born 1845 in West Bromwich) was a businessman, football administrator and football referee. Ford joined the committee of West Bromwich Albion in the late 1880s, serving as honorary financial secretary from 1887-1890. He performed the role of general secretary (manager) from 1890–1892, receiving an annual salary of £50 as Albion's first official, paid secretary. Ford also served as an FA councillor from 1890–1893 and was vice-president of The Football League from 1894-1897. He was the secretary of Walsall F.C. during the late 1890s, before becoming a league referee. From 1914-1915 he served as secretary at"
"Jim Farry James Farry (1 July 1954 – 10 November 2010) served as chief executive of the Scottish Football Association from 1990 to 1999. Farry was forced to leave that post due to a dispute with Celtic over the registration of player Jorge Cadete. Farry attended school in East Kilbride, before working as a landscape gardener, milkman and window cleaner. He first joined the Scottish Football Association (SFA) in 1972 as an administration assistant. In the late 1970s he was appointed secretary of the Scottish Football League, a position he held for over 10 years. Farry earned a reputation as"
"Kenneth Hay was able to report in Autumn 1989 that ""the League is forging ahead"". He stood down at the end of 1989 and was replaced by Lauder-Frost whom he described as having an ""active mind and restless energy, who has edited the Newsletter and Policy Papers with success"". Meanwhile, Anthony J Bailey and W. Denis Walker both joined the Grand Council as Ordinary Members in March 1990, Bailey serving for three years. Lauder-Frost served a two-year term as Secretary-General of the League, whilst continuing in his longer dual role as its Publications Officer. He stood down as Secretary-General on"
"Barwick, the chief executive of the FA since January 2005. Coppell was a nippy, incisive wide player in his youth but despite interest from some top clubs, he chose to join lower league Merseyside club Tranmere Rovers as he wanted to study for a degree in economic history at the University of Liverpool. By 1974, Coppell was playing for Tranmere, studying for his degree and coaching the university team. But in 1975 his life changed when Manchester United made an offer of £60,000 for him. His prospective new club instantly offered to double his wage and Coppell signed. Coppell was"
"a manager or player during their career. This would change in 1989 when the association demanded more professionalism and started to separate itself as a non-governmental and a nonprofit organization and hired a first vice president, which is usually held by the head of the governmental agency—Management Center of Football, to oversee the development of football in China. Dealing with the administration of disciplinary matters, the league and general organization of the national team, including the hiring and dismissing of national team managers, has made this role become the most prominent position within the whole of the CFA, while the"
"an efficient administrator during his stint as league secretary. When the same position at the SFA became vacant in 1990, he was appointed as the successor to the departing Ernie Walker. While chief executive, Farry oversaw the project to renovate Scotland's national football stadium Hampden Park. The 'new Hampden' as it was termed, drew both support and criticism, with opinion divided over the need for a dedicated national stadium within Scotland. As the stadium is used at club level by Queen's Park, an amateur team currently playing in the lower divisions and possessing limited support, some footballing figures had argued"
"as the chief executive of the Football Association and began the role in January 2005. He had worked with the FA before joining as the chief executive, negotiating a number of TV rights deals for both the BBC and ITV. Barwick worked with three England managers during his time at the FA – Steve McClaren, Sven Goran Eriksson and Fabio Capello. Barwick also oversaw the completion of the new Wembley Stadium and launched the FA's Respect Campaign. He stepped down from his role in August 2008 and left the organisation at the end of that year. After launching his own"
"Louis Ford Louis Ford (born 1845 in West Bromwich) was a businessman, football administrator and football referee. Ford joined the committee of West Bromwich Albion in the late 1880s, serving as honorary financial secretary from 1887-1890. He performed the role of general secretary (manager) from 1890–1892, receiving an annual salary of £50 as Albion's first official, paid secretary. Ford also served as an FA councillor from 1890–1893 and was vice-president of The Football League from 1894-1897. He was the secretary of Walsall F.C. during the late 1890s, before becoming a league referee. From 1914-1915 he served as secretary at Leicester"
"and respected organizations of its kind in the world. CIF-SS archives date back over 100 years! Despite its lengthy history, the Southern Section lists just nine Commissioners (the term Secretary dropped) with William Russell holding the post from 1951–54, J. Kenneth Fagans being the administrative head from 1954 until his retirement in early 1975, Thomas E. Byrnes accepting the Commissioner's post in 1975, while Ray Plutko served from 1980 to 1986. Stan Thomas served as Commissioner from July, 1986 to October, 1993 when Dean Crowley was appointed Acting Commissioner and was Commissioner of Athletics from July, 1994 until his retirement"
"of their disbursement in October 1958. In his capacity as chair of the FA, Drewry was one of six football officials sued by five Sunderland players who were suspended in 1957 for refusing to answer questions about possible illegal payments. Stanley Rous served as Drewry's secretary at the FA. Drewry and Rous travelled to Switzerland in 1945, to the headquarters of FIFA to successfully negotiate for the re-admittance of the British Home Nations to FIFA. Drewry had been appointed the vice-president of FIFA by Jules Rimet, and served as the interim president for the six months following the death of"
"Fulham were moved into in August 2004. The London Football Association is one of the biggest in the country with over 2,000 clubs, about 1,000 referees and over 50 Leagues/Competitions. The association has a history of long-serving, dedicated officials. For example, Tommy Kirkup served as Secretary for 44 years between 1903 and 1947. Basil Stallard is by far the longest serving Treasurer having been in that position since 1973. There have been only nine Presidents since 1882, Lionel Seymour being the current incumbent. In 1922 the London Minor Football Association was founded for youth football. It became the London Youth"
"universities of London and Nottingham, and was President of the National Union of Students between 1931 and 1933. He was awarded the CBE in 1967 and knighted in 1978. In January 1970, while serving as the FA secretary, Follows wrote to the Women's Football Association (WFA) to inform them that the 1921 ban on women's football had been rescinded. He was later appointed an honorary life vice president of the WFA. Denis Follows Sir Denis Follows, CBE (13 April 1908 – 17 September 1983) was a British sports administrator. Between 1962 and 1973 he was Secretary of the Football Association"
"""Men's PFA Player of the Year"" and the ""PFA Young Player of the Year"" was renamed ""Men's PFA Young Player of the Year"". In association with other football bodies, the PFA are the managing agents for the ""Football Scholarship Programme"" and the ""Football in the Community Programme"". It is a member of the Institute of Professional Sport and FIFPro – the confederation of international football players' unions – as well as the Trades Union Congress. Its current chief executive is Gordon Taylor, a former player with Blackburn Rovers. Many of the key personnel within the PFA are also ex-professionals, including"
"On 4 June 2015, it was revealed by Delaney that FIFA had paid the FAI €5m (£3.6m) to stop legal action against them after their controversial World Cup play-off defeat in 2009. John Delaney (football administrator) John Delaney (born 16 October 1967) became chief executive of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) in March 2005, having held the post in an acting role for several months. He completed all his exams to become a chartered accountant but up to September 2016 had not gone through the formality of joining Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI). He is also chairman of the board"
"the office"". A former player with Blackburn Rovers, Saer was working as a schoolteacher. His negotiations with the Football League had ended in failure. When Bob Holmes was interviewed by the Lancashire Daily Post, he stated: It was another 6 years before professional footballers in England tried to organize themselves in a union, with the formation of the Association of Football Players' and Trainers' Union (the AFPTU, commonly referred to as the Players' Union), the old name for what is currently the Professional Footballers' Association. Association Footballers' Union The Association Footballers' Union (the AFU), formed in England in 1898, was"
"25 February, who had been chairman for the previous 15 years. When the Football Association voted to allow football clubs to have one paid director, on 5 January 1982 he became Chief Executive and paid himself an annual salary of £30,000. During the season when Edwards took over as chairman, United finished runners-up to Liverpool in the Football League First Division, but had not won the league title since 1967 and had not won a major trophy at all in three seasons of Dave Sexton's management. At the end of the 1980–81 season, United finished eighth in the league after"
"and that title carried over into OFAR and then the renewed FAS until 1954. The first head of FAS to bear the title ""Administrator"" was William Lodwick in that year. Heads of the Foreign Agricultural Service and Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations since 1930 have been (periods as acting head are in ""italics""): General Sales Managers since 1955 have been (periods as acting GSM are in ""italics""): Administrators of the Office of International Cooperation and Development and its predecessors from creation until it was merged with FAS in 1994 were (periods as acting Administrator are in ""italics""): Agricultural officers who"
"in 1872, with Alcock captaining the winning Wanderers side. It was only fitting that the final should be played at The Oval, since Alcock had become Secretary of Surrey County Cricket Club the previous month. After joining the FA committee in 1866, Alcock served as FA Secretary from 1870 to 1895, before serving as Vice-President. Alcock refereed the 1875 and 1879 FA Cup Finals, and was the journalist responsible for compiling the first ""Football Annual"" in 1868. Alcock was notable not only as an organiser and a player, but also as a key proponent and pioneer of modern football playing"
"AFS was formed by July Subercaseaux (Santiago National) as Honorary President, Jose A. Alfonso (Atlético Unión) as Chairman; Oscar Diener (Santiago National) as Treasurer; Jorge D. Ewing (Atlético Unión) as Secretary; and Luis de la Carrera (Thunder) as Pro-Secretary. At its first ordinary meeting, the recent Board of Directors, in the presence of representatives from 16 clubs which agreed to restrict the enrollment of the tournament, divided the clubs into two categories owing to the large number of teams. A First Division, including Thunder, Santiago National, Atlético Unión, Britania, Victoria and the Instituto Pedagógico, and a Second Division, comprising the"
"appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to football in Northern Ireland. Jim Boyce James Richard Wesley Boyce OBE (born 21 March 1944) is a former Vice-President of FIFA. He was the president of Northern Ireland's football organising body, the IFA, from 1995 to 2007. Boyce played for Ballymena Cricket Club during the 1970s. He was team captain between 1974 and 1978. Boyce is a supporter of Cliftonville F.C. where he was Chairman until 1998. Boyce was one of a number of FIFA officials to call for the publication"
"April 1968. CFA made Consumer Assembly its annual conference and held this forum in conjunction with the organization’s annual meeting. At this meeting, member organizations elected a 40 to 43-person board of directors and debated and voted on policy resolutions for the organization. The CFA Board selected Erma Angevine as the organization’s first Executive Director. She served until 1973, then was followed by Carol Tucker Foreman (1973-1977), Kathleen O’Reilly (1977-1980). Currently, Stephen Brobeck is the Executive Director of CFA (1980–present). Retired Senator Howard Metzenbaum served as Honorary Chairman from 1995 to 2008. Historically, CFA’s base of support has been member"
"Football League First Division The Football League First Division is a former division of The Football League, now known as the English Football League. Between 1888 and 1992 it was the top-level division in the English football league system. Following the creation of the FA Premier League it was a second-level division. In 2004 it was rebranded as the Football League Championship, and in 2016 adopted its current name of EFL Championship. The Football League was founded in 1888 by Aston Villa director William McGregor. It originally consisted of a single division of 12 clubs (Accrington, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers,"
"Women's Football Association The Women's Football Association (WFA) was the governing body of women's football in England. It was formed in 1969 and was disbanded in 1993, as responsibility for overseeing all aspects of the amateur game of women's football in England passed to The FA. On 1 November 1969, representatives of 44 clubs attended the inaugural meeting at Caxton Hall in London. Six months later seven regional Leagues were represented at the first AGM. The first secretary was Arthur Hobbs. In 1971, under pressure from UEFA, the FA rescinded its ban on women playing football on the pitches of"
"Lou Macari, Brian Hillier and Vince Farrar have been charged. 31 May 1990 – Aston Villa chairman Doug Ellis gives the Football Association permission to interview manager Graham Taylor for the England manager's job. Other names linked to the vacancy included Howard Wilkinson of Leeds United, Terry Venables of Tottenham Hotspur, Howard Kendall of Manchester City and the surprise candidate Joe Royle of Oldham Athletic, who has yet to manage in the top division. 1 June 1990 – The Football League votes to revert to a 22–club First Division for the 1991–92 season, while the Fourth Division will have 23"
"lecturer. During World War II Winterbottom served as an officer in the Royal Air Force, reaching the rank of wing commander and working at the Air Ministry with overall responsibility for training PE instructors at home and overseas. He was also a guest player with Chelsea and ran coaching courses for the FA at grammar schools in London. In 1946 Stanley Rous, who was the secretary of The Football Association, persuaded the FA council to appoint Winterbottom as The FA's first Director of Coaching and suggested he take on the additional responsibility of being the first England team manager. Walter"