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| | Saturday, 2 November, 2002, 10:46 GMT Tough job to fill for FA  Crozier stepped down from his post on Thursday Adam Crozier resigned as chief executive of the Football Association on Thursday following a succession of disagreements with the Premier League about control of the game. BBC Sport's Nigel Adderley looks at the problems facing the FA in its search for a successor. How will the FA appoint a successor? Like everything else within the FA, it will be done by committee. The FA board meets in early December and it, along with the executive board, decides who the new man should be. It is clear Geoff Thompson, the FA chairman, will have a large influence as he is effectively the man who helped remove Crozier. However, there are lots of people who have power on committees and from various county FAs, and they are the people who will back you or sack you. Will it be someone from a business or football background? Adam Crozier came in from a business background and in the end - according to people within the FA - it did not work.
Richard Scudamore, the chief executive of the Premier League, who has a business background, looks to be the main candidate to take over. He is well liked by the big clubs and has been pushing for his association to have more of a say in how the game is run. If he gets the job it will be good news for them. Not only would he be running the game, he would also have the opportunity to give the clubs he is currently in charge of more power. What sort of characteristics will they need to have? You need to be a good juggler and also have a very thick skin to take the job. Whoever takes over will have a charge levied against them that they are a pawn for the big clubs in the Premier League. If you asked 10 FA committee members about the sort of person that should be appointed you would get 10 different answers. What is likely to be the new man's priority? Dealing with the power struggle between the FA and the Premier League will probably be the most important task. The big clubs want more money and more of a say in the game and he will have to accede to that and keep them happy or take a firm line. It might be a case of keeping the big clubs happy as far as the FA are concerned to maintain what power they have. | |
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