1. Joined the FA Council as a Premier League representative this year.

2. It will comprise a legally–qualified independent chairman and two members of the Football Association (FA) Council.

3. In its present guise, the board – established only in 1''' – is divided equally between representatives of the professional and grass–roots games, with the chair of the FA Council and the FA chief executive included as non–voting members.

4. Dein has been consumed by football politics since then and the Arsenal exit means he also has to relinquish his cherished places on the FA Council, the FA international committee, various UEFA groups and the chairmanship of G14, the increasingly powerful 18–strong collection of most of Europe‘s leading clubs — all of which were gained through his club directorship.

5. It says the "expansion of the women‘s game is being hindered by various barriers, many of which are rooted in cultural attitudes", resulting in a "mismatch between enthusiasm and opportunity". The MPs acknowledge that progress has been made, aided by live BBC coverage of last year‘s European women‘s championship, which attracted 3 million viewers for England‘s matches, and that attitudes have changed since the FA decreed in 1'21 that it was banning women from playing on any pitch under its control because the game was "unsuitable for females". The report notes there are no women on the FA‘s board and only one female member of the '0–strong FA Council.