Greg Dyke to leave post as FA chairman in June

FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION chairman Greg Dyke is to leave his post in June after announcing he would not seek re-election.

Dyke, the former chairman of Brentford and director general of the BBC, took over from David Bernstein in 2013 and had intended to stand for a further year.

However, he reconsidered after receiving opposition to proposed reforms from some FA councillors and a minority of board members.

The 68-yer-old claimed it would be a “fight” to push through the “much-needed, significant reform” and has decided to call it quits when his current term ends.

In a statement, he added: “I had already decided that if no reform was possible I was going to leave anyway this summer, a position I had shared with a number of colleagues.

“What I now see is that even if we get the reform through, I am probably not the best person to pick up the pieces following the inevitable discord.”

Dyke, and the FA as a whole, have received criticism from Non-League quarters with the amount of money trickling down from the top of the game to grass-roots not deemed enough.

There was also opposition to the governing body’s decision to lower the prize funds for the FA Trophy and FA Vase last summer.