Brian Barwick
Brian Barwick
Brian Barwick, is an English sports administrator who currently serves as the Chairman of the Rugby Football Leagueand Super League Europe Ltd and is a Board member of the Rugby League International Federation. He is also Chairman of football’s National League and a member of The Football Association Council...
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I was in Lisbon yesterday talking to Luiz Felipe Scolari as part of our ongoing process to recruit the next senior England national coach. That process continues apace.
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Alan Smith was given an opportunity to play for England and chose to play elsewhere. It's probably not the cleverest thing he's done.
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This is great news for England fans and the result of intensive lobbying by the FA.
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I think it's evident now we were in Lisbon yesterday, speaking to Luiz Felipe Scolari as part of our ongoing process of recruiting the next England senior national coach for this autumn, and that process continues at pace.
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I like him as a man and I think he's proved with his competitive record that he's an extremely good England coach and I get on will with him personally.
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Allegations made during the past week have not been good for the game's image. However, the FA fully appreciates the importance of Sven and the England team in the build up to and during the World Cup.
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We welcome the prompt action taken by the Burnley magistrates to jail Michael Lewis for five months today.
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We...insisted that clamping down on diving be made a priority area at this summer's World Cup.
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It would be disrespectful to discuss successors now but the key thing would be to find the best man for the job. If he's English, then so be it.
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These are very serious claims that Mike Newell has made.
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Due to the magnitude of the Final, we are not prepared to compromise or take any risks on the stadium being unable to stage such a significant event.
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Equally, we have taken the prudent step to book the Millennium Stadium.
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We have been taking advice from experts and they still think it is on course to finish on time.
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We've got the best part of six months in real terms - the first international after the World Cup is in August - but that will not be the way we play it. I hope the appointment won't be after the World Cup and there's no reason why it should be. We have the opportunity of appointing before the World Cup and the upside of that is they can watch the side they will inherit in August with a sense of semi-distant ownership, and it may well be an advantage.