Greg Clarke

Clarke resigned just hours after making the remarks during a call with MPs. Chairman Greg Clarke has resigned from the Football Association after using the racial slur “coloured” during a meeting with the Digital, Culture, Media, Sport committee on Tuesday. Clarke, who has been in the job since September 2016, apologised after making the remarks […]

5 years ago

The Rooney Rule, named after former Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney, is the rule that states that NFL teams must interview at least one ethnic minority candidate for every head coach or senior football vacancy. That’s what the rule is officially known as. Unofficially, it has been described in NFL circles as the rule that introduced […]

8 years ago

“Once the first gay footballer comes out, others will follow.”

10 years ago