Dyke’s parting letter to FA

After three years as FA chairman, Greg Dyke emailed a parting message to his former colleagues.

The message provided an insight into the areas in which he feels progress has been made and what his successor must do to protect the FA and the national game.

Here is Dyke’s email in full…

Dear All,

As this is my final week as chairman of The FA, I thought I’d write to everyone to say thank you for all the support you’ve given me over the past three years. I think we have made real progress in improving the FA and improving the service we give.

While we haven’t done well in the two senior men’s tournaments in my time – the World Cup in Brazil and this summer’s Euros in France – I believe we have put in place some of the basics we will need to fulfil my publicly stated ambition for England to win the World Cup in 2022.

The performance of our Under-19’s this week in Germany shows we are heading in the right direction. Remember these are many of the same players who won the Under-17 Euros two years ago and they will be in their prime by 2022. However, the problem still remains that these players need Premier League experience if they are to grow into the talented, mature players we need.

In fact getting our young players real experience at the top level still remains, I believe, …

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