Football: Flaming a Weful ; Exclusive: Wigan Chief Dave Whelan Hits Out.. 'Too Many of the Big Decisions Are Being Made by Amateurs Who Know Nothing About Football'

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WIGAN chairman Dave Whelan has branded the English FA as "useless" and says the game's ruling body is full of mediocre amateurs who know nothing about football.

Whelan is furious with Soho Square chiefs for presiding over the Wembley fiasco, the England World Cup shambles and the Sven Goran Eriksson farce. And he wants chief executive Brian Barwick to bring in a ruthless outsider to bang heads together and sort out the mess.

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Football: Flaming a Weful ; Exclusive: Wigan Chief Dave Whelan Hits Out.. 'Too Many of the Big Decisions Are Being Made by Amateurs Who Know Nothing About Football'

It is more than a year since Lord Burns published a report saying the FA was "in need of reform" and showed a "lack of clarity as to who is res...

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