Rick Parry: FA have hindered England, they need to copy Germany

Evening Standard

The two moments highlighting English football's problems could not have been better scripted. On Tuesday at London Colney, as England prepare to meet Wales on Saturday, Fabio Capello restores John Terry as captain, reminding us of the country's difficulties on the field.

And at the same time, in the Thatcher Room of Portcullis House, the Football Association's former chief executive, Ian Watmore, is explaining the game's problems in the Football Association's boardroom.

He has told the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee that people with too many vested interests in the professional game are running the FA and that they need a complete overhaul.