Having spent weeks fighting accusations of racism, with a panel declaring he’d done nothing wrong, Mark Sampson has now been sacked as the manager of the England Women’s team due to “inappropriate and unacceptable behaviour” in his previous managerial role at the Bristol Academy.
It has since emerged that Sampson was the subject of a safeguarding investigation more than a year before he became manager of England and that The FA were warned about employing him before he got the job.
So, the governing body of the most popular sport in the country has found itself embroiled in a scandal, not for the first time.
We’ve taken a look back at previous scandals that have rocked the FA.
Hush money
The FA reportedly paid Eni Aluko £80,000 in ‘hush money’ in order for her to keep quiet about her allegations of racism and discrimination against Sampson.
It is also being reported that payments of this cash have now been stopped after Aluko spoke out about her former manager.
Faria Alam
The FA were forced to make a U-turn when details emerged that England coach Sven Goran Eriksson and FA chief executive Mark Palios had both had affairs with Faria Alama, a secretary at the FA.
The organisation originally denied the allegations but ‘new evidence’ led to the FA admitting to the affairs and Palios resigned from his role.
Sam Allardyce
In 2016, Daily Telegraph reporters, posing as businessmen, filmed England manager Sam Allardyce apparently offering to give advice on how to get around FA rules on the third-party ownership of players.
Allardyce left his role, after just one game, by mutual consent, although he did say that entrapment cost him his job.
Bobby Moore
In an interview with the Radio Times, Tina Moore, the former wife of England defender Bobby Moore, criticised the FA for shunning the World Cup winning captain.
Moore retired in 1978 and after a short stint attempting to become a manager, he hoped that the FA would give him an ambassadorial role but they did not.
Tina says that the rejection from the FA led to Moore becoming depressed.
Vote Swapping
According to a FIFA report, the FA were willing to make deals in order to secure votes that would allow England to host the 2018 World Cup.
Apparently some of the ‘rewards’ discussed for those willing to vote for England were a meeting with the Queen, a reciprocal vote for South Korea to host the 2022 World Cup, an honorary knighthood and a job working in the UK for the adopted son of one official.
Glenn Hoddle
England manager Glenn Hoddle was sacked by the FA after he claimed that disabled people were being punished for sins committed in a previous life.
Richard Scudamore
In 2014, the FA were accused of turning a blind eye to a reported case of sexism involving Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore.
Rani Abraham, Scudamore’s former PA, spoke out about apparent sexist emails that he’d sent and sued the Premier League.
She also lodged a claim against the FA with an employment tribunal, accusing them of failing to so their duty as the top authority in English football.
Drug cover ups
Earlier this year, the FA were accused of covering up the failing of drugs tests by players in England.
They apparently failed to disclose any information about 13 players who had failed tests for recreational drug use.