FA agree restructure

Broken Hearts

Italian points reduction reduced

—– The Football Association agrees to adopt the Burns Report in its entirety.
The 91-man Council gives a positive vote to a revamp of the FA Board and the appointment of an independent council chairman to replace Geoff Thompson in 2008, as advocated by Lord Burns in August.
The other key points are establishing a new regulation and compliance unit and creation of two new subsidiaries - the Community Football Alliance and the Professional Football Alliance.

—– The on-going soap opera at Heart of Midlothian continues as majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov warns his players they are all for sale if they do not beat Dunfermline Athletic tomorrow.
In response, captain Steven Pressley reads a prepared statement voicing the players’ unhappiness with affairs at the club.
At a pre-match media conference and flanked by team-mates Paul Hartley and Craig Gordon, Pressley reveals there is “significant unrest” in the dressing-room and that the last two years had been “testing for the players”.

—– Juventus, Lazio and Fiorentina have their penalties for involvement in Italy’s match-fixing scandal reduced.
Lazio had their penalty slashed from 11 points to three, Juventus’ was reduced to nine from 17, while Fiorentina’s deficit was cut from 19 to 15 points.
AC Milan failed in their bid to have their eight-point penalty from the start of the season reduced.
Reggina, the only other Serie A club involved in the match-fixing scandal, are still awaiting a decision on their appeal.
The reductions are made by the Italian Olympic Committee.

—– Preston North End miss the chance to move to within a point of Championship leaders Cardiff City after a last-gasp strike from Andy Gray gives Burnley a 3-2 victory at Turf Moor.
In a dramatic Lancashire derby, Preston’s 11-game unbeaten run ends with four goals scored in the last 13 minutes.