F.A. attacks Revie
NZPA London Don Revie. who quit as England manager five weeks ago to become “soccer supremo” of the United Arab Emirates, has been charged by the Football Association with bringing the game into disrepute, the Press Association reported. The F.A. announced this unprecedented action yesterday, and said that a commission had been set up to deal with the case. It will not be issuing a date on which the commission "ill sit. nor the names of the member!
The F.A has been carefully considering what action to take against Revie over the manner in which he left the England job to accept a £340.000 four-yesr contract as the national coach to the U.A.E. After a meeting of the FA. committee after Revie's resigns tion, the secretary, Mr Ted Croker, said the committee deplored Revie’s actions and considered him to be in breach <t contract Rev ie had signed a 4v •- year contract in July, 1974, and the F.A. decided to take leg d advice on how much compensi tion they could demand from Revie.
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