FA STAFF have been stunned by a redundancy programme that chairman Greg Clarke warns will affect every part of the organisation.

The English governing body said yesterday that it’s been forced to act against a projected deficit of £300 million over the next four years, which has emerged due to the coronavirus crisis.

Overall the FA is axing 124 positions, with 42 cuts made by halting recruitment and 82 by sacking those in post. It says it will set out its proposals on how to achieve the vast reduction in head count in consultation with staff, while it was not immediately clear which departments the cuts would come from.