FA admit ex-England manager DID racially abuse two players as Martin Glenn is forced into embarrassing U-turn

Martin Glenn has apologised and been forced into an
embarrassing U-turn after admitting two England
internationals were subjected to racist abuse.
Football Association chief executive Glenn issued a
full statement after saying former England manager
Mark Sampson did make racist remarks to Eniola
Aluko and Drew Spence.
The FA had previously cleared Sampson in two
separate investigations before eventually sacking him
after it was claimed he had “inappropriate”
relationship with a player while in a previous job at
Bristol academy.
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Glenn, who will give evidence to the Digital, Culture,
Media and Sport select committee on Wednesday
afternoon, issued the following statement:
“On behalf of The Football Association I would like to
sincerely apologise to Eniola Aluko and Drew Spence.
“Based on new evidence submitted to independent
barrister Katharine Newton, she has now found that
they were both subject to discriminatory remarks
made by an FA employee. This is not acceptable.
“In her final report Katharine Newton concluded that
on two separate occasions Mark Sampson made ill-
judged attempts at humour, which as a matter of law
were discriminatory on grounds of race within the
meaning of the Equality Act 2010. Katharine Newton
did however conclude that Mark Sampson was not
racist.
“She also concluded that there was no evidence to
support the allegations that Eniola Aluko was
subjected to 'a course of bullying and discriminatory
conduct' by Mark Sampson.
“Our ambition has always been to find the truth and
take swift and appropriate action if needed. It was
our decision to have the original, second and final
investigation to ensure that due diligence was taken.
It is regrettable that Eniola did not participate in the
first external investigation as this would have enabled
Katharine Newton to conduct and complete her
investigation sooner.
“We will fully support the recommendations from the
report.”
It will be seen as a hugely embarrassing development
for the FA and will only deepen the growing Sampson
scandal.

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