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Sport England cuts funding to the FA by £1.6m

Sport England has cut funding to the Football Association by £1.6m after a drop in the number of people who regularly play the game. It has warned the FA to seriously rethink their grassroots strategy.

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Sport England: 'If you don't deliver, you lose money'

The head of Sport England has told ITV News organisations like the Football Association need to deliver better results or they will continue to lose funding.

Jennie Price said the FA had to work harder to encourage participation in informal football, rather than putting all its efforts into the 11-a-side game.

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