From the FA chief
'In 2014 there were concerns raised about Mark's time at Bristol Academy. These were investigated by the FA's safeguarding unit and Mark was cleared in terms of his suitability to continue in football in early 2015.
Let's be clear, Mark is not deemed to be a safeguarding threat in football. The problem is that when I read the full report of that just last week, the issue became one of Mark's conduct and it's really around the boundaries between a player and a coach.
On reading that report, I felt that what I saw was incompatible with the standards that we'd expect for someone to work at the FA.'
How can you sack someone for something they allegedly did in 2014, which they were investigated and cleared off, because you only get round to reading the report last week! They are a shambles