FA launches code to boost diversity at football's highest levels


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Burnley v Tottenham Hotspur - Turf Moor, Burnley, Britain - October 26, 2020 General view of the match ball on a plinth before the match Pool via REUTERS/Michael Regan

(Reuters) - The Football Association launched a new drive to increase ethnic and gender diversity at the top levels of English soccer on Tuesday, setting out targets in a bid to reduce the role that personal networks have long played in top-level appointments.

More than 40 clubs across the Premier League, Football League, Women's Super League and Women's Championship have signed up to its Football Leadership Diversity Code, the FA said https://www.thefa.com/news/2020/oct/27/football-leadership-diversity-code-launched-271020, including 19 of the Premier League's 20 clubs.

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