English FA calls for FIFA elections to be postponed

But, far from being satisfied by the latest partial purge of Fifa - Bin Hammam and the Fifa vice-president, Jack Warner, on Sunday became the third and fourth executive committee [exco] members to be suspended over the past six months - the FA chairman, David Bernstein, has called for root-and-branch reform of Fifa governance.

At a meeting on 19 May, Bernstein's FA board had decided to abstain from the election when it was a contested process. "There were two main reasons for this decision," Bernstein said. "First, a concern that a series of allegations relating to Fifa exco members made it difficult to support either candidate. Secondly, a concern about the lack of transparency and accountability within the organisation, contributing to the current unsatisfactory situation."