Sport England’s £1.6m cut may be just the beginning after 100,000 lost players in past year, says Rick Broadbent

The FA has warned that there could be worse to come after receiving a £1.6  million slap on the wrist for failing to stop the player drain in the  amateur ranks.

The gap between the mega-rich elite, with their £300,000-a-week pay packages,  and the grassroots game, with 100,000 players lost in the past year, was  laid bare by Sport England’s Payments for Results review.

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