Football Association weigh up Mark Sampson hearing conclusions
Thursday 19 October 2017 18:10, UK
The Football Association's top officials are reflecting on Wednesday's evidence to Parliament, following further calls for them to resign.
FA board members will hold a conference call on Thursday night but it is not an emergency call and is standard practice for committee hearings to be discussed the following day.
Chief executive Martin Glenn arrived at Wembley Stadium in the morning, after damning evidence against the organisation during two and a half hours of testimony.
One well-placed source told Sky Sports News he felt there was no hunger at board level to sack Greg Clarke or Martin Glenn.
The feeling was that the restructuring of the organisation, the cost-cutting measures, the changes made in accountability and diversity of the FA's board and its council, meant they were keen to keep both in place.
Clarke and Glenn are also felt to be the best representatives the FA has had in their respective roles for quite some time.
Both executives told MPs they were the right people to remain in charge of English football's governing body.
Clarke and Glenn are heavily involved in England's World Cup preparations for Russia next summer.
An FA employee told Sky Sports News that morale at the FA, at Wembley and among its employees was "pretty low" on Thursday and that there is a feeling the majority of the work they carry out; on the grassroots of the game, governance and on the running of competitions, is ignored.
The FA is not expected to release a further statement on Thursday.
Glenn said Sampson was given nine months' severance pay and may pursue a wrongful dismissal claim against the FA.
Former England men's team manager Sam Allardyce is suing the FA over his sacking and the way the subsequent fallout from it was handled.
Allardyce's lawyers wrote a 5000-word letter last month to the FA, claiming Allardyce should not have been sacked as he was not in breach of his contract.
