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Ford escapes punishment for No English manager comment

FOOTBALL Association of Wales chief executive Jonathan Ford was told yesterday that he will face no disciplinary action over his comment that the next manager of Wales would “definitely not” be English.

The FAW council voted on Tuesday that a comment Ford made to BBC Sport Wales about Chris Coleman’s successor should be explored further, with a three-man disciplinary commission set up.

But the FAW said Ford has clarified his comments, where he repeated details of a previous conversation and apologised for them.

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