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Brian Barwick is the current Chief Executive of The Football Association. He has held the post since January 2005. Previously, he was a sumo wrestler, spent 18 years at the BBC, and was ITV's Controller of Sport for seven years. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Chief Executive may refer to: Chief Executive of Hong Kong Chief Executive of Macau Chief Executive Officer This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England and the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see ITV (disambiguation). ...

Born in Liverpool, Barwick gained a degree in Economics at Liverpool University. For other uses, see Liverpool (disambiguation). ... The University of Liverpool is a university in the city of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. ...

BBC career

After a spell as a journalist, he joined the BBC’s sports department in 1979. During his 18-year career at the BBC he rose through the ranks becoming editor of Match of the Day, Football Focus and Sportsnight. A passionate football fan, he oversaw major events including the FIFA World Cups of 1990 and 1994, the Barcelona and Atlanta Olympic Games, the Commonwealth Games plus the European and World Athletics Championships. He was also responsible for BBC Television’s Sports Review Of The Year between 1991 and 1995. He also took the decision to axe the long running Sportsnight series and replaced it with the short-lived chatshow Onside and reguarly faced criticism that his devoted support for Liverpool led to decisions that were biased in their favour.^{[citation needed]} For the Doctor Who novel, see Match of the Day (Doctor Who). ... Manish Bhasin, Alan Shearer, Les Ferdinand and Mark Lawrenson (from left to right). ... This article is about the BBC television programme. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... For the club competition, see FIFA Club World Cup. ... The 1990 Football World Cup was held in Italy. ... -1... The 92 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ... The 1996 Summer h Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Current flag of the Commonwealth Games Federation Locations of the games, and participating countries Commonwealth Games Federation seal, adopted in 2001 The Commonwealth Games is a multinational, multi-sport event. ... The European Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the European Athletic Association. ... The World Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations. ... The BBC Sports Personality of the Year award is given to one sportsman or sportswoman, usually British, every year. ... This article is about the BBC television programme. ...

Whilst at the BBC, Barwick produced a large number of videos for BBC Video narrated by John Motson. This included the Official History Of Liverpool, Liverpool - The Mighty Reds, Liverpool In Europe, The Story Of The Kop, The Boys From Brazil and Match Of The Day compilations for several clubs including Middlesbrough, Manchester City, QPR, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, West Ham, Nottingham Forest, Derby County, Sunderland, Newcastle, Southampton, Ipswich Town, Norwich City, Leeds United. Brian was presented with an award for producing titles that sold over 1 million videos by BBC Video heads Paul Holland and Mike Diprose in 1999. BBC Video is a video company of the United Kingdom and United States. ... John Walker Motson OBE (born 10 July 1945, Salford, Lancashire), known as Motty, is an English football commentator. ... Spion Kop (or Kop for short) is the name for a number of terraces and stands at football stadia; so named due to their steep nature, resembling a hill in Natal, South Africa that was the scene of a battle in the Second Boer War where a majority of the... Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English football club, based at Shepherds Bush in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London. ... Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. ... SWFC redirects here. ... West Ham United Football Club is an English football club based in West Ham, London Borough of Newham, East London, and have played their home matches at the 35,146 capacity Boleyn Ground stadium since 1904. ... Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English professional football club based at The City Ground in Nottingham, England. ... Derby County Football Club are an English football club based in Derby, who play in the Premier League. ... Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional football club, based at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, in North-East England. ... Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies or The Toon) is an English professional football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, who currently play in the Premier League. ... Southampton Football Club is a professional English football team, nicknamed The Saints and based in the city of Southampton. ... Ipswich Town Football Club (also known as Ipswich, The Blues, Town or The Tractor Boys) are an English professional football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk. ... Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. ... Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. ...

ITV career

In 1998 he left BBC Sport to become ITV's Controller of Sport, and during his time at ITV he oversaw the channel's biggest-ever audience of 23.8m viewers for the match between England and Argentina at the 1998 World Cup. He revamped ITV's sport coverage as well as maintaining the channel's high-profile events, such as the Champions League rights - the renewal of which he successfully negotiated. He also withstood competition from the BBC to gain the rights to show Premiership highlights although his attempt to place them early evening on Saturdays failed and the rights were lost back to the BBC after just three years. But it was not all success for Barwick, who saw ITV come under heavy criticism for its production of the 2003 Rugby World Cup, something which he resented. For other uses, see ITV (disambiguation). ... 1998 World Cup redirects here. ... European Cup redirects here. ... The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth rugby union world cup. ...

While at ITV he also sacked ITV's star summariser Ron Atkinson after the pundit made racist comments about Chelsea defender Marcel Desailly. Ronald Franklin Atkinson,[1][2] commonly known as Big Ron (born 18 March 1939) is an English former football player and manager. ... Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously The Pensioners) are an English professional football club based in west London. ... Marcel Desailly (born September 7, 1968 in Accra, Ghana as Odonkey Abbey) is a former French footballer and a former star of the France national football team squad, with whom he won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. ...

Time as Chief Executive of the FA

Barwick had worked with the FA before joining as the Chief Executive, negotiating a number of TV rights deals for both channels. He is widely regarded as responsible for England's 2008 European Championship qualification fiasco [1], but doesn't think this merits his resignation. He was also a bull ighter & a corruptionist. Who took loads o money to ensure that england dont qualiy or the Euro 2008 Championships.