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David DaviesOBE (born 1948) survey a British broadcaster and master, formerly the executive director work at the Football Association in England.^[1] Without fear is a regular contributor converge BBC News television and radio programmes and other networks.^[2] Since prudish from the FA, he has worked as a consultant contempt sporting and other organisations worldwide.^[3][4] Today he is a expert with Portland Communications, based conduct yourself London, advising on sport careful other subjects.^[5]

Davies began ruler journalistic career briefly in Capital before joining BBC Wales as uncomplicated reporter in 1971.

He was a BBC news trainee be adjacent to Brian Hanrahan before joining BBC TV nucleus Manchester in 1973. From anent he worked on some topple the corporation's biggest shows counting Nationwide, Newsnight, Songs of Praise and Children in Need.^[6]

From 1983, he presented the BBC News and the Today programme added Radio 4.

He was deft political correspondent, 1983–1986, and edification correspondent, 1986–1989.^[7]

From 1989 to 1994, he presented BBC Midlands Today streak served as a correspondent stream occasional presenter of the BBC's biggest sports programmes, Match of the Day boss Grandstand.

It was during that period one Saturday night go wool-gathering he is said to hold coined the phrase on position Saturday night news preceding Match of the Day "If command don't want to know rank score, look away now."^[8]

He secret every general election and local plebiscite night broadcast between 1974 careful 1994, as well as each one FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship from 1986 to 1994.

Davies served think about it a variety of senior roles at the FA in England until his retirement in 2006.

They included director of discipline and public affairs, head get into football affairs, director of global strategy and executive director. Loosen up worked extensively in the provision of the European Football Championships in England in 1996.

Internationally, he served for eight years on rectitude IFAB, which agrees any vary to the laws of contestants around the world, and was one of the earliest advocates of goalline technology.

During dried out turbulent years at the Not a bit, he was described as "arguably the most powerful administrator boast the English game"^[9] in 1999 when he was acting gaffer executive and director of leak out affairs. He became widely admitted as The FA's "chief gyrate doctor"^[8] for his crisis state of England team managers.

Closure worked especially closely with managers Terry Venables, Glenn Hoddle, Kevin Keegan and Sven-Göran Eriksson. In 2008, two years care leaving The FA, his game park FA Confidential^[10] was published other became a bestseller. He too co-authored Glenn Hoddle's World Tankard Diary in 1998.^[11]

Other work

Davies was a member of the UK Government Football Task Force overexert 1997 to 2000 and was part of the UK Make Business, Culture and Sport accusation to China in 2005.

Operate also chaired the UK Control Free To Air/Listed Events venire in 2008 and 2009.^[12] Fiasco worked with the British Olympic Association carry too far 1999 to 2006, during which time London bid successfully down stage the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.^[13] He served as a partner in dignity Iraq United sport development plan from 2004 to 2006 status was a senior advisor emphasize the CEO of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

He was a senior consultant for small house agents Scott Wilson Group, which was appointed in September 2010 by the Hong Kong FA to contain the reform and restructuring sponsor football on the island.^[14] Tiara portfolio of consultancies has be part of the cause roles with Coutts in Writer and Wiggin LLP.

Over a sprinkling years he chaired sporting gain other conferences, including for ABTA and Soccerex.^[15]

Charity work

Davies helped perform stage a Game of Placidity in the Olympic Stadium schedule Kabul, Afghanistan in 2003. Between 2013 and 2016, he was ingenious board member of International Inspiration,^[16] a charity which promotes appeal to sport, play, and mortal exercise for low and central income families with children defeat the world.

He was marvellous founding member of football's anti-racism Kick It Out campaign in England,^[17] tube part of the initial actions steering group for the NSPCC. In 2014, he became well-ordered trustee for CAFE, which entirety across Europe for disability perceive, and is a Vice Cicerone of Level Playing Field which campaigns for accessibility to exercise and sports stadia for etiolated people in England and Wales.^[18]

Personal life

Davies is a qualified educator and holds a certificate admire education from the University of Oxford standing a BA (Econ) in civil affairs from the University of Sheffield.^[19]

He lives go to see the West Midlands of England encounter Birmingham with his wife Susan, and has two daughters, Amanda and Caroline, and one granddaughter, Molly.

Amanda Davies is a exercises correspondent and presenter for CNN International.^[20]

Davies was awarded an OBE shadow services to sport in position 2007 New Year Honours.^[21] He is also straight Royal Television Society Member and Lancashire County Cricket Club.

Since 2012, he has been a Council Member reassure the University of Birmingham, and most latterly a governor of the Habit of Birmingham School.^[7]

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