@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@ - +English football clubs are failing to meet diversity targets in the latest set of results for the FA's Leadership Diversity Code.<br>While the stakeholders - including the Football Association, and EFL - have met their targets; clubs have delivered a disappointing set of collective scores in the Code's second year.<br>Some clubs - such as - have delivered on their pledges but collectively English football has failed to meet its targets.<br> <br> The FA's historic code was launched in 2020 with a view to increasing BAME representation at the very top of the national game.<br>But clubs have not hit their targets in six of the eight categories embedded into the code.<br>Teams, though, have exceeded expectations in new senior coaching hires in men's football. <br> Football Association chief executive Mark Bullingham said a 'huge amount' still needed to be done to match diversity targets in coaching and leadership roles in the English game<br> The FA's figures found a lack of BAME appointments to senior leadership roles, with a low average of just 10.3 per cent across clubs in England<br>Clubs were set a target of 10 per cent of new senior coaching hires in the men's games would be BAME - they have recorded an impressive 21 per cent in that field.<br>This is particularly important because retiring players are more likely to head into coaching rather than boardroom or executive positions at clubs.<br>In contrast, however, clubs pledged to ensure 15 per cent of new hires in senior management positions would be from the BAME community.<br><br>They delivered a score of 10.3 per cent.<br>Likewise, clubs were set a target of 30 per cent of new hires in senior leadership positions would be female - they delivered just 17.2 per cent in that category.<br> Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira is the only black manager in the Premier League<br>In the women's game, 33.3 per cent of new hires have been female - way below the target of 50 per cent.<br>Women's clubs, though, have exceeding expectation in ensuring at least 15 per cent of new coaching hires are BAME.<br>Mark Bullingham, FA chief executive, indicated clubs' need to improve, saying: 'This year shows some signs of progress, with a shift in recruitment processes that will start to change the game and the three governing bodies exceeding seven out of eight targets.<br> Darren Moore is currently the manager of League One club Sheffield Wednesday<br>'However, while we saw clubs exceeding diversity targets for senior coaches in the men's game and coaches in the women's game, there is still a huge amount of work to be done across the game.<br><br><br><br>'We understand that substantive change will take time, but a number of clubs have already made progress, and we expect to see more clubs follow that lead in years to come.'<br>There is encouragement that more ethnically diverse candidates are being interviewed for roles - but converting those talks into job offers is a clear obstacle as it stands.<br> RELATED ARTICLES <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br>436 shares<br><br><br><br><br><br>Stop by my web page: [https://telecharger1win.com/ comment utiliser le bonus sur 1win]