Former BBC director general Greg Dyke is set to become the new chairman of the Football Association.

The FA board has unanimously approved the nomination of Mr Dyke, 65, to succeed David Bernstein when he leaves the post in July.

The appointment is subject to the approval of the FA council.

Mr Dyke lived at Cerne Close, Hayes, before moving to Cedars Drive, Hillingdon aged nine, attending Yeading Primary School and then Hayes Grammar, which became Hayes Manor in 1974, and later Rosedale College.

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