Graham Kelly (football)
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Graham Kelly is an English football administrator. He was Secretary of the Football League (1978-1989) and Chief executive of the Football Association from 1989 to 1998.
He resigned, along with FA chairman Keith Wiseman, when a scandal broke out over an allegedly improper £3.2 million loan from the FA to the Football Association of Wales. It was alleged that the loan was intended to buy the FAW's support for Wiseman's election as a FIFA vice-president, which would in turn help England's bid to host the 2006 World Cup finals. Kelly and Wiseman were subsequently cleared of wrongdoing after a FIFA investigation.
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- The Guardian - Kelly quits in loan scandal (December 15, 1998)
- The Guardian - Kelly plans action after Fifa 'not guilty' verdict (February 13, 1999)