But Brooking told the BBC's Football Focus that it was not a rushed appointment and backed the work of FA chief executive Brian Barwick.

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England's uncomfortable night was compounded by the announcement that the Football Association's chief executive Brian Barwick would leave his post by the end of the year.

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Watmore, who came to the FA from the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, succeeded Brian Barwick, who left the FA at the end of 2008.

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Both lost their appeals to the FA and Rooney was said to be so "devastated" that he sanctioned Stretford's letter to FA chief executive Brian Barwick late last week.

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The FA board has also sanctioned a "root and branch" examination of the whole England team set up, led by FA chief executive Brian Barwick, whose own position has been questioned in the wake of the team's failure to qualify.

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