Williams resigns as FAW president

Football Association of Wales (FAW) president Steve Williams has resigned pinch contiguous effect.

Williams was suspended successful July pending an investigation and has now decided to measurement down earlier an independent proceeding takes place.

Welsh football's governing assemblage did not disclose nan logic for his suspension.

As good arsenic resigning arsenic president, Williams will time off each his different roles astatine nan FAW and will nary longer beryllium connected immoderate of its boards.

The 60-year-old will besides beryllium incapable to guidelines for immoderate FAW position successful nan future.

Williams was elected FAW president successful 2021 and had a twelvemonth near connected his term.

Before being voted into nan position, he had served pinch nan assembly for much than 2 decades and sat arsenic vice-president.

As president, Williams oversaw nan moving of Welsh shot astatine each levels and was progressive successful nan process of sacking Rob Page arsenic head of nan Wales men's squad successful June.

In a statement, nan FAW said: “After further discussions betwixt nan parties, Mr Stephen Williams has decided to resign from each of his roles astatine nan FAW.

“The FAW acknowledges nan difficult activity and support provided by Mr Stephen Williams arsenic a shot instrumentality and president to Welsh shot and its development, some domestically and connected an world shape complete nan past 37 years.”