Role At The Football Association
In 1986 Dein was voted onto the board of the Football League Management Committee and subsequently achieved a place on the FA Council. He was also one of the major architects of the FA Premier League in 1992. He eventually rose to the position of vice-chairman of the FA in 2000, a post he held until 2004 when it was scrapped after restructuring. He was subsequently re-elected to the FA Board as an FA Premier League representative.
Dein was a key mover in the FA's manouevreing to hire Sven-Göran Eriksson as England manager in 2001. Five years later, in 2006 he was one of four members of an FA panel (the others being Brian Barwick, Noel White and Dave Richards) tasked with identifying Eriksson's replacement. Dein's preferred choice, Luiz Felipe Scolari, was offered the job and looked set to take it but later changed his mind; the FA eventually chose Middlesbrough manager Steve McClaren.
Dein sat on the FA Board until 2 June 2006 as one of four representatives of the FA Premier League clubs on the Football Association board. He was replaced by David Gill, chief executive of Manchester United. This removal came one day after a news story broke on the BBC's Newsnight programme regarding possible infringements of FIFA rules regarding player transfers with, and loans to, Belgian club Beveren.
The timing of the news story may have been an issue in the vote. The FA compliance committee investigated the BBC's allegations but did not find any breach of FA or Premier League rules by Arsenal.On 30 June 2006, FIFA released a statement claiming there was no evidence whatsoever of any wrongdoing by Arsenal in relation to its ties with Beveren. This came following close consultation with the FA which had investigated the allegations made by Newsnight. FIFA’s statement concluded by stating that “In view of these findings, FIFA does not see any reason for further investigation or for any additional measures to be taken in this connection.”.
He was the representative of the FA Premier League on UEFA's committee for club competitions, and a former member of the FA Council having to step down from his position when he left Arsenal.
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