Greg Dyke to leave FA chairman post in June after three years

Greg Dyke will not seek re-election as Football Association chairman when his term ends in June.

Dyke, appointed in 2013, had intended to stand for a further year.

However, he said that opposition to proposed reforms from some FA councillors and a minority of board members had made him reconsider.

When he succeeded David Bernstein, Dyke, 68, said England should aim to reach the semi-finals of Euro 2020 and win the World Cup in 2022.

He believes football is in a better place financially, administratively and from a coaching standpoint than when he took over in 2013.

However, he said it would be a "fight" to convince the FA Council to see through other "much-needed, significant reform".

In a statement, he added: "I had already decided that if no reform was possible I was going to leave anyway this summer, a position I had shared with a number of colleagues.

"What I now see is that even if we get the reform through, I am probably not the best person to pick up the pieces following the inevitable discord."

Dyke, a former director general of the BBC, has pursued policies aiming at modernising the FA and increasing the number of English players in the Premier League.

He made headlines by making a throat-cutting gesture when England were drawn in the same 2014 World Cup group as Italy and Uruguay.

Earlier this month, Dyke, an outspoken critic of Fifa under Sepp Blatter, said "we should shoot ourselves" if England failed to make it out of the group stages at Euro 2016 in France.

Listen to reaction to Dyke's announcement on BBC Radio 5 live's Football Daily podcast.

Nothing has changed since 2011 - Bernstein

Berstein said he was "not particularly surprised" by the decision, claiming neither he nor Dyke had made "any substantial change" because pushing reforms through is "extremely difficult".

"I can understand his frustration, which matches my frustration," Bernstein told BBC Radio 5 live Sport.

He suggested only "outside intervention" from the Government or a regulator would make a significant difference.