Faria Alam had an affair with Sven-Goran Eriksson during her time as the FA's secretary but takes issue with how she was made to look the "scapegoat" over the scandal. She also had an an affair with the then chief executive Mark Palios before she was forced to resign - but then came her public admissions. Eriksson himself has opened up on his sex life and what it ultimately went on to cost him.
Alam's decision to go public with her story is thought to have landed her some £300,000 after she signed various deals with newspapers. She admits she was advised to be up front and cash in on her experience, but it ended up backfiring on her. Speaking to the documentary 'Sven', by Amazon Prime , she said: "The Noughties were just that, they were naughty.
You could do so many things. I'll be honest, I was a beautiful girl and I attracted a lot of attention. He said, 'Tell your story, go and tell them everything.
Make some money, why not?'." Describing their relationship she said: "He didn't have the mindset of a super-rich man. He talked to me about poetry, he talked to me about art.
He was saying how he did yoga and things like that. And I just fell in love with him, I guess. And that lit the fuse for all this to explode'" But the minute the story broke she began to be painted as a 'gold digger' and lamented the fact she was made to look like the one in the wrong: "I'm the person that's the bad person, and I was the scapegoat for them to be relieved of any responsibility".
Nancy Dell'.