Faria Alam

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Faria Alam
Born (1966-02-13) 13 February 1966 (age 58)
Dhaka, East Pakistan
Nationality British citizenship
Alma mater Ponteland High School
Known forFormer Football Association secretary

Faria Alam (born 13 February 1966) is a former Football Association secretary.

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Early life

Alam was born in Dhaka, but raised in the United Kingdom. Her family emigrated to the UK, living in Manchester, Bradford, Newcastle upon Tyne, and London.

When Alam was 19 years old, her mother took her to Bangladesh and arranged a marriage to a doctor. Alam divorced and returned to England. [1]

Football Association

After modelling and working as an administrator, in July 2003, Alam took a job as personal assistant to executive director David Davies at The Football Association, based at the organisation's headquarters in Soho Square, London.

Alam began a brief relationship with chief executive Mark Palios. When the relationship with Palios ended, she had an affair with then England football team manager Sven-Goran Eriksson. At the time Eriksson was in a relationship with Nancy Dell'Olio, though shortly before he had had an affair with TV presenter Ulrika Jonsson. As Eriksson and Dell'Olio were often photographed, interviewed, and reported on in the media, when Alam's affairs came to the attention of the public in August 2004, a media scrum ensued and she resigned her post. [2] [3]

On leaving her job with the FA, Alam hired publicity agent Max Clifford. After negotiations, Clifford and Alam posed for photographs outside Clifford's New Bond Street offices surrounded by a scrum of photographers. [4] Clifford brokered a number of deals for Alam, who was reportedly paid £400,000 for publication of kiss-and-tell stories about Palios and Eriksson in The Mail on Sunday and The News of the World . Alam was paid a further £150,000 for a television interview. [5] [6]

In October 2004, Alam made claims against the Football Association of sexual harassment, unfair dismissal, and breach of contract. In September 2005, her claims were rejected by an industrial tribunal. [7]

In 2013, Alam testified in the News International phone hacking scandal; her phone had been hacked by Glenn Mulcaire, a private investigator working on behalf of the News of the World , in June 2004. [8]

Celebrity Big Brother 2006

In January 2006, Alam appeared on Celebrity Big Brother . On 17 January 2006, while up for the public vote, she commented that the public would "never let a black or Asian win" the show on the basis that the British establishment and/or media would not permit it. [9] [10] On 18 January 2006, she became the second housemate to be evicted. [11]

Film work

In 2006, Alam played a hitwoman in the film Cash and Curry . In an interview she said of the role: "It was a role that presented itself to me and I took it on as one of life’s experiences". [12] [13]

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  1. ↑ "PA who wooed FA's most powerful". BBC News . 9 September 2005. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  2. ↑ Milmo, Cahal (22 June 2005). "Faria Alam reveals identity of 'third man' who pursued her at Football Association". The Independent . Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Alam breaks silence on FA affairs". BBC News . 8 August 2004. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Faria Alam and Max Clifford pose for photographs after negotiations". Getty Images. New Bond Street, London. 5 August 2004.
  5. ↑ "Kiss and tell Faria lives life to the Max". The Daily Telegraph. 6 August 2004.
  6. ↑ "FA Row Woman Resigns". BBC. 5 August 2004.
  7. ↑ "The affair that rocked the FA". BBC News . 9 September 2005. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  8. ↑ "News of the World and Mail on Sunday paid Sven's lover £300,000 for kiss and tell, court heard".
  9. ↑ "Faria gets Big Brother Boot". Daily Mirror . 18 January 2006. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  10. ↑ "Sven's Faria Alam goes on Big Brother race rant". Brand Republic News. 18 January 2006. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
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  12. ↑ Eastern Eye, 17 August 2007
  13. ↑ "Faria Alam voted off Big Brother". Manchester Evening News . 17 August 2007. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
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