Mellor puts the boot in on air

Monday 25 November 1996 00:02 GMT

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The Football Association last night accused Tory MP and football pundit David Mellor of "bully-boy tactics" after the former Heritage minister turned an interview about the new England kit into a public inquisition.

FA commercial director Phil Carling was invited on to Mellor's Radio 5 Live 606 show on Saturday to talk about the decision to launch the new England strip in January, just a few weeks after Christmas. But he found himself accused of "treating fans like idiots" and the FA of ripping off fans.

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