SAM Allardyce could face Football Association charges and even a ban following the controversy that brought his England reign to an abrupt end.

Allardyce's dream job came to an end after just 67 days as the Daily Telegraph released secretly-filmed footage of him allegedly making controversial remarks about a variety of subjects, including side work and circumventing Football Association regulations.

FA chief executive Martin Glenn, who visited Hamworthy United's ground in Blandford Close yesterday evening as the Dorset FA unveiled its new 3g pitch, announced charges could be brought against Allardyce.

"It is realistic," he said when asked if charges could follow. "I am pleased that the Telegraph are releasing (the full transcripts) to the police first because that is what has to happen.

"Once we get access to that, we have a separate integrity unit. It's very good.

"We've treated Sam as an employee. Sam's role as a participant in the game will then be, potentially, part of this next process, if there is one.

"It's not for me to call but once the evidence is clear, the decision will be based on the merits of the evidence.

"You could guess probably bringing the game into disrepute might be one, but I can't comment on it because we do have a separation of powers within the FA, we have a separate charging unit I can't interfere with."

When asked what potential sanctions Allardyce could face, Glenn said: "It ranges and it depends.

"It could range from a fine to a ban - that's what the history has been on those kind of things. But it will be for a tribunal to decide, an independent tribunal."

The FA has to wait to receive all the Telegraph's transcripts from its wide-ranging investigation into British football, with police being given first access.

The chief executive was unable to confirm whether, as has been reported, Allardyce received a payment upon departing, but was more forthcoming when it came to his emotions surrounding the decision.

"(Do I feel) personally let down? I do," Glenn said. "I have asked myself a lot about this.

"The easy decision was actually to keep him and tough it out. I do feel let down because I genuinely think for football reasons he was a really good choice and just what we needed after the Euros.

"Yeah, we knew he was a man of the world, we knew there had been a Panorama programme a few years ago."

"He's Sam, he's loud, he's brash but he is in the middle of the fairway in terms of behaviour, so I think that the reason I felt let down was I guess the surprise factor of it."

Glenn confirmed Allardyce "wanted to stay" but the decision was unavoidable following senior-level group meetings before and after seeing him.

Reports in the Daily Telegraph today allege that Harry Redknapp claimed that players at a team he managed gambled on the result of one of their matches.

Betting on football by current professional players in England is prohibited by the FA, with a worldwide ban on doing so enforced since August 2014.

Redknapp says he was unaware at the time that his players were betting on the outcome of the match and denies any wrongdoing.

Undercover reporters filmed Redknapp without his knowledge as part of an investigation into British football.

The article does not identify the match or players in question, or the year in which the fixture occurred.

The newspaper claims Redknapp's team were odds against to win a match but secured a comfortable victory.