recording of it was provided to the match referee, Robbie Hart who had booked Dicks during the game. The Sun newspaper ran a full back-page on the incident with several pictures of the challenge and of blood on Spencer's face. Mellor's radio program, 606, had focused so intently on the clash that combined with The Sun's coverage, public focus was sufficient for Dicks' daughters to be attacked at their school in Essex. The FA considered the video evidence provided and a report from referee Hart and Dicks was given a three-match ban. This ban put in doubt any future involvement in England squads due to concerns over his indiscipline and he was not called into the Euro 96 squad. In 1997 with Glenn Hoddle now manager of England, Dicks met, by chance, his assistant, John Gorman whilst on holiday. Dicks claims Gorman had told him he would stand a better chance of being picked if he had grown his hair. Dicks frequently shaved his head sporting a skinhead hairstyle. Gorman also said that Dicks had been a candidate for selection for a game against Mexico in 1997. By this time Dicks had said he no longer wished to be considered for international selection. Coaching career Wivenhoe Town Dicks returned to football on 5 January 2009 when he was appointed manager of Eastern Counties League side Wivenhoe Town, but left the club shortly after the end of that season by mutual consent. Grays Athletic Conference National club Grays Athletic announced Dicks as their new manager in mid-September 2009. In his first season at Grays, he was relegated from the Conference, whilst the club voluntarily dropped three levels to the Isthmian League Division One North. After finishing 10th in the following season, Dicks left Grays by mutual consent in May 2011. Sealand Dicks took take charge of the Sealand side at the Tynwald Hill International Football Tournament on the Isle of Man in July 2013. West Ham United Ladies On 19 June 2014, Dicks was appointed as a new manager of the West Ham United Ladies. His first competitive game was against Spurs Ladies. He helped to improve the team from their 10th-place finish that season and then to a sixth-placed finish in the 2014–15 season, along with a London FA Capital Women's Cup Final date against Charlton Athletic Ladies which West Ham ladies lost 5–0. West Ham United On 29 June