article_snippet.sent: It could yet prove that the ‘very difficult decision’ announced by the new chairman, David Sharpe, on Monday night has been made too late.
article_snippet.sent: This is how Sportsmail's Chief Sports Reporter Matt Lawton revealed the investigation in August 2014 .
article_snippet.sent: Sportsmail's Chief Sports Reporter Matt Lawton led the way with the exclusive story about Mackay and Mackay Cardiff City colleague Iain Moody .
article_snippet.sent: As Sportsmail's Chief Sports Reporter Matt Lawton revealed last month, an FA investigation first launched last August — with the publication of the Textgate scandal messages in this newspaper — was close to being concluded in February.
article_snippet.sent: But new evidence was presented to the FA that forced the governing body’s disciplinary chiefs to reopen an FA investigation, with sources suggesting an FA investigation could be the summer before we have an outcome.
article_snippet.sent: Despite trouble on and off the pitch, Sportsmail understands Sportsmail was granted a stay of execution in February after a 1-0 away victory at Reading.