According to a Virgin Money survey, 15 per cent of Premier League fans will not renew their season ticket next year. We've commented previously about obscene salaries and other things that turn fans off, but maybe the biggest is the way football is run.

There isn't enough space to cover everything that is wrong with football administration, but from top to bottom, there is incompetence, self-interest and alleged corruption. With comprehensive TV coverage, including 3D and sky-high ticket prices, is it any wonder that fans are staying away?

Sepp Blatter is likely to be re-elected to the FIFA Presidency for a fourth and final term, supported by UEFA and his protege, Michel Platini who waits in the wings. Fans of English football were outraged at England getting only two votes for the staging of the 2018 World Cup. Lord Triesman's allegations in Parliament have increased a sense of mistrust as to how FIFA regulates world football. The FA will abstain from the Presidential election in protest at the 2018 decision.

FIFA also seems incapable of bringing common-sense to world football. The 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be played in temperatures of up to 50 degrees.

After Rivaldo's blatant faked injury at the 2002 World Cup, the governing body promised to stamp out cheating in football, but diving and attempting to deceive match officials is still prevalent worldwide. Worse still, despite England being denied a clear goal against Germany, FIFA continues to shun goal-line technology.

Meanwhile, UEFA's answer has been to deploy two additional match officials in Champions League matches. No-one seems quite sure what they do (although one may have awarded a penalty to Manchester United in the Rangers match). Why does Platini think a total of six officials can avoid bloopers when even the fourth official is denied the use of video replay to advise the referee?

Then there is the disgraceful level of rocketing ticket prices. The Champions League final at Wembley will cost between £80 and £300 for ordinary seats. Even at the FA Cup Final these ranged from  £45 to £115.

A big part of the reason is the sheer cost of Wembley. With the FA paying large annual interest costs for a stadium that was five times the cost of the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, this must be a big factor in the pain for fans' pockets.

But the FA's shortcomings extend well beyond financial mismanagement. For decades farcical decisions have issued from Lancaster Gate and Wembley. In 1958, Alan Hardaker is reputed to have threatened to ban Manchester United if they took part in the European Cup.

Coming right up to date, there have been some farcical FA disciplinary decisions. Wayne Rooney was banned for swearing into a camera, but Kenny Dalglish escaped censure, despite clearly being seen using the same word, because he was addressing Arsene Wenger rather than the camera. Three Premier League managers have now been reprimanded for praising referees before a match.

The FA's troubles are legion and similar to those in rugby. While Will Carling's famous attack on the RFU hierarchy in 1995 led to a root and branch review, the BBC recently reported “many clubs are now struggling to graft professionalism on to a structure built on amateurism in all its forms”. Sounds familiar?

The Board of the FA comprises eleven members and the acting General Secretary, Alex Horne. There are more amateur administrators (four) than Premier League representatives (three) and only one Football League representative.

In order to improve its image, the FA recently submitted itself to an independent Staff Survey under the auspices of the Sunday Times. The key findings, according to the Daily Mail were:

• A lack of faith in the FA’s leadership.

• The need for more stability at the top of the organisation.

• A call for more openness from senior managers.

• The need for more racial and gender diversity at senior management levels.

Worse still, staff had 70% less faith in and were 90% less inspired by the current General Secretary.

Minister for Sport Hugh Robertson has declared football ‘the worst governed sport in the country’, stating in Parliament ‘Every single one of the directors is white, male and late middle-aged, and there is nobody who has played the game to any reasonable level and no women nor anyone from the ethnic communities.'

So there are many reasons for fans to be disillusioned by football's administration. But all this is compounded by their views of how the clubs themselves are run. Gripes include: foreign ownership (with the possible current exception of City and Liverpool); incompetent management; obscene transfer fees and salaries; ballooning club debt; and of course, consequential ticket prices.

This may have been the most absorbing Premier League season ever, but fans are voting with their feet. We are still struggling to recover from recession; two-thirds of people are worried by personal debt; the Government has adopted austerity measures, but football remains in fantasy land.

What do you think? Have your say.