Secretary sent explicit emails about Eriksson

ENGLAND manager Sven Goran Eriksson’s former lover sent scores of explicit emails to friends and colleagues bragging about her high-profile sexual conquests, a tribunal heard yesterday.

Ex-Football Association secretary Faria Alam, aged 39, claims she was sexually harassed by FA executive director David Davies and has admitted flings with football boss Sven-Goran Eriksson and ex-FA chief executive Mark Palios.

An employment tribunal in central London was told she fired off frequent messages from her work email address detailing her love life, in often graphic detail.

In the emails she gave Eriksson the pet name "Sugar" and speculated her lifestyle would make her "very, very rich."

The hearing was also told that Miss Alam had made a previous complaint about a female FA colleague who paid her "too close attention."

Jeffrey Bacon, for the FA, said in one message, the former model wrote: "Haven't been naughty yet, but the guy I will see tomorrow night is the more famous one. Let's call him Sugar, he's very sweet and he's the coach."

She told the hearing she is still "fond" of Eriksson and said she had initially lied to her employers to protect him, telling them they had not been "physical."

In another message to friend Leila Khan, who later sold emails to a newspaper, Miss Alam said: "I'm 36, unmarried and loving it. My social life is amazing and I date famous people."

Miss Alam also described sex with Mr Palios dubbed PP or Pretty Polly and her intimate relations with Eriksson.

In one, she described the England manager as a "generous lover" and gave details of the performance of a sex act by Mr Palios.

Mr Bacon said Miss Alam had sent a further string of emails to friends and family as the national football team played in the Euro 2004 tournament in Portugal.

After hours of his cross-examination, the former personal assistant showed her first hint of emotion dabbing away a tear, biting her lip and requesting a brief adjournment as he questioned her allegations against the FA and Mr Davies.

Mr Bacon said it was the emails and not alleged anonymous briefings by the FA that led to the affair with Eriksson hitting newspaper stands. He said in one email, she actually addressed the prospect of her clandestine fling being uncovered.

In another, she wrote: "Sugar is brilliant, I've even told your dad. I want to be happy and very, very rich and successful and I will be.

"I'm not going to go through life settling for second best EVER.

"If all goes well, I suppose Sugar will have to announce it to the papers."

Miss Alam, who claims she was the victim of sexual discrimination, constructive dismissal, breach of contract and unequal pay, yesterday named Mr Davies the man she claimed made "unwanted advances" towards her. He has refuted the allegations and attended the tribunal for the first time today, listening intently to cross-examination of Miss Alam, and will later give evidence himself.

The hearing was adjourned and continues today at 10am.