The highlight of the flight was watching one of the F.A.'s (male) sitting on the welcome lap of a smiling passenger (also male). 1978 August 19, David Brill, “California Here I Come!”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 5, page 10:
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of fee agreement.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Football Association, especially the English Football Association. See also Scottish FA and Welsh FA.
While there is no evidence to suggest that heading the ball is to blame, the new guidelines will be introduced to mitigate against any potential risks, according to a statement from the English Football Association (FA), in conjunction with the Scottish and Northern Irish FAs.
“This updated heading guidance is an evolution of our current guidelines and will help coaches and teachers to reduce and remove repetitive and unnecessary heading from youth football,” said Mark Bullingham, CEO of the English FA. 2020 February 24, Jack Guy, “UK football authorities ban children from heading footballs in training”, in CNN:
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable) Initialism of Fur Affinity.