• Sun mocked Hodgson's manner of speech • FA chairman says headline was 'in poor taste and disrespectful'

The Football Association has condemned as "unacceptable" a newspaper headline poking fun at Roy Hodgson's manner of speech.

"Bwing on the Euwos!", the Sun's front-page headline on the appointment of England's new manager, has led to numerous complaints to the FA and the Press Complaints Commission, an FA statement said.

The FA chairman, David Bernstein, said he had been delighted with the media coverage generally but that the headline was "disrespectful".

The statement read: "The FA and the Press Complaints Commission have today received a large number of objections relating to the front page headline in the Sun newspaper, regarding Roy Hodgson's manner of speech.

"On this occasion, we will not be making an official complaint to the PCC but we have raised it with the newspaper and made it clear that their front page is unacceptable to us."

Bernstein said: "We are delighted at the media response to Roy's appointment but are disappointed with the headline in the Sun, which we consider is in poor taste and disrespectful."

A spokesman for the PCC said: "I can confirm we have had over a hundred complaints." News International has yet to make any comment on the headline.

In its story, which added "(We'll see you in Ukwaine against Fwance)", the Sun said Hodgson was "affectionately known as Woy due to his speech impediment".