Football: FA Examine Retrospective Diving Ban - Report

Muhammad Rameez Published January 17, 2017 | 05:20 PM

LONDON, , (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Jan, 2017 ) - Players in English football found guilty of diving could face retrospective bans from the Football Association, The Times newspaper reported Tuesday.

In neighbouring Scotland, players can received a two-match ban if they are found to have won a significant advantage for their team by tricking the referee by diving or simulation. If the referee or match officials did not spot the diving at the diving at the time of the incident, offending players can still be punished by video replay and then banned.

The Times reported the FA are set to send a delegation to Scotland to study the rule. "On the face of it it's a good idea," an 'FA insider' told The Times. "The devil is in the detail, but as a tool to penalise blatant simulation versus 'did he dive or slip?' it is now being investigated.

It is being discussed with the SFA (Scottish Football Association) and some FA people are going up to Scotland for a meeting on how it is working."