Football Soccer Britain - Hull City v Crystal Palace - Premier League - The Kingston Communications Stadium - 10/12/16 Crystal Palace's Scott Dann brings down Hull City's Robert Snodgrass for a penalty Action Images via Reuters / Lee Smith LivepicThe Football Association (FA) is considering introducing retrospective bans for players who dive, according to a media report. Diving came under the spotlight yet again after Hull City's Robert Snodgrass won a spot-kick during a 3-3 draw against Crystal Palace last month and later conceded that the penalty should never have been awarded. 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," the newspaper quoted an unnamed FA official as saying. Premier League managers, including Burnley's Sean Dyche and West Bromwich Albion's Tony Pulis, have called for retrospective bans to eradicate diving.

Source: Standard Digital July 06, 2020 23:14 UTC