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31-05-2012, 11:10 PM
Football League chairmen last night announced a blitz on cheating and gamesmanship and have agreed to tell their managers and players to cut out diving, time-wasting and feigning injury. The 72 clubs, meeting at their summer conference, voted unanimously to back proposals put forward by Exeter City chairman Edward Chorlton to encourage sportsmanship and curb gamesmanship in matches. A statement from the Football League said: “Clubs will undertake to instruct managers, coaches and players accordingly – in particular to discourage actions which bring the game’s reputation into disrepute, such as: showing disrespect to match officials; those actions that undermine a sporting culture including diving/simulation, time wasting and feigning injury.”
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