Football is a wonderful game but it has huge problems that no one seems willing to address: Given the vast sums of money involved, cheating amounts to serious fraud. Manipulation of the referee by diving etc. should be severely punished. The referee's decision should stand for the duration of a game but if TV cameras can prove that a wrong decision changed the outcome of a game, the player/club responsible should be fined an amount equivalent to their gain from winning. That would stop it.

The other problem is the enourmous influence football "heroes" have on children. Watching school matches it is not uncommon to see children diving, feigning innocence and spitting. Why can't the professionals behave like sportsmen? Can't they be stopped? They should be prevented from exerting their influence ie. not televised. Football these days just isn't cricket.

Rant over.