Sporting Cheats
Cheating at sport has been around for as long as anyone can remember - but in an age of modern technology - football cheats are being allowed to disfigure the game.
Last night's football clash between Manchester United and Liverpool brought together two giants of Scottish football - Alex Ferguson and Kenny Dalglish.
But the game was marred by the deliberate cheating of United's Dimitar Berbatov - who conned the World Cup Final referee (Howard Webb) into giving a ridiculous penalty.
Now there was some contact between Berbatov and the Liverpool defender.
But football is a contact sport - and the contact involved was of the slightest kind - the United striker was not even knocked off his stride.
Yet he went down as if he'd been shot by a sniper - in preference to staying on his feet and playing the ball - which he was perfectly able to do.
A live action replay would have allowed the referee to make the correct decision in a matter of seconds - no penalty and a booking for Berbatov - for diving.
Last night's football clash between Manchester United and Liverpool brought together two giants of Scottish football - Alex Ferguson and Kenny Dalglish.
But the game was marred by the deliberate cheating of United's Dimitar Berbatov - who conned the World Cup Final referee (Howard Webb) into giving a ridiculous penalty.
Now there was some contact between Berbatov and the Liverpool defender.
But football is a contact sport - and the contact involved was of the slightest kind - the United striker was not even knocked off his stride.
Yet he went down as if he'd been shot by a sniper - in preference to staying on his feet and playing the ball - which he was perfectly able to do.
A live action replay would have allowed the referee to make the correct decision in a matter of seconds - no penalty and a booking for Berbatov - for diving.
