summer
14-03-2007, 10:15 PM
sounds completely odd, and i'm not sure whether i like it, but anyway:
The Football League board is to consider a proposal to scrap draws and decide matches by penalty shoot-outs, BBC Five Live understands. The idea will be discussed by Football League chairmen and chief executives at a board meeting on Thursday.
No timescale has been given for implementing the change if the chairmen go ahead with the proposal.
"Why can't we just have a draw?" Bournemouth boss Kevin Bond told the Daily Echo newspaper.
The idea was originally put forward in the recent Football League Fans Survey.
There are currently two proposals to be considered - a traditional penalty shoot-out or where a player would have eight seconds to try and score after receiving the ball on the half-way line.
"I don't agree with it because I think it's too much of a radical change," Bond added.
"I'm very open-minded and I think certain laws of the game need to move with the times but that would be too much of a drastic measure."
The Football League board is to consider a proposal to scrap draws and decide matches by penalty shoot-outs, BBC Five Live understands. The idea will be discussed by Football League chairmen and chief executives at a board meeting on Thursday.
No timescale has been given for implementing the change if the chairmen go ahead with the proposal.
"Why can't we just have a draw?" Bournemouth boss Kevin Bond told the Daily Echo newspaper.
The idea was originally put forward in the recent Football League Fans Survey.
There are currently two proposals to be considered - a traditional penalty shoot-out or where a player would have eight seconds to try and score after receiving the ball on the half-way line.
"I don't agree with it because I think it's too much of a radical change," Bond added.
"I'm very open-minded and I think certain laws of the game need to move with the times but that would be too much of a drastic measure."