CRYSTAL PALACE manager Sam Allardyce labelled yesterday the introduction of retrospective bans for players who dive or feign injury from next season as “utter rubbish.”

The new offence of “successful deception of a match official” is based on a law already used in Scotland and was approved at the FA’s annual general meeting at Wembley.

Incidents will be reviewed by a panel comprised of an ex-manager, ex-player and an ex-referee, and they watch the footage independently.