IFAB plans to tackle time-wasting goalkeepers but sin bin trial not extended
Stronger enforcement on time-wasting goalkeepers was the major development to emerge from the annual meeting of football’s lawmakers as plans to extend sin bin trials to higher levels of the sport were quietly dropped.
Fans could be encouraged to join in countdowns on goalkeepers holding on to the ball too long in proposals approved by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) in Scotland on Saturday.
In competitions taking part in the trial, goalkeepers would be able to hold onto the ball for eight seconds instead of six and
