To dive or not to dive: should our players cheat more?

Fair play, 'gamesmanship' and winning a match by losing your soul

Words: David Taylor

In a few recent interviews, Paul Heckingbottom has been more outspoken on a phenomenon that has stalked football for years with little more than the odd disappointed tut from a pundit and a resigned chuckling from legions of former pros.

We’re talking of the ‘dark arts’, as it’s now called. ‘Gamesmanship’. In other words, diving and w…