Dixon, McLeish and Murphy among FA diving review panel

Lee Dixon, Alex McLeish and Danny Murphy are among the former players and managers named to a 13-person panel that will rule on potential simulation offences this season.

A new rule announced in May allows the Football Association (FA) to retrospectively punish players for simulation or feigning injury in English football from 2017-18, with the pool who will rule on each case announced on Friday.

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