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TIME’S up!

JOHN LYONS says referees should be allowed to blow the final whistle at a key moment – even if it tends to go down like a lead balloon….

SHOULD referees blow the final whistle at a ‘safe’ point in play – or when time is up?
It’s a question that people have asked after a couple of major incidents in 2016.
First of all, let’s go back to March and a League Two clash between AFC Wimbledon and Accrington Stanley. The match finished 0-0 but there was a major talking point as the first period came to a close.
As Stanley’s striker Billy Kee&rsq...

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