Howard Webb is setting off on a Premier League roadshow to double down on officialdom’s efforts to weed out time-wasters and cheats.
The former policeman is set to visit each top-flight club in turn as the Professional Game Match Officials Ltd (PGMOL) - the body which oversees referees - seeks to build on the improvements made since the start of the season.
Referees went into the current campaign aiming to hammer home a zero tolerance policy towards time-wasting and trying to improve the amount of time the ball is in play. And their efforts have produced results with statistics showing an uptick in cautions handed out for killing the clock - with the ball now being kept in play for around one minute longer than last term.
