Play-acting or cheating? It’s the same

Sat on the sofa last Sunday evening, taking in the half-hour of the National League’s highlights courtesy of BT Sport, I witnessed a rare moment of footballing karma. It came in Maidstone’s away clash with Gateshead. The Stones could do with some help from above at the moment and heading into last week’s game they were winless in 12 league encounters. It wasn’t to get any better for Jay Saunders’ men…
So to the action: with the score poised at 1-1 and with 15 minutes left to play, Stones’ Jai Reason atte...