SEAN Dyche has welcomed Football Association plans to introduce retrospective bans for diving, but believes the proposals may not go far enough.

New FA rules will punish the offence of 'successful deception of a match official', but it will be reserved for players who deceive officials by diving to win penalties or pretending they are hurt to get opponents punished.

Incidents will be reviewed by a panel comprised of an ex-manager, ex-player and an ex-referee, each watching the footage independently. If they are unanimous in believing a player deceived a match official, the sanction will be a two-match ban.

Dyche has been a fervent campaigner for bans for divers to be introduced, and while he is pleased to see action now being taken, it said it could go further still to stamp out the problem.

"It’s something I’ve felt strongly about for a while. For the good of the game it has got to go," the Clarets chief said.

"The detail in it will be more interesting to me. From what I’ve picked up I think it’s implying it will be key moments, but I’m talking about cheating across the board. People diving in front of the dugout as much as in the box. It’s all got to go.

"If they’re going to carry this through it’s good for the game. Not just for the referees and because there is a lot at stake.

"Also for the moral value of the game. My son plays football, there’s billions of children watching the Premier League around the world. You wouldn’t applaud your son for cheating in a maths test, yet you often applaud them for diving around on a Saturday or a Sunday In the park to win a football match.

"If they clean sweep it for any cheating, managers don’t want to lose their players, so it will be eradicated quickly.

"It’s a positive step forward, the game is in fantastic shape, but that can be tidied up to make it even more of a world wide product."

The new FA process is similar to the one already used for red-card offences which were missed at the time but caught on camera, and cases will be fast-tracked.

In a statement, the FA said: "Although attempts to deceive the referee by feigning injury or pretending to have been fouled is a cautionable offence for unsporting behaviour, the fact that the act of simulation has succeeded in deceiving a match official and, therefore, led to a penalty and/or dismissal, justifies a more severe penalty which would act as a deterrent."

If a player admits to a charge of successfully deceiving an official, or is found to have done so, any yellow or red card given to an opposing player, as a result of the deceit, can be rescinded.

Dyche has said he doesn't expect his players to dive, but admits it can happen at Burnley as well.

"If it happens at this club it happens, we’re not whiter than white. I just don’t expect it to happen from our players," he said.

"If it does we have a quick chat and decide it’s not going to go on next time."