PETER JACKSON
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW

Any day now, tradesmen will move into six of Europe’s most famous stadia bearing luminous clocks designed to alarm those goalkickers used to taking their time.
Each chronometer will be fixed to a strategic point providing maximum visibility in support of the law which dictates that a penalty attempt at goal be completed within 60 seconds. Those unaware of such a requirement had good reason for thinking that it had been newly decreed as part of the ‘shot clock’ with effect from next week.
They will be surprised that such a law has existed for several...