Our ‘Hands Off In The Box’ campaign has won a major victory, with Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore confirming the issue of penalty-area grappling and shirt pulling will be addressed next month, at a meeting of players, referees and managers. With the issue of manhandling players in the box reaching a nadir in Manchester United’s clash with Chelsea, when Marcos Rojo and Chris Smalling held John Terry and Branislav Ivanovic with impunity, Sportsmail led the way for referees to punish players more consistently. Acknowledging our campaign was one of the ways in which football authorities were held to account, Scudamore said: ‘Clearly there have been a number of incidents highlighted in the past few weeks regarding this and, under close scrutiny by television and everything else, some of them don’t look great.
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Sportsmail started it 'Hands off in the box campaign' last month
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Premier League boss Scudamore says grappling in the box will addressed
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Scudamore acknowledged Sportsmail's campaign as one of the ways in which football authorities were held to account
Marcos Rojo (second right) has @placeholder in a headlock as the ball is delivered into the box