The Football Association is considering a radical overhaul of its disciplinary process to punish cheats following the David Ngog diving storm.

The Liverpool striker has been widely condemned by professionals for his tumble to win a penalty for his side against Birmingham City on Monday evening, with Blues midfielder Lee Carsley branding him 'a cheat'.

English football's governing body do not currently reprimand players retrospectively who have been caught diving during a game, following the guidelines set by FIFA.

However, according to the Daily Mail, the FA is now increasingly worried about the game's battered reputation and is considering using video evidence to penalise the worst offenders.

The proposed legislation is likely to cause uproar in the Premier League and huge debate on how to manage such a dangerous precedent.

Former referee Graham Poll touched on the issue in his Daily Mail column, urging the FA to make a change to the rules.

"If UEFA's experiment to introduce six referees proves successful then the additional assistant referee would have been perfectly placed to yell into his microphone and tell Walton (the referee), 'It's a dive!,"rote Poll.

"Mind you, Walton should be experienced enough to detect it without external help. Ngog should be ashamed of himself.

"The question is - when will football introduce retrospective action to punish such actions?"

UEFA caused uproar in September after using video evidence to ban Arsenal striker Eduardo for appearing to dive in a Champions League qualifier clash against Celtic, only to later farcically reverse the decision on appeal from the Gunners.

The new legislation would be a refreshing rule change and could go a long way in the FA's bid to rid the game of dives once and for all.