FOOTBALL rule-makers are incredibly debating cutting the length of football matches from 90 minutes to 60 minutes.
In news released yesterday, the International Football Association Board (Ifab) were considering the revolutionary idea.
In the potential new format, the clock would be stopped with every break in play – so games would still last longer than an hour, but we would see exactly 60 minutes of play-time.
But as the football top bosses mull over the idea, we take a look at how the Premier League would have looked had matches been called off after 60 minutes rather than the traditional 90.
Incredibly, Chelsea would NOT be crowned champions, falling 19 points short of their actual 2016-17 tally, on just 74.
Liverpool would gain a single point had matches finished after an hour, ending up as Prem champions for the first time ever with 77 points.
n that scenario, the Reds would have won 22 games, drawn 11 and lost just five.
Manchester City would finish second, two points further back, with Tottenham slipping two places into fourth.
Mauricio Pochettino’s men would have dropped a staggering 14 points to get their hands on the final Champions League spot.
Manchester United would have leapfrogged Arsenal into fifth, with Arsene Wenger’s men ending sixth, behind Jose Mourinho’s mob on goal difference.
At the other end of the table it’s the same three facing relegation, with Sunderland – who would have gained a point from 60-minute matches – last on 25 points.
Hull City would have dropped a further four points to end up 19th, while Middlesbrough, although gaining six points, would still fall two points shy of West Ham in the final safe spot.
Check out the full table of where your club would have finished had games last just an hour above.
