PFA chairman Clarke Carlisle has called on hard action to be taken against players who dive.

Two players were accused of diving in the Premier League last weekend, while there were another three incidents of teammates arguing amongst themselves.

Despite the possibility of a number of red cards, Carlisle believes that football chiefs in England need to take a zero tolerance policy.

"I genuinely believe if the FA, the Premier League and referees just took a zero tolerance line to diving and confrontation, either player to player or surrounding referees, you would see a month of madness," said Carlisle.

"You would see red cards flying around left, right and centre but it would stop it because players would be missing two games, three games - then five, six, seven through suspension.

"They would miss key games and clubs would then take a stance on it. I believe you would then see it wiped out."

Carlisle is currently on loan at Northampton Town from Burnley.