A 60-minute countdown clock has been mooted as a way ... How to prevent time-wasting: A 60-minute stop-clock is not a ... If a ball-in-play clock was introduced, breaking up the game would not ...

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But football should think very carefully about whether it really wants to follow the blueprint laid out by US sports. The NFL has a 60-minute clock which is paused every time play stops.

MARK CLATTENBURG: Football should introduce 60-minute matches with a stop-clock - that way every game would last the same length and we'd get rid of the time-wasting that was on display during Man ...

It works like a conventional wind-up clock, with the difference being how it gets rewound. You can see the triple-shaft arrangement in front for second, minute, and hour hands. See All 26 Photos ...