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WORLD OF FOOTBALL: Transforming puny Asians is a tall order.(Sport) - Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)

Byline: By KEVIN McALLION

CAMBODIA will give short shrift to short a*ses in a bid to compete with the big boys.

The south east Asians have never qualified for a major tournament and have shipped 21 goals in their last four games.

FA chief Sao Sokha is fed up taking tankings and reckons the reason they always lose is because the players are too small.

So he's introducing a new scheme that will ban anyone below 5ft 6in - bad news for budding Jimmy Johnstones.

Sokha said: 'We need to have bigger and taller players to play against tough foreigners.

'Recruits must be at least 5ft 6in tall, young, strong and fast. I urge parents to let their kids play soccer so it will help us find players who attract spectators like rock bands do.'