Football managers to be shown red, yellow cards as FA makes new rules
cards for bad behaviour in technical areas this season in the same
manner as the football players.
This development replaces the traditional action of sending a manager
to the stands.
Formal bookings will now be dished out for offences on the sidelines.
If a manager is handed four yellow cards over the course of a season,
they will face an automatic touchline ban.
Eight yellow cards will lead to a two-match ban, while 16 will lead to
an FA misconduct hearing.
Yellow and red cards will be brandished in all Football League
competitions and the FA Cup, but the Premier League will not be using
cards – though it will adopt the same system.
Metro UK, quoted the EFL chief executive Shaun Harvey, as saying,
"There has always been a disciplinary procedure in place to deal with
behaviour on benches but unless you are the manager who has been
spoken to by the referee or the referee, it has never been clear what
was going on
"So what we have agreed is that if the behaviour of any person on the
bench – usually led by the manager – reaches a level which we believe
to be not appropriate, like a caution on the pitch to a player, the
referee will issue a yellow card to the bench.
"If the inappropriate behaviour continues, there is an opportunity for
a second yellow card to be issued, which at that stage the manager
will be asked to leave the technical area.
"Ultimately, if there is a serious incident, then the manager will be
show a red card and asked to leave for the stands.
"That used to be obvious because the manager would pack his bags and
head to the stands.
"But by doing things this way, fans will have a better idea of what is
going on."
Interestingly, managers will also be responsible for the behaviour of
their backroom staff and can be yellow-carded even if they're not
directly to blame.
According to him, cautions will be handed out for "stage one
warnings", which includes bad language, dissent and waving imaginary
cards. Red cards will be shown for 'stage two offences.'
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