The Scotsman understands that players who have been sin-binned in new trials will get blue cards indicating they need to spend ten minutes in the technical area.
It is thought that referees will display these cards as part of a new trial, as first reported by The Daily Telegraph on Thursday. Blue card offenses will include dissent and tactical fouls, such as Giorgio Chiellini’s tug on England’s Bukayo Saka during the Euro 2020 final. The International Football Association Board (IFAB) trial protocols will be released in their entirety on Friday.
The Football Association in England is understood to be considering the possibility of trialling sin-bins in next season’s men’s and women’s FA Cups, but there is no suggestion as yet as to how it would affect Scottish football. The IFAB, which sets the laws of the game, also supported a proposed trial at its annual business meeting in November whereby only the team captain may approach the referee in certain major game situations.
Board member Mark Bullingham, the chief executive of the FA, said: “When we were looking at sin bins – protocol clearly has to be developed – the areas we were looking at were dissent, where it’s worked very, very well in the grassroots game in England. We’ve also spoken about other areas, particularly tactical fouls.
“I think frustration for fans watching games when they see a promising counter-attack that’s ruined by that and the question of whether a yellow card is sufficient for that has led to us looking at whether that should be involved in the protocol as well. The starting point was looking at player behaviour and dissent – we’re then looking at whether we should extend it into other areas, such as tactical fouls, as well.”
Beginning with the 2019–20 season, sin-bins were implemented at all grassroots football levels in an effort to raise the game’s standards of fair play and respect. The National League system’s step five and women’s football’s tier three and below were affected by the rule change.
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