Grassroots football to trial cooling-off periods in bid to tackle rise in misconduct

Selected leagues will use system during 2025-26 season2023-24 season saw 13% rise in serious misconduct casesThe Football Association is to introduce cooling-off periods in grassroots football in acknowledgement that “more must be done” to contain bad behaviour by players at that level.A select number of grassroots leagues are to trial the system this year, a move that will allow referee to order players of both teams to stop and retreat to their penalty area in order to prevent “escalation during heated moments in a match”. Continue reading...

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