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Sin-bins must be brought in

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
8 March 2026

BOOKING: But is it time for sin-bins to be enforced?

WITH players going down ever dramatically, thus pressurising referees to halt the play, why doesn’t football do what rugby does and allow the physio on without invitation and carry on playing?
It’s the same with yellow cards. A yellow in rugby and you’re off for a 10-minute sin-bin.
In football, above Step 5, a yellow card means a chance to re-group, get every one behind the ball and stop the opposition’s momentum.
Let’s get the sin-bin into National League matches and beyond.
TIM JAMES Cornw...

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