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Hopes are high that player behaviour at grassroots level will improve after the Football Association announced it is bringing in points deductions for teams who repeatedly commit offences of serious misconduct.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
4 June 2023

By John Lyons

WARNING: The FA and chief executive Mark Bullingham, inset, are clamping down on bad behaviour in grassroots football
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HOPES are high that player behaviour at grassroots level will improve after the Football Association announced it is bringing in points deductions for teams who repeatedly commit offences of serious misconduct.
From the start of the forthcoming 2023-24 season, if players or coaches commit repeated offences of serious misconduct then their team will suffer by having points taken away.
The new initiative has been approved by the Football Regu...

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