Fans Forum

It’s right to clamp down on behaviour

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
18 June 2023

FANS’ FORUM

I REFER to John Lyons’ article (NLP, June 4) on the FA rule change to deduct points from Step 7 down for misconduct.
Although this is a start, nothing will improve drastically until the Premier League and FA Leagues start to instruct referees to enforce the laws correctly.
For example, when was the last time a player was sent off for ‘offensive language’?
Overpaid players do not have the right to abuse officials and action needs to be taken against the players and the clubs to solve this.
Longer suspensions for players and points deductions fo...

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