|
Offence
|
|
Club Pts
|
Suspension
|
Fine
|
| Caution |
|
1
|
|
|
|
First
five cautions (i.e. accumulating five cautions in a season)
|
|
|
7
days
|
£10
|
|
After
five further cautions
|
|
|
7
days
|
£10
|
| After
five further cautions |
|
|
Charge of
continuing misconduct |
|
|
Receiving
a second caution in the same match
|
|
2
|
7
days
|
£15
|
|
Denying
a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by physical means or by
deliberately handling the ball
|
|
2
|
7
days
|
£15
|
|
Use
of offensive or insulting or abusive language/gestures
|
|
2
|
14
days
|
£15
|
|
Attempting
to kick or strike another player
|
|
3
|
21
days
|
£15
|
|
Serious
foul play or Violent Conduct
|
|
4
|
35 days |
£25 |
|
Kicking
or striking another player
|
|
4
|
35 days |
£25 |
|
Use
of offensive or insulting or abusive language or gestures directed at
match officials
|
|
4
|
35 days |
£25 |
|
Spitting
or similar unseemly behaviour directed at an opponent or any other
person (not at a match official)
|
|
4
|
112 days |
£50 |
|
Violent
Head to head butting
|
|
7
|
112 days |
£75 |
| Attempting
to head butt |
|
3
|
21 days |
£15 |
|
Head
to head contact
|
|
4
|
42 days |
£30 |
|
| Breaches
of FA Rules E3 and E4 |
| (a) |
Refusing
to give name or giving a false name to the referee when ordered to do
so
|
|
4
|
21
days
|
£30
|
| (b) |
Refusing
to leave the field of play when ordered to do so
|
|
4
|
42
days
|
£30
|
| (c) |
And/or
causing the match to be abandoned
|
|
5
|
112
days
|
£75
|
| (d) |
Improper
or insulting behaviour towards match officials
|
|
5
|
112
days
|
£75
|
|
| Offences
under Rule E3 or E4 |
| (a) |
Not acting in
the best interests of the game. |
} |
var
|
Punishment
at the discretion of a Disciplinary Committee |
|
| (b) |
Acting in a
manner that is deemed to be improper. |
| (c) |
Bringing the
game into disrepute. |
| (d) |
Violent conduct
or serious foul play - considered to be of a serious nature. |
} |
var
|
Each
a minimum of 35 days up to a maximum of 84 days |
£75 |
| (e) |
Use of
threatening words/gestures. |
| (f) |
Threatening and
insulting behaviour. |
| (g) |
Use of abusive
words/gestures - considered to be mid-range. |
} |
var
|
Each
a minimum of 21 days up to a maximum of 56 days |
£50 |
| (h) |
Abusive
behaviour. |
| (i) |
Use of indecent
words/gestures. |
| (j) |
Indecent
behaviour. |
| (k) |
Use of insulting
words/gestures - considered to be less serious. |
|
var
|
Each a
minimum of 7 days up to a maximum of 28 days |
£30 |
| (l) |
For offences
(e), (g), (i) and (k) above, in which a racist factor has been
accepted or proved |
|
var
|
For the first
offence - the suspension to be doubled and for a second offence
trebled. Any subsequent offence proved should result in a substantial
period of suspension from all football and football activities
together with a fine of not less than £200.00 |
|
|
| Offences
under Rule E4 |
| Proved
guilty of any of the above offences and also to have acted in a
discriminatory manner by reason of: |
| (a) |
Colour |
} |
var
|
Any
punishment to be imposed for an action that is proved to be of a
discriminatory nature must be at the discretion of the Commission
dealing with the matter. |
|
| (b) |
Disability |
| (c) |
Ethnic Origin |
| (d) |
Nationality |
| (e) |
Race |
| (f) |
Religion |
| (g) |
Sex |
| (h) |
Sexual
Orientation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Assaults on
match officials |
| (a) |
(i) Common
assault |
|
var
|
182
days suspension plus £150 fine |
|
(ii) Common
assault by way of spitting at or on a Match Official |
|
var
|
1
years suspension plus fine |
| (b) |
Assault causing
or attempting to cause bodily harm |
|
var
|
Sine
die suspension with no review to be considered under a period of 5
years plus £250 fine |
| (c) |
Assault causing
serious bodily harm |
|
var
|
Permanent
suspension |
