|
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 |
