The FA announces 32 grassroots leagues are to trial sin bins
Friday 14 July 2017 12:36, UK
The FA has announced that 32 grassroots leagues will trial Temporary Dismissals - more commonly known as sin bins - during the 2017-18 season.
From step seven of the National League system and below, 130 grassroots leagues registered an interest in the pilot scheme and a mixture of male, female, adult, youth, Saturday and Sunday leagues across the country have been chosen to take part.
The scheme follows a decision by the International Football Association Board [IFAB] to allow National Associations to implement sin bins at grassroots level.
The FA had discretion to use the scheme for all cautions but chose to focus on matters of dissent, which amounted to 25 per cent of all cautions during the 2016/17 season.
Mark Ives, FA head of judicial services, said: "I am encouraged by the level of enthusiasm from County FAs', leagues, clubs and referees and in their collective commitment to make a difference to our great game at a local level.
"I look forward to seeing a positive impact during the course of the season."
The Leagues chosen to take part are:
The Anglian Combination League, Army Football League Massey, Birmingham & District Football League, Bolton, Bury & District Football League, Chester & Wirral Football League, Cumberland County League, Devon & Exeter Football League, Dorset Premier League, Durham County Women's, Evesham & District Sunday Football League, Gloucestershire County Women's League, Gloucestershire Northern Senior League, Hertfordshire Senior County League, Hitchin Sunday League, Jersey Football Combination, JJ Jones Builders Duchy League, Liverpool County FA Premier League, Mid Sussex Football League, Mid Sussex Youth & Minor Football League, Midwest Counties Female, North Staffs Youth League, Nottinghamshire Senior Football League, Notts Amateur Alliance, Peterborough & District Football League, Potteries & District Sunday League, Sevenoaks and District Football League, Sheffield & District Junior Sunday League, Southern Amateur League, Surrey Primary Youth League, Taunton & District Saturday League, Trelawny League, Warrington Sunday Football League
