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[Mick]

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"Players who commit a foul to deny a goalscoring opportunity will no longer automatically be sent-off, football's rule-making body has confirmed. The previous 'triple-punishment' rule required a red card, and therefore a suspension, as well as the award of a penalty under those circumstances.

However, players committing accidental fouls that deny a goalscoring chance will now be cautioned instead. But deliberate fouls will still incur a red card. Those include holding, pulling or pushing, not playing the ball, serious foul play, violent conduct or deliberate handball in order to deny a goalscoring opportunity. The change has been ratified by the International Football Association Board (IFAB), a body made up of the four British Football Associations and FIFA, which decides on changes to the Laws of the Game.

It follows a comprehensive, eighteen-month review, led by former Premier League referee David Elleray."

Says it all really......18 months to look into something and make a decision that should have been debated and done in 30 minutes over a pint and a pork pie in the local boozer

Mr Elleray as well.........a man who prevented history being made when he denied Chesterfield their rightful place in an FA Cup Final with an outrageous poor decision