When a player is dealt with by a Disciplinary Commission cases must be dealt with on their merits and a punishment awarded consistent with the overall nature and effect of the offence(s). Also the players record of misconduct over the current and previous five seasons will be taken into account.
1- Cautions in a season – between the opening day and the last day of the playing season (to include small side football):
(a) First 5 cautions = A 7 day suspension and a £10 fine
(b) After 5 further cautions = A 7 day suspension and a £10 fine
(c) After each 5 further cautions A charge of continuing misconduct
2 - Receiving a second caution in the same match
7 days' suspension and a £15 fine
3 - Denying a goal or an obvious scoring opportunity by physical means or by deliberately handling the ball
7 days' suspension and a £15 fine
4 - Use of offensive or insulting or abusive language / gestures
14 days' suspension and a £15 fine
5 - Attempting to kick or strike another player
21 days' suspension and a £15 fine
6 - Serious foul play / Violent Conduct
35 days' suspension and a £25 fine
7 - Kicking or striking another player
35 days' suspension and a £25 fine
8 - Use of offensive or insulting or abusive language or gestures directed to match officials
35 days' suspension and a £25 fine
9 - Spitting or similar unseemly behaviour directed at an opponent or any other person (not a match official)
112 days' suspension and a £75 fine
10 - (a) Violent head to head butting
112 days' suspension and a £75 fine
(b) head to head contact
42 days' suspension and a £30 fine
(c) Butting other parts of the body
42 days' suspension and a£ 30 fine
11 - (a) Refusing to give name or giving a false name to the referee when ordered to do so
42 days' suspension and a £30 fine
(b) Refusing to leave the field of play when ordered to do so...
42 days' suspension and a £30 fine
(c) ...and/or causing the match to be abandoned
112 days' suspension and a £75 fine
(d) Improper or insulting behaviour towards match officials
112 days' suspension and a £75 fine
12 - Offences under FA rule E1
(a) not acting in the best interests of the game
(b) Acting in a manner that is deemed to be Improper
(c) Bringing the game into disrepute
Punishment at the discretion of a disciplinary Commission
13 - Offences under the FA rule E2
(a) Violent behaviour – considered to be of a serious nature
(b) Use of threatening words / gestures
(c) Threatening behaviour suspension and also £75 fine
Each a minimum of 35 days' up to a maximum of 84 days
(d) Use of abusive words / gestures considered to be mid range
(e) Abusive behaviour
(f) Use of indecent words / gestures
(g) Indecent Behaviour suspension
Each a minimum of 21 days' up to a maximum of 56 days and also £50 fine
(h) Use of insulting words / gestures – considered to be less serious
(i) Insulting behaviour
Each a minimum of 7 days' up to a maximum of 28 days' suspension and also £30 fine
(j) for offences (b), (d), (f) and (h) above in which a racist factor has been accepted or proved
For the first offence – the suspension and fine to be doubled and for a second offence, to be 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
14 - Offences under the FA rule E3
Proved guilty of any of the above offences and also to have acted in discriminatory manner by reason of:
(a) Ethnic Origin
(b) Colour
(c) Race
(d) Nationality
(e) Religion
(f) Sex
(g) Sexual Orientation
(h) Disability
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 and based on section 12 above