PLAYERS, managers AND fans have all been targeted in a major disciplinary clampdown for the new season.
The new measures, agreed by the FA, Prem, EFL and refs’ chiefs, will see officials better able to punish “unacceptable conduct on the pitch, on the side-lines and in the stands”.
Wembley bosses have been working on the updated proposals since mid-way through last season as on field and touchline anarchy exploded.
And the hardline measures, to come into effect from the start of the season, are aimed at ensuring referees are no longer pursued and intimidated by players and benches.
Under the new regulations, all club technical staff, including managers and assistants, must sign up to a “code of conduct” – which has been approved by the League Managers Association.