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SINBINS

ast season, The FA piloted the use of the referee will
Lsin bins for dissent at various levels stop-start,
across the English game. Here is part of the clock de-
an interview with the FA’s Head of Judi- pending on the
cial Services, Mark Ives. He was talking various stop-
about Step 7 and below so a recent an- pages within the
nouncement that it would also involve game. For games
Steps 5 and 6 next season (2019/20) was less than 90 minutes, it’s eight minutes in
something of a surprise to the League. the sin bin.
The sin-bin will only apply to cautions What are the key findings from the
issued for Dissent.
Pilot?
“We piloted it last year in 31 leagues at The reduction in dissent, which is what
different levels of the game, adult male, we chose to use the Pilot for, is one of
adult female, youth, Saturday Leagues the measures but it’s not the only meas-
and Sunday Leagues, so we had a broad ure. We found, from a pure statistical
understanding of how it fits into each of point of view across those 31 leagues,
those categories. It proved a massive suc- a 38 percent reduction in dissent com-
cess to the extent we are widening that pared to the previous year. That’s signifi-
group for this year. We will be including cant. It also showed a reduction in send-
it in more than 60 other leagues, across ings-off because invariably what happens
the same level at Step 7 and below as well is someone gets a caution for dissent, it
as a variety of County Cups. The view is doesn’t get dealt with in a way that has an
then to make it mandatory at Step 7 and immediate impact on them;which is the
below across the country for 2019-20.” intention of the sin bin, so that behaviour
continues to deteriorate.
How long does a player spend in the We need to remember the purpose of the
sin bin? sin bin is to have an immediate impact
on the player and to change their behav-
It’s important we make it as simple as iour there and then.
possible so we don’t have confusion game
on game. For any fixture of 90 minutes Why Dissent?
duration, the period in the sin bin will be
ten minutes. That’s ten minutes of play- When you think about the seven cau-
ing time, not ten minutes of flat time. So tionable offences, dissent is a behav-