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Suspensions

Football suspension rules explained: yellow card totting-up, red card bans, UEFA rules, retrospective action and touchline bans for managers.

Referee holding a yellow card up to a player during a floodlit match
Suspensions

Do Yellow Cards Carry Over? Football Suspension Rules

Cards belong to the competition they were shown in. How the records work, where bans are served and when they are wiped.

2026-10-18
Manager gesturing from the touchline in a suit
Suspensions Managers

Touchline Bans: When Managers Get Suspended

The manager can watch from the stands but the phone lines are restricted. What a touchline ban actually forbids.

2026-09-01
Television monitor and headphones at a VAR review station
Suspensions Retrospective Action

Retrospective Bans for Diving and Violent Conduct

Getting away with it on Saturday no longer means getting away with it. How retrospective action really works.

2026-08-30
Referee showing a red card during a European night match
Suspensions European Rules

UEFA Suspension Rules on European Nights

European yellow cards follow different maths. Three bookings, not five, and a wipe that arrives too late for some.

2026-08-26
Referee holding up a red card as players react
Suspensions Domestic Rules

Red Card Bans and How the Appeals Process Works

A straight red is not always three games. The tariff, the appeal window, and the famous rescinded reds.

2026-08-22
Referee showing a yellow card to a player
Suspensions Domestic Rules

Yellow Card Totting-Up: Suspension Rules Explained

Five yellows before Christmas costs a match. Ten before spring costs two. The cut-off dates every squad tracks.

2026-08-17