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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.

ManagersRetrospective ActionEuropean RulesDomestic Rules

Managers

Empty manager seat in a dugout with a folded jacket
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

Retrospective Action

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

European Rules

Floodlights over an empty pitch on a European night
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

Domestic Rules

Red card and referee whistle on a dark wooden table
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 The tariff, the appeal window, and the famous rescinded reds.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 notebook and yellow card on a dugout shelf
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