Sin Bin Pilot
8th Aug 2017
The Herts Senior County League, in conjunction with the Herts FA, is undertaking a pilot which is aimed at evaluating the use of 'Sin Bins' within football.
For the 2017/18 season, all divisions within the HSCL will be implementing the Sin Bin process for all cautions for dissent.
The FA guidelines can be found here; all players are strongly advised to read them and understand the process.
Our team managers, Martin Stevens and Mick Nolan, have both attended a Sin Bin presentation held by the Herts FA and are aware of the of the process so should be able to answer any questions you may have.
To summarise, under last season's rules, any player who commits a dissent offence would have been issued a yellow card.
This season, a dissent offence would result in the player being 'Sin Binned' for 10 minutes.
At the end of this period he will be invited by the referee to rejoin the game.
Any other cautionable offences will be dealt with in the same way as last season using yellow and red cards.
The actions taken against a player who commits more than one offence during the same game varies depending on the offence itself; details can be found in the following table:
| Caution Offence 1 | Caution Offence 2 | Caution Offence 3 | On Field Sanction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dissent | - | - | 1 - Sin Bin |
| Dissent | Non-Dissent Caution | - | 1 - Sin Bin 2 - Caution Recorded; No Send Off |
| Dissent | Non-Dissent Caution | Non-Dissent Caution | 1 -
Sin Bin |
| Dissent | Dissent | - | 1 - Sin Bin |
| Dissent | Non-Dissent Caution | Dissent | 1 - Sin Bin |
| Non-Dissent Caution | Dissent | - | 1 - Caution Recorded 2 - Sin Bin |
| Non-Dissent Caution | Dissent | Non-Dissent Caution | 1 - Caution Recorded 2 - Sin Bin 3 - Caution Recorded; Send Off for S7 (2 cautions) |
| Non-Dissent Caution | Dissent | Dissent | 1 - Caution Recorded 2 - Sin Bin 3 - Sin Bin; Unable to rejoin, and CANNOT be substituted after 2nd Sin Bin |
| Note: Should a player commit any offence, (Red Card or Yellow Card), whilst in the Sin Bin, then that player will take no further part in the game and cannot be substituted. |
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A reduction in the number of cases of dissent would benefit our club and also grassroots football as a whole; let's try to avoid banishment to the Sin Bin during the 2017/18 season.
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