What happens when one of my players is sin-binned, cautioned or sent off?

Sin bins (dissent): used in all grassroots football, including youth. The referee shows a yellow card and points to the touchline. In youth football the player sits out for 8 minutes with your bench and can only come back on at a stoppage; once the time is up you can bring on a substitute instead. A sin bin counts as a caution. If a sin-binned player commits another cautionable offence, it's a second yellow and a red card.

Cautions add up across the season (FA Disciplinary Regulations, 2026/27):

Sending-offs bring automatic suspensions, for example 1 match for a second caution or denying a goal-scoring chance, 2 for offensive, insulting or abusive language, 3 for serious foul play or violent conduct, and 6 for spitting. Each previous sending-off that season adds a match.

• Suspensions start on the seventh day after the offence.
• Players under 18 can't be fined by the league; where The FA or County FA fines a youth player, the club pays.
• An admin fee applies to each caution or sending-off notification, collected through the club.