Disciplinary Procedures

Click on the links below to download the relevant sections of the disciplinary procedures. All the disciplinary procedures within The FA Handbook will be published shortly and available to download.

• Schedule A: Standard Directions for Incidents on the Field of Play which fall within Law 12, which were not seen by Match Officials, but caught on video (violent conduct, spitting at an opponent or any other person, offensive, insulting or abusive language or gestures) For Players of Clubs of the FA Premier League, Football League and Football Conference National Division
  
  

• Schedule B: Standard Directions for Incidents outside the jurisdiction of Match Officials but reported to The Football Association For Players of Clubs of the FA Premier League, Football League and Football Conference National Division
  

• Schedule C: Standard Directions for Appeals against decisions of Disciplinary Commissions in relation to: • Incidents on the Field of Play which fall within Law 12, which were not seen by Match Officials, but caught on video (violent conduct, spitting at an opponent or any other person, offensive, insulting or abusive language or gestures); or • Incidents outside the jurisdiction of Match Officials but reported to The Football Association

• Section A: Disciplinary procedures concerning field offences in First Team Competitive Matches (FTCM).

• Section B: Disciplinary procedures concerning field offences in Non-First Team Matches (NFTM).

• Disciplinary procedures concerning field offences: As set out in the Schedule hereto for Players associated with Clubs competing in the Football Conference (North and South Divisions), Isthmian League, the Northern Premier League and the Southern League.
  
  
• Guidance to players: In the Premier League, The Football League and the Football Conference (National Division) on disciplinary matters.