FA move is reducing dissent

By Andy Simpson

BUTTONING IT: By the end of November, there were 95 cases of dissent at Steps 5 and 6, compared to 246 just 12 months earlier

THE prospect of being sent to the sin bin, and letting down their teammates, is encouraging players to behave better.
That’s the assessment of Paul Lawler, chairman of the North West Counties League, after studying evidence gathered during the first half of the current campaign.
“It’s hard to argue with the numbers,” he told The NLP. “The bigger picture, beyond the data collected so far, goe...