FA on red cards
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 11:43 am
I emailed the FA last week about the rules in general and they got back to me:
Thank you for contacting The Football Association.
A new ruling was introduced at the start of last season whereby if a player gets a red card in a friendly he gets a ban for his next friendly, not for competitive matches. If it is overseas, it is dependent on it being reported to us by the host FA.
In general terms, we retain the right to charge players in the most serious of misconduct cases and make sanctions applicable to competitive first-team fixtures if it is felt necessary.