The English FA will begin an anti-abuse campaign next week in response to a disturbing uptick in incidents of referee abuse from players and coaches.



The idea has received backing from the <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/watch-premier-league-on-us-tv-internet/">Premier League</a>, the English Football League, and the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL). According to <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fa-to-tackle-sharp-rise-in-abuse-of-officials-by-launching-new-campaign-qbfkl8jqk?fbclid=IwAR3KYrZy5b4DV9HZvd2ZY5HbEpQJH9IzOqFsTYClvAkhbd5qi4TXOzicK5Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Times</a>, the campaign runs under the FA’s “Love football, Protect the Game” slogan. It is part of an ambitious “full reset” of the sport.



The campaign will expand on one begun last year in an effort to change spectator behavior, with a particular emphasis on words chosen to counteract chants that reference catastrophes like Hillsborough and the Munich air crash.



<h5>Similar campaign was introduced in 2008</h5>



The FA just implemented new regulations for amateur play. Teams may be penalized points for the abuse of officials. Therefore, this movement extends into the grassroots of the sport in England. Meanwhile, this one will be reminiscent of the FA’s 2008 ‘Respect’ initiative, which aimed to teach proper conduct on the field while also serving as an inspiration to the sport’s youngest players.



<h2>FA countering referee abuse across the board</h2>



Also, The Times reported 13 charges against Premier League teams for mass conflict in the 2022-23 season. There were no such accusations in 2021/22. Some of the clubs were <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/teams/tottenham-tv-schedule/">Tottenham</a>, <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/teams/manchester-united-tv-schedule/">Manchester United</a>, <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/teams/liverpool-tv-schedule/">Liverpool</a>, and Everton.



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Additionally, the FA filed 17 accusations against teams for players crowding the referee in 2022-23. This is up from six in the previous campaign. The number of technical area misconduct accusations increased to 11 in 2022-23 from only one the year before.



Cautioning for dissent also rose across the EFL. In 2021/22, referees issued 477 yellow cards for dissent. This past season, referees gave out 547 dissent-based yellow cards in the top divisions of English soccer. The Premier League yielded 87 red cards for protests. Meanwhile, the Championship had 134, League One had 168 and League Two had 158.



In fact, officials sent Fulham’s coach Marco Silva to the stands twice for berating referees last season. He joined Brighton’s Roberto De Zerbi and Liverpool’s Jürgen Klopp. Both earned two yellow cards and two touchline suspensions for the same offense.



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After a significant increase in charges related to misbehavior against officials, the FA will start a campaign to address the issue.

FA to launch bold initiative to stop match referee abuse

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Another week and yet another incident allowing football fans to again see just how silly the FA operate, or in this past weekend’s case, fails to operate. Reminiscent of a clumsy, bumbling teenager attempting to un-hook his first bra strap aged 16 because of their historical callowness, the FA possess neither the ability to make an unpopular decision or the ability to re-write their own rules thus allowing common sense to prevail.
On Saturday, attempting his best George St-Pierre impersonation, Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney bludgeoned Wigan’s James McCarthy proper elbow to the head style during United’s eventual 0-4 away win. The issue, even more&nbsp;vital than the incident itself (which was shocking and ridiculous by definition), was that referee Mark Clattenburg in fact witnessed the infraction yet deemed his actions in only awarding Wigan a free kick “appropriate”.

It’s at this point where we begin to pick up the pieces, attempt to reassemble them&nbsp;and form coherent thought over the whole matter. While the three parties involved – Rooney, Clattenburg and the FA – are all guilty in some shape or form, it’s the sum of the absurdity that assigns the Rooney-Clattenburg incident as one of the most laughable ever.
By Clattenburg’s own admission, the 35-year-old&nbsp;witnessed Rooney throw a haymaker of an elbow to the head of McCarthy yet somehow failed to deem the action violent conduct which would have witnessed the 25-year-old England striker miss massive matches the likes of Chelsea and Liverpool away this week&nbsp;and a third –&nbsp;likely a home FA Cup&nbsp;tie Vs. Arsenal.
Because Clattenburg blew a call that could have severely injured a Premier League player, the FA, under their very own laws, are left powerless to defy Clattenburg’s initial opinion. When viewed as a simple mathematical equation, football fans and head-scratchers the world over are left with something resembling this:
Wayne Rooney’s elbow + Mark Clattenburg’s eye = FA fail
At best and when given the benefit of the doubt, Clattenburg may have&nbsp;witnessed only half of the incident because of the fact that it did in truth happen off the ball which only places the proverbial ball in the court of the FA to use common sense. United fans and Rooney devotees may scoff at these sentences but when the red-shaded glasses are removed from their eyes, they’ll see an obvious infraction of rules resulting in a violent offense which should have led to a three match suspension.
Just because the referee didn’t witness the incident in its entirety doesn’t mean it failed to transpire. It’s for this very reason, and because of the power of video technology, that the FA must soon consider at minimum a tweaking of rules and at maximum an overhaul or risk even more ridicule from the world football community.

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Wayne Rooney And Mark Clattenburg Again Prove The FA Is Inept

In all actuality, shouldn’t we have seen this coming like some run away freight down the frozen road of Precedence St. set by all those England players before? A capitulation of the highest order, a failing against those we least want to fail against and lastly, an outcome that was so sure to happen, we all seemed to pull the wool over our very eyes and convince ourselves through sheer self fulfilling prophecy that it was somehow going to end different this time. Only it didn’t, and who knows how long it could actually be until it does.
How was it ever going to end differently and why didn’t I see this coming? A pizza is still made to taste like a pizza does with dough, cheese, sauce and toppings, regardless of who does the mixing. Fancy Italians and three piece suits do not a gourmet chef or World Cup winning side make.
This England fan was wrong all along. And as I sit trying to convince myself that a 2-2 halftime situation somehow leads to an England victory against superior athletes, superior tactics and superior planning, I’m left only with the realization that my heart felt passion for a football team originating for a home country other than my own is equally as odd in thinking a new chef can somehow make the same old ingredients somehow taste differently.

Yes England failed in the 2010 World Cup because they weren’t good enough, we get that, and we’ve read it over and over again since the match drawn with the US. But deeper and darker questions must now be asked by the footballing community and answered by the FA if England are to ever renew their stamp on the world’s game that has whittled with age and expired all those years ago. Tough questions that will need serious answers specifically concerning youth development, home grown managers and the bloated Premier League.
The core of the England national team now float away into international waters of regret and unfulfilled promise. Forever a generation that was pipped for glory, if not in 2006, then surely in 2010, the tired old English squad with their Premier League dreams of glory set sail for a much deserved vacation with pockets full of gold seemingly happy they’ll now have time for some much needed rest before the so called “best league in the world” resumes.
What many fail to realize is that as TV contracts are won, parachute payments are paid and transfer fees are negotiated, the next generation of English millionaires sit aside, waiting in the Premier League wings&nbsp;planning their futures before they’ve planned how they’ll break down a midfield with one less player, pass the ball out of trouble, link play to strikers or compete in a World Cup without getting “bored”. In a nation where the majority of footballers choice of club v country is an easier choice than which football boots to wear, one can easily start to see the origins of a mindset and mentality inspired more by bling than by basics&nbsp;spreading like a cancer across the hearts and minds of young footballers the country over.
Before qualification for Euro 2012 starts this September, here are a&nbsp;few reasons why I think my (still, maybe now more than ever) beloved England just aren’t good enough to compete against the World’s best. Think of it as therapy.
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<li>The lack of quality English managers – When we get it wrong, let’s bring in someone else, a big name, a foreigner, that’ll fix everything. I’ve been a pretty big proponent of Fabio Capello for the last year and a half. How can you not be? With&nbsp;a CV a mile long, a strict, glaring stare to put even the wildest of England players in their place coupled with the ability and guile to ban WAGS and ketchup in one swift stroke, Mr. Capello sure as hell got his England tenure started off&nbsp;on the right path in 2008. But his inability to adapt tactically to those set out in front of him in addition to his communication skills or lack thereof, were the prop fellers to Capello’s once sea worthy vessel. The England players need an English manager, someone who gets the England mindset,&nbsp;but whom? Since an Englishman has yet to win England’s Premier League, the list of suitable replacements stand about as long as England’s Shaun Wright-Phillips is tall. In his mumbling, broken English, did Capello ever possess the ability to inspire the troops the way other British managers like Bill Shankly or Brian Clough could? For England to emerge out of this international football desert, they’ll need to appoint an English manager soon who can inspire and instill&nbsp;a sense of pride in playing for&nbsp;England that&nbsp;this current squad lacks.</li>
<li>England needs to change their footballing culture –We’re tired, Mom, when are we gonna be there? We’re bored. England fans and players always seem to come up with a myriad of excuses as to why they under perform. Whether it’s the long domestic season, a ball, being bored at a World Cup – which let’s face it, is one of the best ever – the mentality of the English player is weak and pampered. For England to break through their 44 year slump, the culture surrounding the England team needs to change to one of a focused, fit, smart and thinking player. Hey, kind of like the Germans. Although it’s gotten better in recent years, the WAG and tabloid culture and the insanity of Premier League wages have all done their part in corrupting the mentality of the English player. England fans and the media are also to blame with the lofty expectations they impose upon the players who are nothing more than a third tier international side. Think of England as League One representatives while Argentina, Spain, Germany and Brazil occupy the traditional big 4 of the Premier League.</li>
<li>England players have to want it– You might think this is common sense, that of course the JT’s, the Stevie G’s, the Lamp’s,&nbsp;the Wazza’s and the Crouchie’s want to win, but do they really? This tournament more than any other has shown England fans some incredibly scared and ultimately tired looking performances that I don’t recollect seeing from any other national team competing in the World Cup.&nbsp; And yes, a World Cup where so many other players compete in top European leagues with equally as insane schedules. But maybe these boys do have a case for being burnt out and reaching levels of exhaustion. Will the FA ever look into a winter break like the German Bundesliga has?&nbsp;As the first two group stage games played out to a relatively boring and lackluster draw, it was clear to me that England lacked what the US was so full of this tournament. Heart and desire. I saw it on Sunday in sections when England were eventually eliminated, but it’s something that has to be infectious and on display throughout. In a tournament this competitive, ability and skill alone will never be enough to progress past the round of 16. Pride, passion and desire – three traits many of these English players lacked – must compliment natural footballing talent for success to&nbsp;be achieved.</li>
<li>England must catch up tactically to that of the rest of the world – 4-4-2, surely the best way to catch up with the rest of the evolving football world. In a tournament that has seen Chile and Algeria play 3 at the back with moderate to good&nbsp;success, and a tournament that has seen many teams play a preferred 4-2-3-1, England have reverted to the classic old 4-4-2 formation that saw their midfield struggle all tournament and&nbsp;all day&nbsp;against Germany&nbsp;in servicing the 2 central strikers because of their man disadvantage in the midfield. Overlooked by many to their own detriment, tactics are so important especially in international football these days and also especially for England. England seem to have the personnel, but rarely understand or know how to get the best out of the players on offer. In Sunday’s match v Germany, the more tactically astute Germans played a continental style 4-2-3-1 which gifted Germany the man advantage in midfield while England chased and chased. The formation was half the battle, Germany also possessed the ability to exploit the weakness presented in front of them with the advantage they had. Time after time, Mesut Ozil and the German attacking front drew out England’s center backs which created gaps for others to run&nbsp;into. These attacking movements created Germany’s second goal which allowed them to then sit back and pick off England on the counter attack.&nbsp;England&nbsp;left again in the stone age of football tactics.</li>
<li>The Youth are starting to change – so sang MGMT, but the lack of a strong youth presence at this World Cup was devoid like that of a strong tactical plan to serve Rooney up front. England’s U21 in fact made an impressive run to last summer’s Euro 2009&nbsp;Championship before losing in emphatic fashion to Germany, 4-0. On that side of impressive young Englishmen, only James Milner made the plane to South Africa while 4 Germans&nbsp;– a respectable balance between young and old – started the game on Sunday that earned Germany a trip to the quarter finals. The list of potentially good young English players runs a mile long, but if these players aren’t brought in and nurtured on an international level thus gaining valuable experience, then&nbsp;the gap between England and the rest of the world will widen. And what of the next generation of potential England players? The 9, 10, and 11 year old kids&nbsp;currently focusing their talents in the youth&nbsp;development leagues&nbsp;of England. Will these players&nbsp;come good on their potential in a fledgling youth system?&nbsp;Certainly more questions than answers as the pain of elimination is still so fresh.</li>
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England have a serious mountain to climb if they’re to reach the summit of international football again in mine or anyone else’s lifetime. The FA need a clear and concise plan, a date set for accomplishment and a restructuring of their organization in order for England to move forward. If they revert to more of the same, England fans can expect the same results for years to come.

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5 Reasons Why England Aren't Good Enough to Compete with the World's Best

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<li>A Lion who’s seen better times.</li>
<li>Will it all end in tears?</li>
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Yet again, Paul Gascoigne has been in the English media headlines in recent weeks for all the wrong reasons. The 42 year old&nbsp;midfield maestro of yesteryear&nbsp;who looks the worst part of 60 was arrested twice in a week, once for public disorder and then again for being drunk in charge of a vehicle.
Gascoigne’s misadventures on the wrong side of the law are nothing new to football supporters. Gazza seems to be arrested at least once or twice a year for the last five&nbsp;or six years straight.&nbsp;The former Newcastle United, Spurs and Lazio play maker spoke of his problems battling alcoholism, bulimia, obsessive-compulsive disorder and even&nbsp;bipolar disorder in his 2006 autobiography, <a href="http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk/Gazza-My-Story-Paul-Gascoigne/dp/0747271186" target="_blank">Gazza: My Story</a>. 
We all have personal and health problems, but it was Gazza’s inability to occupy himself when not playing football that led to his increasing health problems. The lack of purpose in his life when&nbsp;he wasn’t playing football and after his retirement&nbsp;led to his heavy drinking and off the field problems that have been so widely publicized and scrutinized by the media and the public.
Gascoigne’s declining physical and mental health have been paramount in his numerous arrests over the years. Gazza’s rap sheet is by now a mile long, and I cringe a little each time I hear his name mentioned in the news or see his name in the headline of articles. I wonder in fear&nbsp;what will happen next if someone doesn’t step in and help him, even if it is for the third, fourth, or fifth time. It’s unfortunately been proven that Gazza doesn’t possess the abilities to manage himself, his health, his drinking or his wild behavior. I don’t know much about his immediate family situation, whether they’ve stepped in to help or not, but why can’t the FA intervene into the life of one of their brightest sons?
The question comes down to responsibility. Whose is it? Gazza’s failed at being responsible for himself,&nbsp;and the help he’s received in recent months and years obviously hasn’t been enough or been&nbsp;precisely what he’s needed to achieve a full recovery. Football fans have seen this story unfold before. George Best, the incredible talent that he was, suffered from alcoholism and ultimately succumbed to his own personal demons and died way before he should have. A sad tragedy that the&nbsp;football community&nbsp;hopes won’t repeat itself anytime soon.
This tragic story comes down to what Gascoigne wants for himself. No one can force this once great footballer to do what he doesn’t want to. But I believe he genuinely wants to be involved in football in some capacity, it’s what he loves and what he knows in life.&nbsp;This one simplistic reason&nbsp;is why I think the FA need to step in and help Gazza so he doesn’t harm himself any more than he already has.
Stoke City’s Matthew Etherington’s gambling addiction is no different that Gazza’s alcohol addiction. Addiction comes in all forms and Etherington seems to, for now, have it under wraps thanks to help that came from his club during a pivotal moment in his addiction struggles.&nbsp;Then a West Ham player in 2008, the club supported him and helped him through a time when Etherington said he was receiving death threats due to his £800,000 debts. The club loaned him £300,000 in advance to help payoff the mounting debt in return that Etherington would enter counseling for his addiction. Still struggling to pay the debts, Etherington insists he’s been clean of his gambling problem for some time.
Etherington continues to turn in consistent performances for Stoke City and Stoke boss Tony Pulis&nbsp;has even tipped him for an England spot in the near future. Why can’t this turn around and recovery from addiction be achieved by Gascoigne? Do the FA or former clubs of Gascoigne have any responsibility to help him and see him to a full recovery? I think the answer is Yes.
Growing up in America in the 80’s and 90’s when English football wasn’t readily available like it is now, I wasn’t able to experience the brilliance of Gazza during his best years for England at World Cup ’90 and Euro ’96. But I’m observant and smart enough to know about&nbsp;a little known site called <a href="http:\/\/www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCdneO58E6A" target="_blank">YouTube</a>&nbsp;and that Paul Gasciogne is a player with incredible football talent and someone&nbsp;that comes along maybe once a generation. How long will the football community sit beside and allow this once great footballer to damage himself?

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