Whenever a Referee cautions or dismisses a player from the Field of Play or is reporting other forms of misconduct, he shall prepare a report of the incident or incidents. Within 2 days of the match (Sunday not included), this report must be submitted over the internet or sent by first class mail addressed to the Secretary of the appropriate Association or such person as is nominated by such Association. All such reports shall be made on the standard Misconduct Report Form as approved by the Council (see below) and as may be amended from time to time.
Assistant Referees
Neutral Assistant Referees shall, where the referee has dismissed a player from the Field of Play or is reporting other forms of misconduct, prepare and submit a report in a similar fashion as the match referee. A record should be kept of cautions issued in case the Association requires the Assistant Referee to submit a report.
Personal Hearings
Referees and Neutral Assistant Referees must attend Personal Hearings when required so to do. If a Referee or Assistant Referee fails to attend he shall be reported to the appropriate authority. Match Official appointments at Contributory League Level or above, already received, take precedence over requests to attend Personal Hearings. However, any Referee having accepted a request to attend a Personal Hearing is then required to close the date with all appropriate Competitions.
ON - LINE MISCONDUCT FORMS
The Football Association has introduced new online misconduct forms to assist Referees and the general administration of discipline. Previous styles of Report Form can still be used.
Advice on Downloading
Referees can click on the links to the right and download the form required. You need to save this form as a template on your computer. When the form is completed to your satisfaction you need to save it on your computer. The form is emailed as an attachment to discipline@surreyfa.com , for Surrey affiliated clubs.
Caution Misconduct Report Form
Please ensure the instructions are followed and the offence (C1 to C7) is inserted. If you are reporting a C1 offence, please ensure you complete the last column as well to define the sub-category of offence.(FA reports only)
Click here for a poster advising about correctly completing the Caution Misconduct Form
Standard Misconduct Form
For reporting dismissals and other misconduct.Also to be used to report a player receiving two cautions in a match.
Please indicate if you have forwarded a copy of the form to any other County.
To assist in the administration of the misconduct, please include team details on the form. (i.e. 1st, Reserves, U18, U17 etc).
Please note that only the approved templates may be used by referees and not any personally designed electronic forms.
The Completed Forms should be returned to...
discipline@surreyfa.com
or a single copy can be printed off and posted to County Office.
Click here for a poster advising about correctly completing the Standard Misconduct Form
FA Learning - Guide to Misconduct Report Writing
If you have difficulty in compiling your report you can download a PDF version of ‘FA Learning - Guide to Misconduct Report Writing’. Click here for your copy to download