Charge the worst offenders £100 a ref

Your solutions to cure bad behaviour in junior football...

Refs charge more for teams with poor disciplinary records. Calculate on a points system for previous seasons, then have some sort of sliding scale for costs. Eg Worst offenders get charged £100 for a ref. That would give badly run clubs a choice - sort it, or go under.

@Phil_J_Wilson

More FA spot checks & heavier punishments. Every grassroots coach gives the opposition respect scores after a game. You tend to find this sort of behaviour is rarely a’one off ’. We know who the offenders are yet nothing is done. @LangtoftUtd

It has to be dealt with at the top level of the game. If they have a zero tolerance of player abuse at the top it will cascade down. A more severe suspension period for verbal & physical abuse would help too.

@pilgrim_matthew

It would help if the county football associations came down harder on the culprits and supported the referees.

@David46279293

Substantial enough fines for all involved to make them seriously consider behaviour (including the 11-year-old lad who was sent off ). May seem harsh on the youngster, but may make him and parents think twice about petulance in football going forward?

@Jinksy6

These clubs are supposed to meet acceptable criteria to be charter standard. Repeat offence, strip the club of its charter standard and expel from the league. @cuzzy75 Posh fans need no reminder of Craig Pawson’s dubious refereeing ability.

Pawson (above) was the man who penalised Dwight Gayle’s fine tackle in the final stages of the 2012-13 Championship season at Crystal Palace which had dismal consequences for Posh. And he was at it again on Sunday, ignoring two blatant penalties for a Cardiff side seemingly on course to beat Chelsea before his assistant delivered the worst non-offside decision of the season, obviously in the bigger club’s favour. I continue to be amazed the top clubs are allowing VAR to arrive. They will be the ones to suffer unless those charged with reviewing video evidence are as starstruck by the bigger names as those currently making awful calls on the pitch. I’m not sure those in local football at league or county level have any real will to stamp out the intolerable treatment of officials.

Last weekend a 17 year-old referee reportedly abandoned a Peterborough League Division Five B match because of the amount of abuse she was receiving from the players. It was a game between below average players and there was nothing on the match for either team. Well done the ref for taking the appropriate action, but no doubt those responsible will again be punished in secret and no doubt there will be another game abandoned for similar reasons very soon because the punishments are no deterrent. Local referees should just withdraw their services until firmer action is seen to be taken.