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#Post#: 98148--------------------------------------------------
Paul Heckingbottom
DIR By: olliebcafc
Date: December 1, 2025, 12:42 pm
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“The Football Association have charged Preston North End head
coach Paul Heckingbottom with misconduct.
It's alleged that he acted in an improper manner and/or used
abusive and/or insulting words towards a match official during
the pre-match briefing at Watford last week”
Very odd situation.. couple of questions if anyone could help me
out please
Could the referee not have red carded him, if not when’s the
earliest a card can be given?
Also how on earth has he managed to say something abusive during
the pre match briefing. Anybody got any similar experiences of
their own?
#Post#: 98158--------------------------------------------------
Re: Paul Heckingbottom
DIR By: bmb
Date: December 1, 2025, 2:51 pm
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A referee won't be present for a pre-match briefing as they tend
to be done the day before & the referee turning up at the game
the day after can't red card him for something he has said the
day before.
#Post#: 98159--------------------------------------------------
Re: Paul Heckingbottom
DIR By: olliebcafc
Date: December 1, 2025, 3:09 pm
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Fair enough. I assumed the pre match briefing referred to the
handing over of the team sheets
#Post#: 98164--------------------------------------------------
Re: Paul Heckingbottom
DIR By: Ref25
Date: December 1, 2025, 4:49 pm
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Law 5: The Referee - Powers & Duties
The referee:
- has the authority to take disciplinary action from entering
the field of play for the pre-match inspection until leaving the
field of play after the match ends (including penalties (penalty
shoot-out)). If, before entering the field of play at the start
of the match, a player commits a sending-off offence, the
referee has the authority to prevent the player taking part in
the match (see Law 3.6); the referee will report any other
misconduct
- takes action against team officials who fail to act in a
responsible manner and warns or shows a yellow card for a
caution or a red card for a sending-off from the field of play
and its immediate surrounds, including the technical area; if
the offender cannot be identified, the senior coach present in
the technical area will receive the sanction. A medical team
official who commits a sending-off offence may remain if the
team has no other medical person available, and act if a player
needs medical attention
I think bmb is detailing the process on UEFA games. This being a
EFL Championship game, the pre match briefing will take place on
the day and at least 60 minutes before kick off. It has to be
attended by both the captain and manager / head coach of each
team. It usually takes place 75 minutes before kick off with the
team sheet exchange
The referee won’t have been able to show a red card for
something that happened at the pre match briefing. A misconduct
report is the right course of action. Whether the referee can
prevent the team official from occupying the technical area is
not clear. The laws are clear for players, but not for team
officials.
Unless written reasons for a decision are published, we may not
know exactly what was said. Possible something from a previous
match that the referee has officiated has been raised /
commented on. For example, the referee says something about
expectations of behaviour and a manager kicks off about “you
said that last time but…” and adds some extreme words in.
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Re: Paul Heckingbottom
DIR By: bmb
Date: December 1, 2025, 5:11 pm
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I’m thinking of the pre-match press briefing done the day before
just to be clear so accept I might have thought about the wrong
briefing!
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