Plans to introduce a trial of blue cards into football have been 'thrown into doubt' following a remarkable backlash against the proposals, according to reports.
Football fans and pundits were left baffled by the news on Thursday that the new card would be trialled to sin-bin players guilty of minor offences for ten minutes - with raged supporters claiming the new rule change would ruin the game.
And now proposals from the International Football Association Board (IFAB) have now been put on the back-burner following the growing opposition to the the idea - including from some of the biggest power-makers in the game - according to the Telegraph.