Hanging judge | Yellow, red and, now, a blue card – how will it work?

18 Feb

Errol Sweeney

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Referee Tobias Welz shows a yellow card to Chris Fuehrich of VfB Stuttgart and Christoph Zimmermann of Darmstadt 98 during their Bundesliga match on 17 February. Photo: Matthias Hangst / Getty Images

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The red and yellow cards were introduced to football after the 1966 World Cup, when a famous and excellent English referee called Ken Aston had a brain wave while going home from a match.

There was huge controversy during a 1966 World Cup quarter-final match between Argentina and England.

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