Football league referees are to provide home club secretaries with a “shame sheet” at the end of trouble hit matches this season.

The sheet will give the names of players, and their clubs, who have been either cautioned or sent off during each game. The move is expected to help pressmen who sometimes find difficulty in checking up incidents which took place during matches and the public will be better informed.

At the end of each football league and FA Cup match, the referee will be required to write on a printed card the names and clubs of players who are either cautioned or sent off.

Details of the offences will not be given. The card must then be handed to the home club secretary. Reporters who wish to know if a player has, in fact, been cautioned, will then be able to contact the secretary for information.