ANYONE WHO HAS WATCHED FOOTBALL—let alone played at a high standard or studied the game seriously — knows that the latest wheeze dreamt up by the desk wallahs of world football is a dud.
From this summer, . Having missed the lessons at junior school about mixing primary colours, the International Football Association Board came up with blue cards as a mid-point between a yellow card and a red. While a yellow is a warning, and a red an instruction to leave the pitch for the rest of the game, a blue card of play.