Bad boys are still causing problems in Worcestershire football leagues although overall cautions fell by 16 per cent last season with misconduct cases down by nine percent.
Worcestershire Foot-ball Association's disciplinary report showed the number of cautions fell from 4,095 to 3,494 and misconduct cases from 812 to 740.
The main misconduct offences included offensive/abusive or insulting language 128 cases compared to 134 last year, violent conduct striking 103 (99), kicking 42 (44) and butting five (eight).
There were also nine case of threatening a referee dealt with as well as two assaults on referees and two cases of a racist nature.
Disciplinary secretary, John Lovegrove, highlighted concern at the worsening behaviour of club officials with reported cases up from 32 to 39.
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