Football's plan to introduce a blue card now IN DOUBT after huge backlash

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.

Mail Sport reported this week how supporters had been up in arms over the idea, with some saying the game was 'finished' - while pundits like Paul Merson claimed it would make football 'boring'.

The latest report claims that unrest over the decision was summed up by a statement from FIFA, which confirmed sin-bin trials would not include top-tier competitions.

Further division on the concept was seen in UEFA too - with UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin declaring he would not allow a trial in the European Championship, Champions League, Europa League or Europa Conference League.

An announcement had been planned for Friday, but instead the trial looks to be in serious doubt - with the future of blue cards set to be debated at the next annual general meeting of IFAB next month, the report goes on.

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou, Everton's Sean Dyche, and Crystal Palace's Roy Hodgson are among the Premier League managers to have previously voiced their opposition to 'blue cards'.

While fans have taken to X, formerly Twitter, to air their anger accusing the 'rich' of 'stealing our beautiful