Managers in top five English leagues will be penalised like players this season

Cards will be shown to managers in the FA Cup and Carabao Cup as well

Football League, National League and Checkatrade Trophy to have rules applied

Managers in top flight will not be physically shown a card but will be warned

Bad language, kicking water bottles and sarcastic clapping will warrant a caution

Abusive managers at the top of English football will be shown yellow and red cards this season, as part of a major shake-up to improve touchline behaviour.

Bosses will now be punished in the FA Cup, League Cup and the Football League in a similar way to players and will receive automatic suspensions for cumulative yellow-card offences.

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Premier League managers will be subjected to the same disciplinary principles and suspensions, but will be given verbal warnings instead of being shown cards.

Managers in the Premier League will be verbally given yellow and red cards this season

Managers in the Premier League, such as Pep Guardiola will have to reign in their temper

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Yellow cards will be shown to managers, or a 'Stage 1 warning' given in the case of the Premier League, for offences including kicking water bottles and sarcastically clapping the referee.

Delaying the restart of play, deliberately entering the technical area of the opposing team and gesturing in an inflammatory manner will be punished in the same way.

Managers who 'excessively show the TV signal for a VAR review' will also be shown a yellow card. Once a manager has committed four such offences, they will be handed a touchline ban for their next fixture.

Suspensions will apply across domestic competitions and won't have a cut-off date.

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The experiment is intended to improve transparency. More than 100 clubs will need to adapt to the new system, as it will apply to the FA Cup from the first round proper, the Championship, League One and Two, the National League, the League Cup and EFL Trophy.

The experiment, which has been designed by The International FA Board (IFAB) and trialed successfully in other countries, is primarily aimed at repeat offenders.

Previously, the referee only had the power to issue verbal warnings for initial offences and could send managers to the stands only for the most serious incidents of misconduct. This meant 'caution offences' by managers, which will now result in a yellow card, risked going unpunished.

The rules affect top five English leagues, the FA Cup, Carabao Cup and Checkatrade Trophy

WHERE WILL CARDS BE SHOWN? Competitions in which cards will be used: Premier League (verbally given) FA Cup The Championship League One League Two National Leagues Carabao Cup and Checkatrade Trophy

Two yellow cards in one match will result in the manager being shown a red card and dismissed to the stands. Four yellow cards across competitions will result in a one-match ban, eight will result in a two-match ban, 12 a three-match ban and more than 16 an FA misconduct charge.

Unlike for players, whose yellow cards are wiped off halfway through the season, there will be no such amnesty for managers.

Straight red cards will be shown to managers for violent conduct, insulting or abusive language or gestures, spitting at any person and stepping on to the pitch.

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Other 'dismissal offences' include entering the video operation room and deliberately throwing or kicking an object on to the pitch.

Suspensions for such offences will be decided by the FA and won't count in the yellow card accumulation process.

Four yellows will result in a one-match ban and the rules may be implemented in the FA Cup

CLATTENBURG'S OFFICIAL LINE Referees already have the power to dismiss managers or warn them, but the trial of using red and yellow cards will improve transparency - everyone in the stadium or watching at home will know exactly what is happening. Given the pressure of being a manager and the emotions it provokes during a game, I'm not sure this will act as a major deterrent. Players, for example, still protest to referees and put pressure on them, even though they can be cautioned for dissent. But it will be very interesting to note the results - especially if managers start being nice and show more respect to referees all of a sudden! Mark Clattenburg will be writing for the Daily Mail and MailOnline during the upcoming football season.