"In the past coaches were allowed to come to the touch line briefly, but they had to sit down quickly," said Cees Bakker of the referee committee of the Dutch FA (KNVB).

"Starting this season a coach may remain in the coaching area as long as he wishes, but only to coach their team. The moment he criticizes the referee or an opponent he will have to sit down on his bench or even in the stands."

Bakker emphasized that coaches who enter the pitch will be sent to the stands.

"Only when a coach enters the pitch in an effort to calm down a player when he loses his temper can there be an exception."

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"The intellectualisation
of football has
always foundered
on a simple problem-
-the players. Doing
all your most
rewarding thinking
with your feet seems
to dull the philo-
sophical impulse.
Unless, of course,
you are Dutch.
According to legend,
Europeans played
a moronic, muscular
version of the world's
game, until Holland
proclaimed its vision
of total football in the
1974 World Cup,
and enlightenment
dawned."

From:
Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football