Although the idea of colored cards inside football stadiums included only two colors, red and yellow, a third color entered the stadiums bearing a different meaning between the stadium judges' cards, where the idea of using colored cards inside football stadiums was born by British referee Ken Aston, on July 24, 1966, when the idea of using yellow and red cards was inspired by traffic lights, when Kane stopped in front of a sign in the English capital London during the World Cup, which was hosted by the country in 1966 for the first time in history.
Ken Aston believed that it was necessary to have a referee signal that everyone could understand during the course of the game when the referee decided to warn a player or send him off the field, and indeed the system of yellow and red cards to punish the players has been adopted since then.
Ken Aston's idea was applied experimentally for the first time during the Olympic Games in Mexico in 1968, and the idea of Ken Aston achieved great success, which prompted FIFA to hold a meeting on September 20, 1969, to make a decision to circulate the idea in all leagues and tournaments The world, and the use of cards in all competitions without exception, the first of which was the World Cup hosted by Mexico in 1970 and crowned by Brazil.
The third color was created by one of the Italian referees, where the Italian referee Marco Maynardi famously made the first green card in the history of football during the match that brought together the Vicenza and Vertus teams in the Italian second division competitions. According to the British newspaper "The Sun", the referee removed The green card in the face of the player Christian Galano, in recognition of his sporting spirit.
The player had told the referee in the 53rd minute that the corner kick he had calculated was incorrect, as the ball had not touched any of the opposing team's players.
The 1966 World Cup quarter-final match between England and Argentina was the main reason for resorting to the use of colored cards later, and even in Ken Aston thinking about that idea from the ground up.
During that fiery and violent match, referee Rudolf Krillettin made some harsh decisions without first warning the players, nor did he clarify his decisions during the match.
Referee Rudolf Krillettin's actions prompted then England coach Sir Alf Ramsey to contact FIFA officials to find out what happened after the end of the match.
After this incident, British Ken Aston thought about a way to make the referee decisions understandable to players and viewers, and he learned that following the traffic light method by putting out colored cards such as yellow for warning and red for dismissal, it would contribute effectively to overcoming differences in language.
German referee Kurt Chencher is considered the first officially most famous yellow card in football history, during his leadership of the opening match of the 1970 World Cup in Mexico.
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