The English Premier League has introduced new rules for the upcoming 2024/25 football season. The season kicks off on Friday, August 16, 2024, with Manchester United facing Fulham in the opening match.... CLICK TO READ THE FULL NEWS HERE▶▶
According to a statement on the EPL website, significant changes will be implemented in how match officials apply the rules. Key updates include:
-Substitutes and Warm-up: Teams are allowed five substitutes per match, a continuation from the previous season. However, only three substitute players from each team may warm up at the same time.
All Retrieval: When the match ball goes out of play and is not quickly retrievable, players must collect a replacement ball from the nearest cone. Ball assistants are not permitted to return the ball directly to players but must place it on a vacant cone. An exception allows ball assistants behind the goals to return the ball to the goalkeeper for a restart.
– Technical Area Conduct,,Referees will send off technical area staff who deliberately delay the restart of play by holding or kicking the ball away. Players in the technical area who do this will receive a yellow card.
-Added Time Calculation Match officials will only start adding time to the end of the match when the delay between a goal and the subsequent kick-off exceeds 30 seconds. This aims to reduce stoppage time, considering there was an average of 3.28 goals per match last season.
These changes aim to streamline the flow of the game and ensure fair play throughout the season.
