English Premier League Introduces New Rules For the 2024-2025 Season

The English Premier League has announced some new rules for the 2024-2025 football season.

The Premier League body attempts to use these new changes to address last season’s inefficiencies.

One significant change involves the number of substitutes allowed to warm up at the same time, increasing from three to five players per team. This corresponds with the fact that teams are now able to make five substitutions during a match.

Additionally, the league will be implementing the multiball system with 15 balls in use to speed up the game and prevent unnecessary delays.

A statement on the Premier League official website reads: “Will practise the multiball system in 2024/25, with 15 balls in use to speed up the game.

“When the match ball goes out of play and is not quickly retrievable, players must go to the nearest cone to collect a replacement ball themselves to restart play.”

Another noteworthy adjustment is the more accurate calculation of added time, where match officials will only start adding time at the end of the match when the delay between the goal and the subsequent kick-off exceeds 30 seconds.

The league body explained: “From this season, when a goal is scored, match officials will only start adding time on to the end of the match when the delay between the goal and the subsequent kick-off exceeds 30 seconds. This will allow natural time for both teams to resume their restart positions after each goal.

“Given that there were 3.28 goals scored per match last season on average, this change may result in a significant drop in stoppage time this season.”