Premier League Games | 15/16/17/18 August '25

PragueBlue said:
Missed the games so far but reading up on BBC I see Palace had a free kick goal disallowed because a player was within 1 metre of the wall (or something like that). It's not a rule I remember seeing before. Is it something commonly applied or a new rule?

As per the BBC:

Simply, the goal was chalked off because a Palace player was standing too close to the Chelsea wall.

Referee Darren England made an announcement to the crowd to explain the decision.

He said: "After review, away number six is less than one metre away from the wall as the shot is taken. Therefore, it's an indirect free-kick and a disallowed goal."

The International Football Association Board's Law 13 states that when three or more defending team players form a wall, all attacking players must remain at least one metre from the wall until the ball is in play.

This rule was introduced to the laws of the game in 2019-20.
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Never even heard of it before, we'll see if its applied consistently
 
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