Football Rule Changes Next Season

[Ardwick Green Blue]

There are several interesting rule changes being introduced next season:

No opposition players allowed in the wall at free kicks.

Goalkeeper must have at least one foot on the goal line when a penalty kick is taken.

Players being substituted must leave the pitch at the nearest point.

Any handball in the lead up to a goal will disallow it regardless of it being accidental or not.

Drop balls won’t be contested.

Red and yellow cards can be issued to managers and coaching staff.

I can’t think of any objections to any of these actually.

 

[SWP's back]

All seem weirdly common sense and reasonable. Especially the wall thing.

 

[kaz7]

The refs won't enforce most of them,the pundits will be even more confused

 

[KentBlue]

I can see the handball one being extremely controversial.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Sergio won’t like the substitution one. He will have to make sure he is on the centre spot when the board goes up.

 

[NorCalBlue]

What happened to the goal kick not having to leave the area?

 

[SWP's back]

What happened to the goal kick not having to leave the area?

That’s also been approved I believe.

 

[Allnightlong]

All seem weirdly common sense and reasonable. Especially the wall thing.

how far from the wall can an opposition plater stand? Have to draw another foam line!!!

accidental handball is a bit too much really, imo

 

[SWP's back]

how far from the wall can an opposition plater stand? Have to draw another foam line!!!

accidental handball is a bit too much really, imo

It’s only accidental handball leading to a goal. It basically stops Boly’s goal against us as he could have previously claimed it wasn’t deliberate.

Also, it’s 1m from the wall. It stops attacking players pushing the side of the wall over.

 

[Henkeman]

how far from the wall can an opposition plater stand? Have to draw another foam line!!!

accidental handball is a bit too much really, imo

I was thinking that about the wall. How can that be policed? It can't surely be a matter of distance from the wall, or teams will have three different walls of two players to cover a big area.