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English football league clubs have voted to allow teams five substitutions per match, starting on Friday, but the Premier League will continue with three substitutes.
Following consultation with clubs, the EFL Board agreed to increase the permitted number of substitutes to five in all Sky Bet EFL fixtures taking place from November 20 until the remainder of the 2020/21 season.
Championship clubs can name up to nine substitutes in their matchday squad, with five permitted to take to the pitch in any fixture.
League One and League Two side can name up to seven substitutes in their matchday squad, with five permitted to take to
the pitch.
In August, Premier League clubs voted against allowing teams to make five substitutions per game in the 2020/21 season.
The issue was voted on twice before start of the season and, on both occasions, clubs voted in favour of three subs.
Any club can propose a change, at any time, but it requires the support of 14 clubs to pass the proposal through.
Premier League CEO Richard Masters told parliamentary inquiry last week he did not expect re-introduction of five subs “for foreseeable future.”
The English top flight is the only major European league that decided against continuing with the system this season, used towards the end of the last term after the coronavirus pandemic
truncated the length of the 2019/20 campaign.
The Premier League is not expected to reintroduce the five-
substitute rule this season despite some strong support from at
least half of it’s clubs.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola have both complained the decision to reduce substitutes to three despite difficulties brought on by the pandemic is partly responsible for a spate of muscular injuries across the top flight.
Jurgen Klopp said earlier this month it is a “necessity” for clubs to have five substitutes per match in the Premier League, while Guardiola labelled the current three subs limit a “disaster”.
Vincent Paul
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