Do you remember the season that this was trialled?

[Birdman]

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Was it Bishops Stortford or Boreham Wood back in the 94/95 season who built their team around this. Tall players if I recall correctly.

[Bob]

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Was it Bishops Stortford or Boreham Wood back in the 94/95 season who built their team around this. Tall players if I recall correctly.

Put it this way Birdman, the wood became champions that season

[Old Bob]

It was an abject failure. It achieved nothing. Wenger seems to have lost the plot over recent years. He says throw-ins are a time waster, but if that really is a problem, the solution is in the hands of the referee.

[Fuggletim]

Rich coming from Mr Wenger whose Arsenal team were one of the greatest exponents of time wasting! Didn’t mind “Kick Ins”, but cannot recall them speeding up a game; in fact they wasted about as much time as waiting for everyone to get in place for a “Free Kick.”

Curious how he wants to do away with one time wasting thing, but introduce something else.

Any change in the “Laws” about who can wear gloves and when?

[Statto]

Yup, 1994-95.

I was looking forward to seeing lots of balls into the box, but that rarely happened!

[margateshot]

Wenger said that free kicks and throw ins are the biggest time wasters. So he wants to replace a throw in with what is basically a free kick. Why do they insist on changing the laws of the game every season?

[Fuggletim]

Although always having had an interest in football, it wasn’t really until the mid to late 1970s that I really started taking an deeper interest. In that time, the only really positive changesI have seen and liked are:

a) The “Back Pass” rule.

b) Bringing back Red and Yellow cards after they briefly vanished.

What I would like to see is:

a) A booking for deliberate “Time Wasting” ” when a ball is deliberately played up into a corner, particularly, towards the end of the match to waste time for more than 30 x seconds.

b) Substitution permitted for an injured player even if usual amount of substitutes have been used.

[chimpster99]

It would be good if referees actually enforced the 6 second rule for goalkeepers too!!

[Josh]

I think we scored from one once, maybe Keith Baker. Could well be wrong!

[MikeB]

Although always having had an interest in football, it wasn’t really until the mid to late 1970s that I really started taking an deeper interest. In that time, the only really positive changesI have seen and liked are:

a) The “Back Pass” rule.

b) Bringing back Red and Yellow cards after they briefly vanished.

What I would like to see is:

a) A booking for deliberate “Time Wasting” ” when a ball is deliberately played up into a corner, particularly, towards the end of the match to waste time for more than 30 x seconds.

b) Substitution permitted for an injured player even if usual amount of substitutes have been used.

I don't agree on the extra substitutions. It would just encourage fake injuries. How could a ref decide whether a player was genuinely hurt?

[Crowthorne]

Although always having had an interest in football, it wasn’t really until the mid to late 1970s that I really started taking an deeper interest. In that time, the only really positive changesI have seen and liked are:

a) The “Back Pass” rule.

b) Bringing back Red and Yellow cards after they briefly vanished.

What I would like to see is:

a) A booking for deliberate “Time Wasting” ” when a ball is deliberately played up into a corner, particularly, towards the end of the match to waste time for more than 30 x seconds.

b) Substitution permitted for an injured player even if usual amount of substitutes have been used.

I would like to see players red carded for shouting verbal abuse to refs, you see it every week in the PL but rarely in Cricket or Rugby.

[Mytshot]

The kick in rule was a farce when it was trialled back in the 90s. These days you may well get short passes from a kick in at the top level of the game (the same as you do from goal kicks), but at the lower levels it will just be hoofed.

[Fuggletim]

Although always having had an interest in football, it wasn’t really until the mid to late 1970s that I really started taking an deeper interest. In that time, the only really positive changesI have seen and liked are:

a) The “Back Pass” rule.

b) Bringing back Red and Yellow cards after they briefly vanished.

What I would like to see is:

a) A booking for deliberate “Time Wasting” ” when a ball is deliberately played up into a corner, particularly, towards the end of the match to waste time for more than 30 x seconds.

b) Substitution permitted for an injured player even if usual amount of substitutes have been used.

I don't agree on the extra substitutions. It would just encourage fake injuries. How could a ref decide whether a player was genuinely hurt?

If I could just qualify what I mean is that if a player has to be taken off because of a SERIOUS injury such as when we lost Ethan Ross and Mitch Walker v Eastleigh back in April. I am not advocating for someone who falls over and says they have cramp or something like that.

[Cph.shots]

I completely agree about a punishment for abusing and even approaching a referee, all communication should go through the captain, isn't that the way i rugby?
Also I'd like to see something that punishes those fanning injury, maybe compulsory 2 min on sideline, that shouldn't affect those with geuine injuries but might discourage those faking it.

[IanShots]

A blast from the past!

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