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Premier League & PGMOL Competition Guidance Handbook 2024/25

9 Sep 2024
Manchester United FC v Liverpool FC - Premier League

Ahead of the 2024/25 Premier League season, the Premier League and the referees body PGMOL have issued a handbook to clubs which lays out the principles for interpretation of the Laws of the Game that will be applied by referees in the competition. 

PL principles

-Maintain high threshold for penalising challenges – not every contact is a foul – while protecting player safety
-Maintain high threshold for VAR intervention – The ‘Referee’s Call’ will stand unless, in the opinion of the VAR, based upon the evidence readily available, that call is a clear and obvious error
-More efficient application of VAR, including the introduction of semi-automated offside technology, to reduce VAR delays
-Improved in-stadium VAR experience

-Embed robust approach to improving participant behaviour on-field and in the technical area, with new focus on regulating public comments
-Maintain stronger measures to reduce time – wasting and disruption tactics and ensure more accurate calculation of additional time

The Handbook can be downloaded here

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