The Premier League have confirmed concussion substitutes will first be used from February 6. A joint statement from the league and the Football Association set out the timetable for the rollout of the new protocol, which will enable teams to make up to two additional permanent concussion substitutes in a match.
The new protocol will first come into force in the FA Cup from next month’s fifth round, the FA said, and will be used in the Women’s Super League and Championship from February 6.
The protocols were approved at the annual business meeting of the International Football Association Board, the game’s lawmaking body, last month.
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