How much added time? Football’s new guidelines and the impact they will have

File photo dated 21-11-2022 of the big screen displaying fourteen minutes of added time at the end of the first half during the FIFA World Cup Group B match at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar. A significant increase in time added on at the end of either half split opinion when it was introduced at last year�s World Cup, but the change is set to apply to Premier League games this season. Issue date: Wednesday August 2, 2023.

New guidelines on added time and player behaviour are set to dominate the debate in the early weeks of the new domestic season in England.

Here, the PA news agency takes a closer look.

– What has happened?

Referees in the Premier League and the EFL, in line with every other competition around the world, have been instructed by the game’s lawmakers to more accurately calculate time lost to stoppages this season – including goal celebrations, substitutions and VAR checks.

The approach was first adopted at the men’s World Cup in Qatar last year, where on average FIFA found 10 minutes and 11 seconds were added to matches at the finals.

– Why is this being done?The idea is to clamp down on time-wasting and increase effective playing time. The game’s world governing body FIFA found that while added time was up in Qatar compared to the 2018 finals in Russia, effective playing time increased from 55 minutes and 41 seconds in Russia to 59 minutes and 47 seconds in Qatar.

– What has been the impact in England so far? Arsenal celebrate their late equaliser against Manchester City in Sunday’s Community Shield (John Walton/PA)

Arsenal have been early beneficiaries of the new approach, scoring in the 11th of 13 added minutes at the end of the Community Shield on Sunday to draw level against