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It will now implemented prior to the 2022-23 season at the discretion of the organisers of a competition. The Premier League was the only major competition to abandon the rule because some clubs felt it gave those with bigger squads an unfair advantage. The following season substitutes were allowed for the first time in the FA Cup and the Scottish League. The first ever substitute to play in a senior match there was Archie Gemmill, in a League Cup tie for St Mirren against Falkirk. For the time being the Football League retained the rule that subs could only replace injured players but there were suspicions that some were feigning to allow their team to make what were, in effect, tactical substitutions. In 1967, therefore, the common sense decision was made to allow substitutions for any reason with a resultant increase in their frequency. In 1967-68, for example, West Brom used their substitute in half of their league games, while Dennis Clarke became the first to play in an FA Cup final. One factor that affected the last campaign was the World Cup, which halted domestic competition for around six weeks from mid-November and meant the final games of the season (Scottish Cup final and Premiership play-off finals) took place in early June. The referees and the assistant referees are still responsible for the decision on the field of play.

Another first occurred on that opening day of the 1965-66 season when Barrow substitute Bobby Knox scored against Wrexham. Later in the season Knox came on to play as stand-in goalkeeper against Doncaster Rovers and became the first sub to save a penalty. As they could only be used to replace injured players, substitutions were something of a novelty. West Brom, for example, first made a substitution on September 10 but not again until November 27 and used their substitute in only seven of their 42 league games. Their experience was not atypical.

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At United, Sir Alex Ferguson found in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer a player who thrived coming into a match as the opposition defenders grew weary and space opened up. He has since found another.

When it first came in, I thought 'why?' I didn't agree with it at the time, but now it's just become the norm. There's two sides to it - I think it definitely benefits a bigger club with a bigger squad and more strength in depth. You can basically use near enough your whole squad on the bench. This season's champions, Celtic, had the most goals by substitutes with 24 (21% of their 114 total), followed by runners-up Rangers with 14 (15%) then fourth-placed Heart of Midlothian (16%) and St Johnstone (24%), both with 10.Scotland were the opponents for the first ever use of a substitute in international football, when Wales' original goalkeeper failed to arrive in 1889.