Club votes boost bench options
Football League clubs have voted in favour of the reintroduction of seven substitutes from next season.
Managers of the 72 member clubs only had five options from the bench in 2011-12, a move intended to reduce costs with clubs struggling to fund large squads, though this proved unpopular.
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