Čech calls for change in rules to ensure substitute goalkeepers get league medals

The Czech football goalkeeper Petr Čech has called for a change in the rules to allow substitute goalies to receive medals if they play any part in a league competition. Currently all players have to have made at least 10 appearances during a Premier League season to receive a medal if their club win the title. But in an interview for the Observer newspaper the Chelsea star said it never happens that a second choice goalkeeper makes that many appearances in a league campaign. Čech said the current regulation was “ridiculous” and should be amended to take into account the different situation of back-up keepers.