The problems with modern football...

Having a chat recently with an old chum, we fell into discussing (as we so often do) the problems with modern football - and not just Arsene Wenger's stated ambition for Arsenal to finish fourth.

I listed a number of things that irritate me about modern football. These include but are no by means restricted to:

• The linesman being referred to as "the referee's assistant"
• Squad numbers - go back to 1-11 and avoid the ridiculous situation of having a midfielder like Gareth Bale wearing a left-back's shirt.
• Clubs changing their kits every two years
• FA Cup Semi-Finals being played at Wembley - play them at Hillsborough, Villa Park, Old Trafford, White Hart Lane, the Emirates as they used to be. Wembley should be the preserve of finals and internationals otherwise playing there has no special meaning.
• Play-offs (and also play-offs being played at Wembley)
• Seven subsitutes - two is more than adequate and if a goalkeeper is sent off the team should not be allowed to substitute an outfield player or there is no real sanction. The goalkeeper is the only specialist position on the field.
• Abolition of the European Cup, Cup Winner's Cup and Uefa Cup and replacement by the European Champions League and Europa League. It is a nonsense to have teams who not only are not champions of their own country's league but may have finished as low as fourth to be playing in a European Champions League competition.
• Having almost as many officials in European matches as there are players - and then still making bad decisions when a linesman and man with radio are on the same side of the goal.
• The referee brandishing a second yellow card before showing the red.
• Changing the names of the leagues. Okay stick with the Premier League but the Championship? What was wrong with Division 1? And League 1 and League 2? Calling it League 1 doesn't make it any more exciting or the football any better than when it was the Third Division.

Any additions?