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Law 1- The Field
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Law 1- The Field 4/18/2016

Pierre of jhb, jhb rsa asks...

Can a walk over be given if the field is not marked....

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Law 1- The Field 4/17/2016

Stephane of Belleville , Ontario Canada asks...

Our school as a very small field. Not even required dimensions. With a ditch on both sides. Since the ditch is too close the school lined the field with the following measurement. Long 89yds wide 42 yds. Goal area 5yds and penalty area 12yds for a...

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Law 1- The Field 4/11/2016

Jamie of Levin, New Zealand asks...

Goalkeeper handles the ball in the penalty arc. Should this be a direct or indirect free kick to the attacking team?...

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Law 1- The Field 1/25/2016

Gareth of Machynlleth, Powys Wales asks...

Tony Pulis while at Stoke would regularly change pitch dimensions depending on the opponent.
The goal posts would not need to be moved as the pitch would be widened equally on each side.
If the home sides manager or even you ''the ref'' or th...

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Law 1- The Field 1/24/2016

Gareth of Machynlleth, Powys United Kingdom asks...

You have been playing for 75 minutes and the home team is losing heavily and one of it's coaching staff informs you that the pitch measurements are outside the regulations.
What should you do if you discover that they are?
And do Referees che...

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Law 1- The Field 11/1/2015

damion of port Antonio , portland jamaica asks...

If a home team fails to provide seating or a technical area what would be the ruling...

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Law 1- The Field 10/26/2015

Shane MacDonald of luton, Beds Englans asks...

Can you confirm what would happen in the below scenario eg play on/free kick etc.

This scenario happened recently in a 5 a side game.

scenario

-Goalkeeper has Both feet inside area
-Majority of the ball is outside are...

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Law 1- The Field 9/30/2015

Scott of Livermore, CA USA asks...

I have never seen specific dimensions or locations for the technical area, and in most youth games there is no marked technical area. Coaches routinely stand on the touch line, and move up and down the line. I have used small cones to indicate a line...

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Law 1- The Field 8/30/2015

Jo of Rumford, Maine USA asks...

What color are corner flags?
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Law 1- The Field 6/20/2015

Barry Stewart of Chilliwack, BC Canada asks...

With respect, Joe McHugh's description 'If any part of the ball is touching any part. . .' is not accurate.

Eclipsing/obscuring (if we can imagine being directly above the ball) or the 'wall of water' are better ways of getting the call cor...

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