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Law 5 - The Referee
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Law 5 - The Referee 11/7/2016

Bob pluck of BAGSHOT, SURREY United Kingdom asks...

Can a referee score a goal ?
I recently watched a local game a corner was taken and the goalkeeper punched the ball out to the edge of the penalty area
All the players and the referee started to move out when a attacking player on the edge of...

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Law 5 - The Referee 10/17/2016

Josh of Warren, Pa USA asks...

During a game, an attacking player kicked a ball that hit a defending player in the left elbow. The referee blew his whistle (for a handball in the box), both teams stopped playing, and the attacking player then kicked the ball into the net. The at...

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Law 5 - The Referee 10/16/2016

Jim Menter of Haverhill, MA USA asks...

I help referee the middle school program in my hometown. I have been an official for a along time and have refereed on fields that were not well lined but with e budget constraints, these fields have no lines except the lines from the 2 U12 fields t...

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Law 5 - The Referee 10/10/2016

Mark Stern of Somerville, MA USA asks...

Is this correct:?
Jim Gordon, Retired soccer ref ('3500 assorted matches), ex-ref instructor, ex-coach, Div...
Updated 24 Sep 2013
A referee may change his decision to either caution (and show the yellow card) or send off (and show the re...

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Law 5 - The Referee 10/7/2016

Brad H of Plymouth, Michigan United States asks...

Regarding advice from question 30853, Referee Voshol comments:

'When a coach approaches you to talk about how you're going to call something, say, 'Wait a minute, let's get the other coach so both of you know how the game will go.' That qui...

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Law 5 - The Referee 10/6/2016

Phil of Tarzana, CA United States asks...

I usually ignore the spectators & coach complaints. However, as a center referee, I won't let them abuse my ARs, especially when they are youth ARs.

But as an AR, I'm unsure how far to let it go when they are complaining about the referee. ...

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Law 5 - The Referee 10/4/2016

sam of topeka, ks usa asks...

What are your thoughts on interacting with spectators/parents/etc in youth games?

The only time I would ever even consider talking to a parent (who are usually right alongside the field) is if I was a center and they were berating my young A...

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Law 5 - The Referee 10/2/2016

Haji Hussain Jan of Muscat, Muscat Oman asks...

A referee is far from offence and a foul occured near penalty line, referee signaled for a DFK but attacking team not satisfied, ref asks AR and he says DFK. Someone calls ref outside and shows him the offense in slow motion in his tablet then refere...

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Law 5 - The Referee 9/25/2016

Haji Hussain Jan of Muscat, Muscat Oman asks...

Can a referee wear glasses, while a match?...

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Law 5 - The Referee 9/19/2016

Haji Hussain Jan of Muscat, Muscat Oman asks...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tHeLXd40OpM

In the link above referee change his decision from PK to a DFK against attacker. If the restart is a DFK againt attacker then on what basis. Why not a dropball?...

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