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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 9/2/2010

brian of shannon , co clare ireland asks...

i played in a match recently where the ref refused to do a coin toss and gave the home team the advantage of playing down a significant hill with the wind and told us that was his decision and to just get on with it,what recourse would our team have?...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 8/31/2010

Anish of Sligo, Sligo County Ireland asks...

Ok so I was watching a match on tv one day, and something strange happened. A fan threw a ball onto the field. As one of the players took a shot, the match ball hit the fan's ball, therefore deflecting, not giving the goalkeeper a chance, and going i...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 8/29/2010

brian of shannon , co clare ireland asks...

does the referee have to toss a coin to decide who plays which way in the first half?...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 8/11/2010

Leah of Thornton, Ontario Canada asks...

Hi, At a game I played recently the referee called an injury but the player was alright. The play restarted with a drop ball. The referee dropped the ball about a foot away from the players and told the green team to kick it to the red. When green ki...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 7/25/2010

bill of Redding, CA United States asks...

play stopped for injury inside goal area, restart dropped ball is where? within or on the goal area line (6 yd)...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 7/13/2010

zach valincourt of rochester, new york united states of america asks...

I have a small question - is there a drop ball were the goalie is forced to take the drop ball in the box or is there not?...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 7/7/2010

Doug of Orange County, California USA asks...

Thank you very much for the insights regarding handling a dropped ball. I actually saw such a thing happen in today's world cup match, Spain vs Germany, at the very beginning.

As a follow up, I'd like to ask one more question.

I th...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 7/4/2010

Trawets of London, Ontario Canada asks...

At the start of a match or after a goal is scored the ball is placed at centre. The Ref. blows the whistle to start (restart)the match and the player then puts there hands on the ball to re-position it. Is this a hand ball, or since the ball hasn't m...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 7/2/2010

Peter of Stockton, CA USA asks...

Hi

What is the correct way to handle a drop ball restart? I have always dropped the ball between two players, one from each team, and then they have 'fought for the ball'. I have not seen this done in the WC, and I am wondering if there is a...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 7/2/2010

Doug of Orange County, CA USA asks...

I have a question regarding drop balls with intent to go to one team.

If in the opinion of the referee, the ball should go to the blue team, but the correct restart is a drop ball, can the referee request the red team to stand further back, ...

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