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Law 5 - The Referee 7/21/2008

Steve Kemme of Spring Lake, MI USA asks...

How would you have handled this situation: It is the championship game, there is a tornado watch for the entire state. The weather is fine where the game is being played. The game gets through half time and the players are back on the field when t...

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Law 5 - The Referee 7/9/2008

Meg of Liverpool , England asks...

Hello... I just had my semifinal game and we ended up going to shootouts. After each team took one shot (the opposing team scoring and ours not) the lights went off. We are finishing the shootout at a later date to determine the winner but i was just...

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Law 5 - The Referee 7/9/2008

Guelda of Langley, Canada asks...

According to Fifa rules, if a game is tied and a shootout has started but is interupted and unable to continue, does it start again on another day with the score being 0-0, or what it was when the interuption occured?...

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Law 5 - The Referee 7/8/2008

Stefan Eriksson of Vancouver, BC Canada asks...

We have an issue. we are in playoffs semi finals. the lights went out on the penalty shots in ot. now does the penaltys restart at 0-0 or continue at 1-0 ??? the shootouts have to take place on a subsequent day. the lights never came on and the ref c...

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Law 5 - The Referee 7/8/2008

Stefan Eriksson of Vancouver, BC Canada asks...

We have an issue. we are in playoffs semi finals. the lights went out on the penalty shots in ot. now does the penaltys restart at 0-0 or continue at 1-0??? please let me know asap...

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Law 5 - The Referee 7/7/2008

Jason of Chicago, IL USA asks...

I was reffing a game and my other ref forgot to count the players on his side before the game. 3 min into the game the team scored, but then i was informed by the other team that they had 12 players on the field. What is the proper thing to do in thi...

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Law 5 - The Referee 7/3/2008

Chris of Vancouver, Canada asks...

Regarding Referee signals:

Recently, it struck me that the FIFA LOTG don't indicate any Referee signals for Goal kick, Corner Kick, Kick-off or Penalty shot. There are only AR signals for the first two.

I always avoid signalling ...

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Law 5 - The Referee 7/1/2008

phil wearmouth of Sydney, NSW Australia asks...

We were 3-0 up when the ref abandoned the game after copping some verbal from the sideline oppostion manager. Trouble is when he filled out the sheet at the end of the game he tried to put 0-0 game abandoned. Surely the score stays as it was if the l...

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Law 5 - The Referee 6/25/2008

Nolan of Bancroft, Canada asks...

Couple questions around putting the ball out of play for an injured player on the opposing team.

Its obviously the sporting thing to do in the case of an injury. What happens if the team without the injured player plays on (and the injury o...

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Law 5 - The Referee 6/18/2008

Melvin Hagerman of Colorado Springs, Colorado U.S.A. asks...

I've wondered, since the advent of water bottles along the touchlines/sidelines of fields in warm-weather situations, what do the referees and AR's do about keeping hydrated?

Can refereeing crews carry a plastic water bottle strapped to th...

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