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Welcome to AskTheRef.com -- a Soccer Law Question and Answer site. Providing answers to questions regarding soccer laws since October 11, 1999... Those who have ideas or articles please feel free to contact the editor Richard Dawson at mrref@asktheref.com with suggestions. To recover You Call it answers use the .. Articles.. link button 3rd top left . NEW YOU CALL IT for August is up.
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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/17/2017RE: Semi pro Adult Luke Morton of coventry, West Midlands United Kingdom asks...So awarding a penalty and sending the player off would be incorrect? ...
Read The Full Q & A High School 8/16/2017RE: 7 High School Frances McDaniel of Shady Spring, West Virginia United States asks...What should a official do if a player is on the field and has an earring taped. Get her off the field? I think it should be as soon as the official sees it.
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Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/16/2017RE: Adult Geoffrey Watson of Tai Po, NT Hong Kong asks...In a previous answer you said 'A penalty kick can not be awarded since the ball is not in play.'
In a recent controversial call an attacker was challenged by the goalkeeper near to the bye-line. Just before the GK reached him the attacker h...
Read The Full Q & A Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play 8/15/2017RE: Under 8 Tom Smith of Tura, QLD Australia asks...Player on Red team is about to have a shot, another ball enters field and ref calls for a drop ball, A player from blue team is about to kick the ball back to their opposition. I have many questions
1. Can a player from attacking team contest the...
Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/15/2017RE: Rec Adult Russell of Sydney, Australis asks...The question from Jordan of Sydney does not specify which PA (not sure if done so deliberately), and so some panel responses are confusing.
Ref Dawson said 'If the two players are from the same team a penalty...' " but surely not if the fig...
Read The Full Q & A Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play 8/15/2017RE: Competitive Under 18 Aaron Speca of Virginia Beach, VA USA asks...Soccer tournaments have started again and with them always come crazy situations! I saw both of these this weekend (no video this time as they were in games my kids were not involved in):
1. The tournament venue had multipurpose fields whic...
Read The Full Q & A Law 16 - The Goal Kick 8/15/2017RE: Under 19 Jagira of Jhumaru, Andar pradesh Kenya asks...My question is '. What happen if a goal keeper throw the ball to his team mate instead of taking a goal kick ' ?...
Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/15/2017RE: Semi pro Adult Luke Morton of coventry, West Midlands United Kingdom asks...The ball accidentally strikes the defenders arm 6 yards with the ball on target but keeper is behind defender and defenders arms are by his side. Ref awards a pen and sends player off,right or wrong decision? ...
Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/15/2017RE: Competitive Adult Jack Smith of Sydney, New South Wales Australia asks...Do you believe that the tackle by Shaughnessy on Piazon in the recent Leeds vs Fulham Championship match was legal (based on the scissoring contact delivered to the ankle)? It can be viewed here: https://streamable.com/ye5xs
Not that it's a...
Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 8/14/2017RE: Under 12 Jonny Gray of Gibraltar , Gibraltar asks...Sorry, what about the fact the ball was played into his path by a Liverpool player? Even if he was clearly PIOP the original ball was not meant for him and only inadvertently put in his path via a Liverpool player?...
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