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Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play 10/18/2016

Biju Johny of kuwiat, kuwiat kuwait asks...

Team A scored a goal.Team A took the ball and kept in center.Team B kick the ball direct to Team A Goal and went to goal.Referee first award goal then Team A protest Team A players not reached to their half.First time referee award goal then changed ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/18/2016

russell of Sydney, Australia asks...

In the recent Arsenal v Swansea match Granit Xhaka was shown a straight red for a tactical (and cynical) tackle.

i totally agree he deserved a red card. No game should have this kind of foul and showing a straight red is a great way to help ...

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Mechanics 10/18/2016

Tom of Birmingham, UK asks...

If a player commits a bootable offence but the ref let's play continue with the intention of booking the player when play stops, if the player in question then commits another bootable offence but it is before play has been stopped for the first offe...

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Character, Attitude and Control 10/17/2016

Chad of Chadville, TX USA asks...

How do you know as a CR the balance between letting players play but not letting the game get out of hand?

I do higher level youth games (like Division 1 State Cup, Varsity high school level) where I usually AR and one thing that concerns me...

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10/17/2016

Zakhele Mtolo of Creighton, KZN South Africa asks...

Team A v Team B, Team A player goes to ground(no foul given) and the match continues to a point where Team A regain possession and voluntarily decides to stop play by kicking the ball off the field. Referee then attanded the player who subsequently l...

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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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Other 10/17/2016

jeff of boston, ma usa asks...

Not a direct rule question, but do you guys as referees notice yourselves defending referees more often, even for other sports?

I see people constantly criticizing referees in American football, basketball, baseball, pretty much every sport ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/17/2016

gary of nashua, nh usa asks...

What constitutes a legal shoulder challenge?...

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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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Other 10/16/2016

Jacob Mungoma of Malindi, Kenya Kenya asks...

Cheers for your contributions! Wonderful! l want to highlight that most people in this place do not know the LOTG. I usually ref the lowest three league levels out of five levels; District, county and provincial leagues where the fields of play are ...

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