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Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play 10/2/2016

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

Can a player score an own goal from a kickoff?...

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Law 6 - The Other Match Oficials 10/1/2016

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

Any specific size for Assistant Referee Flag and flagpost? ...

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Law 15 - The Throw In 10/1/2016

Richard Duncan of Frostburg, MD USA asks...

I have seen several instances where the throw in never enters the field of play and the ball is awarded to the opposing team as a throw in. Since the throw in is a way to start play, how does the ball change possession when it never entered the fiel...

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Law 15 - The Throw In 10/1/2016

Vahid of Sydney, NSW AUSTRALIA asks...

Hi, is there any requirement for how far a player should be from the touchline when taking throw -in ?...

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Kicks From The Penalty mark 10/1/2016

Omar of Mogadishu, Banaadir Somalia asks...

During the kicks from the penalty mark goalkeeper has picked up and injury and his team has used all of their substitutions can this team replace this goalkeeper player who was excluded from the match to equalise the number of players?...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/1/2016

Jack Smith of Sydney, New South Wales Australia asks...

I noticed that the wording has changed slightly for the direct free kick offences in Law 12 in the most recent Laws. In addition to 'tackles', there is now another word, 'challenges'. These words both imply that contact is not required in either of t...

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Mechanics 9/30/2016

jeff of new york, ny usa asks...

I will frequently announce on a clearly deliberately slow restart (goal kick, throw in, free kick) for a team to preserve a lead that the team has 5 seconds to put the ball in play, and for every slow restart afterwards I will do a countdown out loud...

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League Specific 9/30/2016

sam of Vancouver, BC canada asks...

With the new rule of shaking hands at the beginning of a game, should refs encourage a second handshake at the end of the game?...

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High School 9/30/2016

Dave of Johnstown, PA USA asks...

There is a discussion among our chapter about subs entering the game after an injury.

NHFS rule 2, Sec 3, Art 2 states: Either team may substitute an ulimited number of players from the bench provided they report to the scorer's table or t...

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High School 9/29/2016

Tammy of Salem, Il Marion asks...

Should a goal count if a referee blows the whistle to make a call then the other team kicks it in?...

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