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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/14/2016

Shannon of Grass Lake, MI US asks...

I officiated an adult recreation game and made a call that was widely disputed (by the team whose player committed the foul). The player who committed the foul is a fellow referee and was vehemently disputing the call. The player who had the ball was...

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Law 11 - Offside 9/14/2016

Brian of Brooklyn, NY USA asks...

Hi guys,

Pretty sure I asked this last year but don't remember.
Is there off-side from a goal kick i.e an attacker receiving the ball from his own keeper's goal kick can legally stand behind all defenders regardless of what half of the f...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/14/2016

Steve of Perth, Western Australia Australia asks...

I am sorry, but I am a bit confused here. You say that if I fail to notice an extra player on the pitch, and a goal is scored by that team (with the extra player involved), I cannot now go back and give a DFK for this. That makes no sense. If, a g...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/13/2016

Richard of Dublin, Ireland asks...

Hi, can you please clarify reckless play and if goalkeeper can do such within the box? Cause heard that the situation below should not be considered as a foul, even though goalkeeper went by my opinion recklessly with his studs up. Was referee right ...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 9/13/2016

Mark of San Jose, CAlifornia USA asks...

For dropped ball, I understand it must at least two players for it to be a legal goal. If the ball is dropped and a player dribbles around the penalty area, hasn't touched a player, just the dribbling player,t hen leaves the penalty area and then sho...

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Law 16 - Goal Kick 9/13/2016

Mark of San Jose, CAlifornia USA asks...

Hi Guys, I have a series of questions.

For a goal kick, the ball is in play if it leaves the penalty area, what if a defender just passes it to his goalkeeper and they just pass it to each other, is the ball no considered in play?

F...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/13/2016

Graham McDermott of London, UK asks...

What if the keeper flicks/chips the ball to a player where the intention/effect is that the player immediately heads it back to the keeper and they keeper handles it.

Is this also not a form of 'trickery' and equally against the spirit of th...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/12/2016

skye dalton of Donnybrook, WA Australia asks...

In an offside position if the ball rebounds off the opposition straight to you are you offside...

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Law 3 - Number of Players 9/12/2016

Steve of Perth, Western Australia Australia asks...

You point out correctly that a goal scored with an extra player on the field of play (belonging to the scoring team) results in a goal kick or corner kick as appropriate. For completeness I think it should be pointed out however, that if the extra pl...

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Law 3 - Number of Players 9/11/2016

Filippo of Palermo, Italy asks...

According to the new wording of Law 3, a goal must be disallowed if there was an extra person on the field of play at the moment the goal was scored, and that person belonged to the team scoring it (or was an outside agent). And then it goes on sayin...

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