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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/5/2016

Jack of Sydney, NSW Australia asks...

Thanks for clarifying this.

Just so I understand the restart location (which could be the crucial difference between a penalty kick or direct free kick):

- if a substitute enters the field and kicks the ball, or handles the ball, i...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/5/2016

Jack of Sydney, NSW Australia asks...

Something in Referee Dawson's answer leads me to believe that I may not have been clear in the way I worded the question. I tried to give a plausible scenario, but I feel that may have detracted from the core issue.

In Referee Dawson's answe...

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Law 15 - Throw In 9/4/2016

david of town center, vt usa asks...

Years ago I was told ' For a throw in, feet must be behind, not on, the line. Now feet are allowed onto the interior of the field as long as they touch a portion of the line' Has the rule changed?
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Law 11 - Offside 9/4/2016

Daniel hague of Manchester, England asks...

Canyou not be called offside if you recieve the ball from your own goalkeer if he throws the ball? ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/4/2016

Walter DiCarlo of stoneham , massachusetts USA asks...

2016/2017 law changes.

Law 12, section 12.16 Fouls off the field of play.

I also looked at related 13.3 + 14.1 sections.
The confusion is ,if a player leaves the field of play as part of play and commits an offence against ano...

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Law 4 - Players Equipment 9/2/2016

Jeremie of Ottawa, Ontario Canada asks...

I am going to get glasses soon. Will I still be able to do headbutts with glasses on?

Thanks ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/2/2016

Jack of Sydney, NSW Australia asks...

In previous editions of the Laws of the Game, when substitutes threw objects onto the field of play when the ball was in play, the object was treated as an extension of the hand and the substitute was deemed to have entered the field of play. Therefo...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/2/2016

Jack of Sydney, NSW Australia asks...

The ball is in play. The blue goalkeeper has the ball in their hands in their own penalty area, and is about to release it by punting it up field.

A blue substitute, warming up down the other end of the field on the touchline, decides for wh...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/1/2016

Jack of Sydney, NSW Australia asks...

In Law 12, in the latest edition of the Laws of the Game, the following paragraph is present. It is worded slightly differently to previous editions:

'If the referee plays the advantage for an offence for which a caution / send off would hav...

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8/31/2016

Zaydee Santoyo of Griffith, Indiana United States asks...

Last night our Varsity boys played a conference game that had to have a winner... Our home team was losing 1-0 but with about 5 minutes left in the second half, they scored and now it is a very lively tied game. With 18 seconds left in the game, opp...

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