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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/24/2016

Peter Grove of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire United Kingdom asks...

This question is specifically addressed in the Laws of the Game.

Page 123 (2015/16 edition, pdf version) states quite unequivocally:

'If a player denies an obvious goalscoring opportunity by playing in a dangerous manner, the refer...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/23/2016

Phil of Tarzana, CA United States asks...

This got me thinking. Suppose an attacker & defender are a few yards from & right in front of the goal...no other players involved. Attacker goes to head the ball & the defender comes in studs first & comes within a few inches of attacker's head. ...

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League Specific 2/22/2016

Peter Grove of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire United Kingdom asks...

Just to follow up on this, it turns out that AYSO has now issued their rules and regulations for heading. The full document can be found here:

http://goo.gl/R3qrTl

Perhaps unsurprisingly, these rules do not specify what should happe...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/22/2016

Barry Stewart of Chilliwack, BC Canada asks...

Brian's predicament had at least two ways of being interpreted. The panelists all read it one way.

I read it as: 'I've blown the whistle and awarded a free kick for a foul outside of the PA (or in the PA but awarded to the defence) - then I ...

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Other 2/22/2016

patrick doubleday of halifax, nova scotia Canada asks...

If your team is being called for a penalty and the other team has posession and they take a shot and it hits the goaltender is this not classified as touching the puck and so the play should be whistled dead?...

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Law 5 - The Referee 2/22/2016

Yazeed of Manchester , United Kingdom asks...

this incident happened in Saudi Arabia league two weeks ago, where a player has been given tow yellow cards but had not been sent off the pitch and he contained to play for 8 minutes.

my question! would you consider this as a technical error...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/22/2016

Arkady English of Wimbledon, London United Kingdom asks...

Salih Dursun was recently shown the red card and sent off for picking up the referee's red card, and 'sending off' the referee. This was in protest of another red card his team had just received.

(A video and description of the incident is h...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/22/2016

mahadev of Thane, maharashtra india asks...

is taking our leg above the opponent players belly a foul while attempting a ball?
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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/22/2016

Brian of Toronto, ON Canada asks...


I have awarded a free-kick when I see a defender punch an attacker in the penalty box. I give the defender a Red Card.
Do I now award a penalty, or stick with the free- kick...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 2/22/2016

Sahil of New delhi, Delhi India asks...

Why do professional players sometimes take freekick from a point 3 m ahead of the point of foul? Also why do they take a throw in 3-4 m away from the point where it went out? (in UCL LA LIGA matches)
Is it permissible or it is a violation of game...

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