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Law 4 - Players Equipment 4/28/2009

James of Austin, TX USA asks...

This is a question about in-game uniform changes:

Recently at a USL-1 game an Austin Aztex player was asked to leave the field by a match official for bleeding. Once he left the pitch the trainer cleaned him up, stopped the bleeding, covere...

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League Specific 10/4/2008

Melvin Hagerman of Colorado Springs, Colorado U.S.A. asks...

Recently I watched a match (TV) where the following happened.

A defender, #35, from the visiting team was struck in the face during a heading battle; his nose bled enough to get blood on his uniform. The center ref sent him to the sidelines...

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Law 7 - Match Duration 6/23/2008

Melvin Hagerman of Colorado Springs, Colorado U.S.A. asks...

No, this one did NOT happen in some first division somewhere . . . yet . . .

As the CR, you start your watch--digital in this case--at the start of a second half. After a while, you look down to check time, say for issuing a yellow card ...

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Law 5 - The Referee 6/18/2008

Melvin Hagerman of Colorado Springs, Colorado U.S.A. asks...

I've wondered, since the advent of water bottles along the touchlines/sidelines of fields in warm-weather situations, what do the referees and AR's do about keeping hydrated?

Can refereeing crews carry a plastic water bottle strapped to th...

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The Fourth Official 4/24/2008

Avery Haskell of Overland Park, KS USA asks...

Is the 4th Official allowed to sit in a chair, perhaps a black foldable stool? I imagine 90 minutes of standing wouldnt feel great....

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The Fourth Official 3/31/2008

jon b of oakton, va us asks...

I watch EPL, what's the job of the fourth ref in the stands?

Why don't high school soccer games in the USA have a 4th ref?...

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Law 7 - Match Duration 2/2/2008

Danny Vaughan of North Vancouver, BC Canada asks...

Hello once again !!

Here I am scratching my head wondering the rules for injury time in the professional leagues. If the fourth official holds up a sign that indicates 3 additional minutes injury time how could the referee play on into fou...

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Mechanics 12/28/2007

Melvin Hagerman of Colorado Springs, CO U.S.A. asks...

Some questions about the referee (although they easily could go in other categories, all involve the ref primarily):

> I have seen referees write a player up in their black book, while others seem to actually write the player's name (numb...

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Law 5 - The Referee 12/14/2007

Melvin Hagerman of Colorado Springs, CO U.S.A. asks...

Recently, an English international referee of repute came out with his life story (for no other way to describe the book), including a well-known incident at the 2006 World Cup which he gave a player three yellow cards before sending the player off. ...

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The Fourth Official 12/3/2007

Melvin Hagerman of Colorado Springs, Colorado U.S.A. asks...

Time out, Mr. Fleischer: I am asking as a soccer FAN, not as the fourth official. Too many times, when I watch matches on TV, the graphics showing who is in and who went off do NOT come up for subs; all we see is the fourth holding up the sign (whi...

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