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Law 5 - The Referee
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Law 5 - The Referee 4/28/2014

Ilya Kostyukovsky of New York, NY USA asks...

I understand that the advantage rule per the Advice to Referees for Law 5 has been tweaked since now the advantage decision 'can include offenses which are not against any specific
opponent " e.g., handling, offside, or second-touch violations.'<...

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Law 5 - The Referee 4/27/2014

Barry Stewart of Chilliwack, BC Canada asks...

Re: Drop ball to defending keeper, in the penalty area.

Scenario: play is whistled down, so a serious injury can be attended to. Ball was in the penalty area " in the possession of the defending team " at the time.

Attacking team of...

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Law 5 - The Referee 4/27/2014

Larry Kap of Middletown, PA United States asks...

Dropped ball after injury. Ref instructs player to kick ball to opposing goalie. Instead of a courtesy kick to goalie, player takes a shot. Keeper bobbles ball and it goes in the goal. I know you can't score directly from a dropped ball anymore, ...

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Law 5 - The Referee 4/25/2014

Barry of Arlington, VA USA asks...

Attacker A1 has the ball and dispossessed by Defender B1. A1 clamors for a foul, but the ref says there was no foul and allows play to continue. How should the referee say there is no foul? I have seen numerous things done, but I am curious the best ...

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Law 5 - The Referee 4/23/2014

John Barry of Medford, NY USA asks...

Follow-up; if the special needs player was close enough for the 'growl' to have any effect on the kick/kicker it would seem that she was not respecting the proper distance; if it did not have any effect why call anything? ...

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Law 5 - The Referee 4/10/2014

Dean Hills of SWANSEA, Select United Kingdom asks...

A player goes down with cramp when ball goes out of play for throw in. Does the player have to leave the field of play on restart. He has not been seen by any of the coaching staff or physio. ...

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Law 5 - The Referee 4/9/2014

Paul of Milton, Ontario Canada asks...

My question is about allowing advantage immediately after a DOGSO offence.

If the offence occurs in the penalty area, and the referee does NOT apply advantage, it is obviously a penalty kick that is awarded, and a red card shown.

No...

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Law 5 - The Referee 4/7/2014

Elly of Melbourne, VIC Australia asks...

Saw an interesting situation a few years ago, and I'd like your opinion on it.

This happened at an international friendly between Australia and Scotland. The Aussies were on the attack when a Scottish defender blocked a shot with his arm ON ...

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Law 5 - The Referee 4/4/2014

Craig of Sydney, NSW Australia asks...

A second ball from an adjacent field goes onto the field. It is in a position that interferes with play. What should the ref do? ...

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Law 5 - The Referee 3/31/2014

John of Derby, United Kingdom asks...

Hi,

I refereed my first game yesterday. I was feeling really happy with myself until an incident in the last minute of the match. The ball came off an attacking player and looked to be clearly heading out for a goal kick. I called out, 'Goal...

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