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Law 5 - The Referee
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Law 5 - The Referee 7/16/2013

Earl of Toronto, Ontario Canada asks...

We were up 1-0 with about one minute left to play. I was playing on left midfield and received the ball up the field. As soon as it came to me I kicked it over a fence as far as I could trying waste the clock left. 5 seconds later the ref decides to ...

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Law 5 - The Referee 7/8/2013

Bongani Brighton Mkandla of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe asks...

Can a ref reverse a penalty decision he awards after consulting his lines man who had signaled for an offside?...

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Law 5 - The Referee 7/4/2013

alex of richmond hill, ontario canada asks...

Last game I practiced a trick taught to me by a senior ref. I told the captains to tell their players to stop complaining about fouls as I might be applying advantage. And I will revoke all disadvantage to their teams if their players complain. Guess...

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Law 5 - The Referee 6/24/2013

ibrahim ishiaku of lokoja, kogi nigeria asks...

If a referee ask the security to take one of the club officials out from the vicinity or the bench for improper conduct, is it proper or allowed for the match commissioner of that match to ask the security men to allow the official to remain that he ...

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Law 5 - The Referee 6/23/2013

Matthew Running of Orangevale, California USA asks...

I am in the process of becoming a Referee, and I was reading some example situations online. I came across one where a player received a pass while in the offsides position, but the play was not blown dead by the center because he did not check with ...

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Law 5 - The Referee 6/22/2013

Mick of Cowra, NSW Australia asks...

Ok, the ref awards a goal and points to the halfway for the restart. On looking around sees the linesman has his flag up for offside before the goal was scored. No goal or goal???...

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Law 5 - The Referee 6/16/2013

Tracey of Fredericksburg, Va USA asks...

What is considered abusive power of a referee? Here's the situation - The referees were making some really bad calls. As a former ref, I know that it can be difficult to catch all angles and make all proper calls. However, during the game the sideli...

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Law 5 - The Referee 6/6/2013

Mike of Mumbai, Maharashtra India asks...

Okay, so Im a football fan, and I had to ask this doubt. I was playing a 6v6 match at a local ground. And the defender from my team (Lets say team A) clearly fouled the opposing team B striker (Pulled him to the ground). But the goalie was disoriente...

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Law 5 - The Referee 6/5/2013

martino watson of cayman brac, cayman islands asks...

In a recent game i was refereeing, an attacking player won the ball off the defender and sprinted towards the defenders goal. The defender followed closely on the right side of the attacker but then switched back to the left clipping the heels of the...

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Law 5 - The Referee 5/28/2013

Jack Wayne of Ottawa, Ontario Canada asks...

I only call hand balls that are deliberate or impact the play of the game, I do not call hand balls just because the ball hits a players hand there must be intent. I guess ball on hand is ok, hand on ball is not ok.

Is this ok?

Also...

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