Question Number: 17945

Law 15 - Throw In 11/18/2007

RE: Recreation Under 17

Ryan Budd of Littlehampton, Sussex England asks...

Is it actually possible to score from a throw-in?

If a throw is delivered into the opposition's 6-yard box, takes a slight brush off a defender, and then goes in, whose goal is this?

Surely it should go down as a goal to the throw-in taker?

Answer provided by Referee Chuck Fleischer

It is impossible to score a goal directly from a throw-in. In the case you relate the ball doesn't come directly from throw-in, it comes from another player and thence into the goal. This is counted as a goal for the side restarting play with a throw-in. Now, over to the dubious goals committee for determination if credit for the goal is to the thrower or defender who by his intervention prevented his side from winning a goal kick.

Regards,

Answer provided by Referee Michelle Maloney

A throw-in is like an indirect free kick in the sense that like the IDFK, it must touch another player before entering the goal in order for it to be a goal kick. The key is whether the referee team sees the 'brush off a defender' because if they don't the restart is a goal kick. If they do, goal.

Answer provided by Referee Steve Montanino

That would have to be considered an own goal in my book. As it requires the intervention of the defender to actually count.

Answer provided by Referee Keith Contarino

No directly. The ball has to touch a player before it enters the goal from a throw-in. It did in your case. Goal!

Answer provided by Referee Ben Mueller

The ball must touch another player before going in. In your case...it is a goal.