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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 11/26/2007

Brad of Ellicott City, MD USA asks...

If the keeper has the ball w/ only one finger on it and the ball is on the ground does he/she have possession...

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Law 5 - The Referee 11/26/2007

Errol McGlashan of Stockwell, London England asks...

My friend Pascal lives in Rome in Italy. He is a football referee. He intends to come to England to live. Please could you advise me as to how he can get a job as a referee in England. Any help/advise that you can give me will be greatly appreciated....

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 11/26/2007

Declan Byrne of Dublin, Ireland asks...

Hello,

Can you tell me what the punishment should be in an U10s match if the following happens?

The opposition have a shot at goal and score but a player on the defending team handles the ball deliberately, but the ball has alre...

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Law 10 - Method of Scoring 11/26/2007

Steevn Gill of Barrow in Furness, Cumbria England asks...

On a very windy day, the goalkeeper caught the ball from a shot and ran to the edge of the box and threw the ball to his forwards. The ball got caught in the wind and bounced infront of the opposing keeper and over his head and into the goal. My qu...

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League Specific 11/25/2007

Peter of Stockton, CA USA asks...

In a recent tournament, we had a rule that would disqualify a team if they scored more than 5 goals than their opponent. Team A was up by 5 goals, when people on the sidelines started shouting for Team B to score an own goal, which would then put Tea...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 11/25/2007

Joel of Fallbrook, California USA asks...

[Reference 17992]
well how is that you talk to refs because i went up to a ref during a game after calling a foul even though a foul never exsisted and gave me a yellow card. besides i couldnt even go talk to the ref that game because the othe...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 11/25/2007

Kevin Ferguson of Winchburgh, West Lothian Scotland asks...

Why is it the majority of referees feel the need to clamp down more severely on dissent/foul and abusive language than on dangerous tackles?

Countless times this season, my own team (through lack of discipline and frustration at refereein...

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Law 11 - Offside 11/25/2007

Denis of Palos Verdes, CA US asks...

Players A and B are attacking. Player A has the ball wide on the left side of the field and player B is in an offsides position, beyond the next to last defender and ahead of the ball, wide to the right away from the play. Player A beats the next to ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 11/25/2007

Dave of Agoura hills, CA USA asks...

If when attempting to punt a ball after a save the goalie steps over the goal box line is a direct or indirect kick awarded to to the opposing team? ...

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League Specific 11/25/2007

Jansen of Pasir Ris, Singapore asks...

pls correct me if i'm wrong, 2 yellow cards in a match, player get a red and miss the next 2 games.

How many individual yellow card per match does a player gets before getting baned for the next match? ...

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