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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/3/2007

Daniel Munteanu of Bacau, Romania asks...

An attacker may charge the opposite goalkeeper?
1. If the answer is "Yes", what conditions must carry out the charging in order to be considered a lawful one?
2. If the answer is "No", what forbids it?
Best regards,
Daniel Muntean...

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 2/3/2007

kevin gibson of DURHAM, DURHAM ENGLAND asks...

in a pen shootout,if the ball hits the post/crossbar then the keeper before going into the net is the goal allowed to stand...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 2/2/2007

Chris Daoust of Rockland, Ontario Canada asks...

Hello;

I am about to start my 3rd year of refereeing and love the game. I do have some difficulty is remembering when to use what restart mention but that coming. In the next two weeks I will be taking a C-3 Clinic and believe that I shou...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/2/2007

Jon of London, UK asks...

Sorry guys for butting into this, but i have just read this having posted a few minutes before reading this thought it apt to refer to my WAIT...ADVANTAGE comment. No referee on this earth should EVER think that it is advantageous to award a PK and d...

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Character, Attitude and Control 2/2/2007

Jon of London, UK asks...

Sorry Nathan, badly worded on my part. When i said "through on goal" I was actually aluding to the fact that the striker was one on one with the keeper, running straight at goal therefore DOGSO arised. The ball was removed from the strikers posession...

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Law 18 - Common Sense 2/2/2007

Antoine Murray of ulverston, cumbria uk asks...

After much protest by the players about the referee's decision, the King of (some middle eastern country that now eludes me) came down from the stands and spoke to the ref and he changed his decision. I think this happened in the 80s, could you plea...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/2/2007

Patrick Chambers of Kailua, HI USA asks...

Dear Sir,

Thank you for the great resource for us referees.

My question - in your recent discussion on "If the defending team kicks the ball into their own goal, does this score a goal for the attacking team?" no one addressed t...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/2/2007

Todd Arklan of Los Angeles, CA USA asks...

Under what conditions might a defender commit a non-penal foul (restart IFK) that results in DOGSO and a send-off? Most examples of DOGSO are penal fouls (tripping, holding, etc) and are punishable by a DFK or PK. Could you devise an example where a...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/2/2007

Phil of Vancouver, Canada asks...

Re: 14766

Gentlemen,

Further to my original question regarding a technical foul (location of IDFK), would it be a drop ball if two players were involved or would you award the IDFK based on who said what first e.g. he started th...

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Mechanics 2/2/2007

Chris of Deerfield Beach, Florida U.S. asks...

But whaat hand signals do they use? I always see them pointing in the air with both hands and then somehwere else....

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