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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 2/25/2016

Victoria of Rowlett, Texas United States of America asks...

What is the correct restart if the play must be stopped for an injured player that wasn't fouled....

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/25/2016

Mark of Hayden, Idaho USA asks...

Player on White team awarded DFK for a foul deep in attacking 1/3 near the corner, 25 yards or more from goal.

Referee is very close, within 2 yards of where foul was committed, and standing next to the White player as he sets the ball to ta...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/25/2016

Richard of Oxford, UK asks...

If a player is on the pitch prior to the start of the game, and hits another player, is then sent off for FC by the ref , can that player be replaced by a named sub prior to the start ? thus the team still starting with 11 players ?

See law ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/25/2016

DEMETRIS of LIMASSOL, CYPRUS asks...

hi,can you commend if the referee was right for not giving a penalty at 1:15min and at 1:38min of the following video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSzNnVR44Fs Reference match AEL vs APOLLON Cyprus cup feb24 2016. Thanks a lot /DEMETRIS...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/24/2016

Peter Grove of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire United Kingdom asks...

This question is specifically addressed in the Laws of the Game.

Page 123 (2015/16 edition, pdf version) states quite unequivocally:

'If a player denies an obvious goalscoring opportunity by playing in a dangerous manner, the refer...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/23/2016

Phil of Tarzana, CA United States asks...

This got me thinking. Suppose an attacker & defender are a few yards from & right in front of the goal...no other players involved. Attacker goes to head the ball & the defender comes in studs first & comes within a few inches of attacker's head. ...

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League Specific 2/22/2016

Peter Grove of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire United Kingdom asks...

Just to follow up on this, it turns out that AYSO has now issued their rules and regulations for heading. The full document can be found here:

http://goo.gl/R3qrTl

Perhaps unsurprisingly, these rules do not specify what should happe...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/22/2016

Barry Stewart of Chilliwack, BC Canada asks...

Brian's predicament had at least two ways of being interpreted. The panelists all read it one way.

I read it as: 'I've blown the whistle and awarded a free kick for a foul outside of the PA (or in the PA but awarded to the defence) - then I ...

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Other 2/22/2016

patrick doubleday of halifax, nova scotia Canada asks...

If your team is being called for a penalty and the other team has posession and they take a shot and it hits the goaltender is this not classified as touching the puck and so the play should be whistled dead?...

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Law 5 - The Referee 2/22/2016

Yazeed of Manchester , United Kingdom asks...

this incident happened in Saudi Arabia league two weeks ago, where a player has been given tow yellow cards but had not been sent off the pitch and he contained to play for 8 minutes.

my question! would you consider this as a technical error...

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