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Law 13 - Free Kicks 1/24/2016

darren boynton of Saco, maine usa asks...

Does the player have to ask for the 10 yards on a free kick restart or can the referee enforce without being asked?...

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Law 1- The Field 1/24/2016

Gareth of Machynlleth, Powys United Kingdom asks...

You have been playing for 75 minutes and the home team is losing heavily and one of it's coaching staff informs you that the pitch measurements are outside the regulations.
What should you do if you discover that they are?
And do Referees che...

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Law 11 - Offside 1/23/2016

Cliff McFadden of Bracknell, Berks asks...

If a free kick is taken from outside the penalty area and the keeper makes a save catching the ball but then drops it over the line should a goal be awarded even if a player was stood in an offside position when the ball was originally struck....

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Law 16 - Goal Kick 1/23/2016

john owen of Reading, Berkshire United Kingdom asks...

when was goal kicks allowed to be taken either side of the goal? when I played in goal you took the goal kick the side where the ball went out of play. not like a corner where you take it from the side it went out.
thank you 1...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/22/2016

Peter Grove of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire England asks...

I see that a follow-up question has already been posed that addresses the issue raised by ref McHugh.

In that follow-up, it is correctly stated that while a player may be sent off before kick-off, the referee's authority to issue cards only ...

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1/22/2016

Steve Quinn of Perth, WA Australia asks...

Just a couple of follow ups to questions on the upcoming rewrite:

Ref McHugh asks the question as to why a referee does not now have the authority to send off players for fighting in the tunnel, since the Laws do mention players being sent o...

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1/21/2016

Peter Grove of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire England asks...

While it is not mentioned in the referenced article, I have it on good authority (from a source in the IFAB) that there will be changes to the wording of the 'Offence' section of Law 11 to eliminate the logical inconsistency it currently contains.
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Law 3 - Number of Players 1/21/2016

Reuben Chambers of montreal, qc Canada asks...

Thanks for your replies.
The team arrived with not many players but enough to start the game.
I gave a red card to one guy for a head butt ... (!) That took them down to the minimum number...
The player got tackled and seemed hurt... (Yo...

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League Specific 1/20/2016

Edson of Houston, Tx United States asks...

The home team coach ask for a 20 minute halftime interval for a parent appreciation ceremony . The visiting teams coach is opposed to this and insists that the interval be only 10!'inuted. The referee shall not allow a 20- minute halftime interval? T...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/20/2016

Brad of Plymouth, Michigan United States asks...

In the example given, would this not also be a caution to the keeper for using a trick to circumvent the rule? Law 12 notes a caution for a teammate, but that section starts with 'e.g.', which suggests to me that perhaps the goalie is not exempt. I...

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