- 30 May 08, 03:33 PM
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If I played football on the 30th May 2008 can the final result be on the Sunday 29th May? Bit like this article really...i.e. you have the dates wrong!
quote:
"The deadline for suggestions for the first week of You Are The Ref is Sunday, 29 May and next week we will bring you the first posers for you to solve."
Sunday is 1st June!
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sep41999 - well spotted!
Article updated 1615 GMT - 30/5/08
Thanks.
And, taking this opportunity to ask YATR:
A susbstitute is about to come on. The fourth official deems that their studs are not 'regulation' and can not be allowed on to the field of play. what happens if - though highly unlikely - no alternative boots or studs are available?
(Let's assume the player is of Kanu proportions and can not therefore take the boots of the player he is replacing.)
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If it is clear that a team are about to score and a supporter of the defending team (or a substitue) runs onto the pitch and saves the ball before it enters the net what is the decision of the ref?
One they posed at the ref training course
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Commentators frequently say "the ref has blown up", so I would like to see a ref blow up or is that to un pc.
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if a player enters the field of play without having applied his sponsor's hair products in adequate quantities and discovers his supply has run out do you:
a) delay kick off and rush round to the nearest chemists and buy a quantity of various sponsor's products to be shared out amongst both teams?
b) break down in the centre circle and cry like a little girl until a rival product offers you £1M extra to use their products?
c) offer the home team a 3-3 draw and all head of to the next "Hello" wedding shoot?
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What would happen in the scenario that a player was to score an own goal then take off his shirt and reveal that he has the oppositions shirt on and carry on playing for that team.
Does this count as 12 players and he has to be substituted or does the match carry on with a lunatic on the field?
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A player is about to be substituted. As he walks off the pitch he punches one of the opposition. Can he be sent off? In which case would the substitution be permitted?
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What happens if all the matchballs at a game ended up going out the stadium or something?
Does the ref ask the fourth official to scamper off and go to the nearest sports shop?
And what about if the ref scored himself? Would the goal be allowed if it deflected off his head and wrong-footed the goalkeeper?
Sam Dalton
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This is pathetic. You are the ref is for schoolboys, Not grown men.
The BBC just sinks lower by the day.
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I am a bit confuesed as to this situation,
A goalkeeper gets a yellow card in normal time of a cup match for time wasting, and eventually the match goes to a penalty shootout, then when the score is at 6-6, and it is sudden death, the same goalkeeper picks up another yellow card thereby being sent off, before the next pen is about to be taken what happens then?
Does the team who are having to face the team who have had the goalkeeper sent off get to score in an open net??
Many thanks for any help.
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Rio Ferdinand (standing outside his area)receives a pass back from Owen Hargreaves.
Rio, in one movement, flicks the ball up onto his head and heads it back to Edwin van der Sar, so that Edwin can catch it and get maximum distance on his clearance by being able to drop-kick the ball.
Is Rio's action allowed, seeing that in normal circumstances he would've merely passed the ball back to his goalie who would not then have been able to handle it.
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Penalty shoot-out. The ball hits the post rebounding straight off it back towards the halfway line but the keeper has dived in such a way that it rebounds off the back of the keeper and into the net. Penalty scored or penalty missed???
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During the Turkey v Switzerland a mass punch-up erupts and you witness at least five players from each side committing serious violent conduct, noting each player's number. Knowing that a team forfeits a match 3-0 if they end up with fewer than seven players on the pitch, can you send them all off for violent conduct and, if so, how is the match awarded?
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What would happen if for expamle, Jens Lehmann of Germany was being attacked by 5 pigeons while he was in goal and Phillipe Senderos decides to shoot from 50 yards for Switzerland and scores, would this goal stand?
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Goal kick following a shot being blazed wide by an inept English striker. The keeper from the 5th rate nation that are currently holding us to a goalless draw hoofs the ball into his own net. Is it:
1. Retake
2. Corner to opposition
3. Goal
4. Penalty
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Sam Dalton: The referee counts as the field of play so any goals deflected of him count.
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What does the ref do if a player on one team has a really bad first half leaves the pitch at half time in perfect condition then emerges for the second half in a head bandage with a black eye?
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"And what about if the ref scored himself? Would the goal be allowed if it deflected off his head and wrong-footed the goalkeeper?"
Didn't this happen a while ago? In some Mickey Mouse game in South America the score was 12-0 or something and the ball fell in front of the ref and he rifled it into the top corner, blew the whistle and trotted back to the half-way line. 12-1 and carry on. Top.
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Cristiano Ronaldo heads the ball against the crossbar but because the ball has picked up so much grease from his hair it sticks firmly to the bar. The ball is still in play but it won't budge and the goalkeeper can't dislodge it - what does the referee do?
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A striker has rounded all defenders and the keeper and is a yard away from an open net and only has to tap it in.
Someone throws another ball onto the pitch which knocks the live matchball way off to the side.
The striker puts the second ball in the back of the net.
What does the referee do?
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Ok my question is can a player catch the ball between his chin and chest and then run over the goal line?
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During a rather hot tempered match a fan throws a firework onto the pitch near to the ref, the ref is unharmed when it explodes close to him but finds he can't hear in one ear. He wants to continue to officiate but should he be allowed to?
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If a less-talented team realise that they only need a draw to qualify out of their group, but have their last game against a team like Portugal, are all 10 of them, plus goal keeper, allowed to line up in front of the goal with their arms behind their backs (to avoid handball) and refuse to move for the full 90 minutes?
I've researched this really well, and thought it through for far too long....
(Lets assume that one of the players of the less-talented team kept the ball until his nine team mates ran to join their goalkeeper, then whacked it off the pitch to give himself time to join his team mates).
Incidentally, the goal is 2.4m high, with the average player at around 1.9m, and if i can jump 35cm from a standing still position, footballers can. The remaining 15cm is not important because the ball's diameter is a lot more than 15cm, which is the maximum size of the gap between head and bar(assuming that the players time their jumps properly). Also, the goal is 7.3m wide. That means that if each player is 30cm wide, and they line up with equal space between each pair of players (or player and post), there should be a gap of 33 cm between each player. The football's diameter is a little over 20 cm, so the player will have to move just 12cm to block the ball....
BUT is this allowed?
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Unseen by the officials, a player kicks a member of the opposition off the ball. A fan makes a citizen's arrest on the assailant and hands the player to the nearest policeman.
(Note - the "trespass" of the fan entering the playing area is irrelevant.)
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Red Rampage,
Surely the attacking team in your scenario would be entitled to continuously belt the ball into the human barricade at force, causing injury and forcing substitutions. Repeat until the defending team has no more subs, then score.
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Its an incredibly windy day at an open stadium such as Fratton Park. One team earns a corner on the right in the last minute chasing a goal. Keeper goes up. Outswinging corner played in, gets caught on the wind and sails into the player's own net. What happens?
A) Own goal.
B) Corner at the other end
C) Retake the corner
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At the end of 90 minutes, the 4th official holds up the board saying there is 12 minutes of extra-time to be played, but you think the proper amount of time is nearer 4 minutes.
What do you do?
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Two 8 year olds have teamed up in a 'scooby doo fashion' to act as one player, one kid being the legs and one being the body and head. They go unnoticed by the ref as they look like the regular striker but have a blinder scoring a hatrick to win the match 3-0.
In the post match celebrations they fall over and are exposed for the shams they are, who wins, and if you report the unregistered 8 year olds then who to?
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Red Rampage:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=djUTMTLGfTs
he could have scored. If you hit it hard enough there is no way that the defendng team can block it.
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What if Spain are losing to Switz or Austria in the final 1-0 and theres 3 minutes of play left and Fabregas threads Torres through to a one one just on the edge of the area and Torres is offside by a whisker and the assist. ref waves. But then immediately puts the flag down in a split second, you the ref and everyone in the crowd has seen it clearly. You're a quarter Swiss.
What do you do?
a) Let torres through and ignore it, he equalises and Spain win on penalties.
b) Blow the whistle and let Switzerland/Austria win Euro 2008 after hosting it.
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actually on second thoughts. It would be possible if you run out when they get too close.
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Nice and simple one.
A player gets a free kick and decides to belt it back to his own keeper. The kick is misplaced, and the keeper has to dive full stretch to make a save and stop the ball going into his own net. What do you do?
Not going to say the answer, but you need to refer to Law 12 and Law 13
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Ok quite a simple question if the referee and linesmen were to all become injured and incapable to continue, what would the 4th official do. (or if that's not interesting enough the 4th official could become injured as well)
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If a football player is sent to jail for a considerable amount of time (hopefully that donkey ronaldo.) Is his team allowed to transfer him to another team while he is in jail
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During a game a player decides to forego his usual jaffa cake energy boost for a more filling leg of lamb. As he is eating the direction of play changes quickly ctoward his goal. As he trys to get back he throws the bone back towards the byline only for it to collide with a goal bound shot deflecting it wide of the target. What do you do?
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Before kick-off both teams take to the field of play, but refuse to kick-off, as both teams are demanding a new referee, as they both think you (being Uriah Rennie) are not worthy to ref the game. what do you do?
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In reference to number 2.
If a player does not have regulation studs he cannot play, if there are no boots that fit him that is the fault of the team.
Assuming the team had made no other substitues, in a competitive match, the team would only have 4 players left to choose from, as the original squad of 16 would have been submitted and cannot be changed.
In Reference to number 14.
Yes, that is feasable.
In Reference to comment 19.
That would be a corner kick as you cannot score directly from a goal kick, whether it be the opposition or your own. The same with a thrown in.
In Reference to comment 31.
A goal can be scored directly from a corner kick, whether it be in the opponents or your own net.
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If a donkey like Ronaldo scores 40 own goals next season can one of them become goal of the month or season
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we should have a bit where someone passes the ball to fabregas who is playing the guitar
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A defending player is near his own goaline when he sees that his teammates have pushed up to play offside and he is miles behind them. Rather than follow them up the pitch he steps off it behind the goaline. After he does this the ball is played through to a striker who scores. The defender claims he was off the pitch and therefore cannot have been playing the striker onside. Should the goal stand?
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Penalty shoot-out. The ball hits the post rebounding straight off it back towards the halfway line but the keeper has dived in such a way that it rebounds off the back of the keeper and into the net. Penalty scored or penalty missed???
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Penalty scored, as long as the ball doesnt bounce first... This was the case in Euro 2004 in the Netherlands - Sweden penalty schootout where Ljungberg had shot onto the bar, rebounding of van der Sar's back into the goal which stood.
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Player X commits a foul which you deem punishable by a yellow card, but due to the attacking team retaining possession, you allow an advantage to be played. Player X then commits another foul which you feel also deserves a yellow card;
Do you;
A. Send him off for two bookable offences?
B. Send him off with a straight red card?
C. Yellow card the player and tell him he's lucky?
To me the obvious answer is A, but what referee has the balls the do such a thing; realistically, I suppose it's C.
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It's one of the biggest games of the season. One side decide to systematically kick the opposition striker off the park. Do you
a) book the offending players
b) Ignore the fouls and book the striker when he first complains about the treatement
c) Book the striker and send off his team-mate when he complains about the booking
d) Whatever Alex Ferguson wants you to do
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If the player is off the pitch when the ball is played through then the striker is offside.
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If a player scores in a game but is then discovered to be an illegal immagrint does the goal count, does he have to be deported, do his team still own him and if so can he take vacation to england and play during his vacation
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If Ronaldo scores a goal and removes his shirt to show an identical shirt underneath, what is the correct decision ?
Also if Lehmann takes a goal kick and the bal goes directly to Ballack who is standing on the oppositions goal area with no-one around him and he turns and scores, is the goal allowed ?
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I dont think a player can register to play in a league game within the FA without registering Birth Certificate, Passport etx. The player who was going to possibly be deported for Watford last year, his goals would have stood because i believe he had a Visa which was running out, so he was here legally at the time...?
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Ref to 53, if you mean for Germany, so Ballack and Lehman are on the same team, then as long as Ballack is onside there should be no reason why he cant score...?
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What about a scenario where 6 attackers link arms in circle around a 7th attacker forming a blockade in the penalty area ready for a corner. The corner is taken with pin point accuracy (bit far-fetched) and the 7th attacker jumps unchallenged to head the ball home.
Is that obstruction?
An alternative scenario, again from a corner but this time the attacker is given a lift from team-mates (rather like in rugby line-outs) to gain extra height to head home. Is that allowed?
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If the police come knocking to arrest a player whilst he is playing in a match, is he allowed to finish the match or not?
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If the player is in full view of the police, i cant see why not...?
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A team is attacking and play the ball forward to a striker. The striker is standing behind the oppositions goal line, just off the field of play, but runs onto the pitch once the ball has been played getting behind the defence, recieving the ball, and scoring. Would this be allowed? Can the striker be offside if he's standing just outside the field of play?
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Are there any realistic scenarios which have not already been featured?
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If a team is losing by 10-0 and get five players sent off meaning they have less than seven players so forfiet the match, do they lose 3-0 for forfieting or 10-0
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During a hot tempered match between Manchester United and Chelsea, John Terry chases after Carlos Tevez attempting to spit at him, instead hitting the referee in the eye. While the ref is blinded, Didier Drogba smacks Nemanja Vidic in the face who falls back onto the ball which goes in the Manchester United net.
Is this a valid goal?
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Chrastiano Rinaldo the Portugese player dives in his opponents penalty box for the fifth time in this match. His manager Alec Figgison is screaming for a fifth penalty. Do you:
a) award the fifth penalty.
or
b) ignore the incident and hope no one notices
or
c) book Rinaldo for simulation and face the wrath of Figgison after the game and a ban from the Referees Organization for daring to contradict Figgison?
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63. At 5:37 pm on 30 May 2008, ConnectorMan wrote:
Chrastiano Rinaldo the Portugese player dives in his opponents penalty box for the fifth time in this match. His manager Alec Figgison is screaming for a fifth penalty. Do you:
a) award the fifth penalty.
or
b) ignore the incident and hope no one notices
or
c) book Rinaldo for simulation and face the wrath of Figgison after the game and a ban from the Referees Organization for daring to contradict Figgison?
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ConnectorMan makes a bitter post on the BBC website, which resembles that of a crying little girl. He is bemoaning a player and manager of a superior club, who he is clearly jealous of;
Do you?
a. Laugh it off. Everyone gets jealous.
b. Laugh at him. Its funny when HE gets jealous.
c. Laugh to yourself. Champions of Europe?
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if a player dives and the referee shows the yellow card but it turns out that the player didn't dive but broke his leg does the yellow stand
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The Robinsons, Paul and John, are identical twins playing for the same team. Paul gets booked in the first half of a game. In the second half John gets booked. All hell breaks loose as the opposing team claim that Paul and
John have switched shirts at the interval to protect Paul against a second booking and a sending off. What does the ref do?
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Hey Carlitos is coming for you,
My entirely ficticious scenario obviously hit a raw nerve somehow. Is it at all similar to a real life situation you have seen involving a player at the team you support by any chance? By the way, which part of Cornwall do you live in?
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a player strikes a curling shot form the edge of the area, and it leaves the kepeper motionless. at the same time a stray boot is thrown onto the pitch by a supporter, which knocks the ball of its course and out of play. it is impossible to say whether the ball was going in or not, but you(as the ref) believe it was. what would happen?
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the ball is heading into the net when a baloon floats on and stops the goal
does the ref give it
or not?
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If the ball doesnt actually cross the line, or is deemed to have crossed the line a goal can never be given.
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In the 89th minute of a crucial game, the ball is passed forward to a nippy right winger, the opposing centreback, who you have already yellow carded for something else, leaps at him feet first from yards away and thus kicks him in the face, your linesman starts to flag furiously, do you:
a) award a free kick and give the centre back a second yellow card; or
b) wait for the centre back to recover, kick the ball behind his own goal line and then give his team a goal kick instead of a corner to the opposition
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No matter what stops it, because you cant define which teams supported threw an object, left a ballon etc, then the ref surely uses his head and gives a goal kick. What else can he give?
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You're in charge at Old Trafford an into the seventh minute of added on time. Ronaldo throws himself to the floor and Ferguson's face is going redder than an annoyed lobster. How many red cards do you show to the opposition?
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How about the referee sees that the two assistant referees and the fourth official are out of it, and asks the two managers to man the lines and gets a ball boy to be the fourth official? Barmy but anything could happen in football.
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ConnectorMan. Manchester born and bred thanks. It must be nice for you to have outlets like this so you don't cry ALL day, instead of just at night.
Champions of Europe. Sounds so nice. Say it out loud.
Which team do you support anyway?
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i would like to see a picture of
Fernando Torres celebration for spain where has has both his hands pointing towards the sky.
Thanks
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It's the 90th minute of a very important game, Manchester United Vs Chelsea. Chelsea win a penalty and John Terry steps up. John O'Shea places a banana skin a few inches behind the penalty spot, John Terry runs up, slips on the banana skin and his foot makes contact with the ball. Edwin Van Der Sar then runs and picks up the ball. John Terry then turns round and spits at John O'Shea in the face.
As referee do you:
1. Send John O'Shea off but allow play to continue with Edwin Van Der Sar ball in hand.
2. Demand a retake of the penalty and ask a large group of people to search the pitch for anymore banana skins.
3. Send John Terry off even though he's in tears.
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As an addition to 53 - If Ballack and Lehmann are on the same team and it is a goal kick, then Ballack could stand anywhere, as you cannot be offside from a goal kick.
With reference to 59 - I always thought if a player left the field of play deliberately and re-entered without the ref's permission, he should be booked.
Re: 56 - lifting a player up to gain a height advantage would, I think, be similar to jumping on the back of a team-mate. I was always under the impression that this is classed as 'ungentlemanly conduct'/'unsporting behaviour' and should be punished with a free kick to the opposition and a yellow card for the offending player.
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Cristiano Ronaldo is dribbling down the wing at quite a pace. The full back approaches him, but Ronaldo touches the ball passed him and looks to run on to it. However, the full back lunges in at the Portuguese winger in an attempt to bring him down. During this Ronaldo is in fact off the pitch as he is trying to evade the challenge. He is brought down cynically and a free-kick should be given.
However, my question is; Can a free-kick be given if Ronaldo and the Full Back are both off the pitch when the foul is committed? and if so where is this free-kick taken from considering that the foul wasn't committed on the field of play?
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You cannot be offside from a goalkick? Thats a new one to me! I always thought it is technically classed as an indirect freekick, which is why you cannot score directly from it, in your own net or the oppositions...?
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77. At 5:53 pm on 30 May 2008, Carlitos is coming for you wrote:
ConnectorMan. Manchester born and bred thanks. It must be nice for you to have outlets like this so you don't cry ALL day, instead of just at night.
Champions of Europe. Sounds so nice. Say it out loud.
Which team do you support anyway
I'm Fulham born and bred and hate that lot in blue. For some reason I cant work out, considering all the injustice we suffer I'm happy to have survived so no crying from this man! Of course if I were to watch a fictitious team I could see Stefan Garrard and Daddio Dragba falling over everytime they lose control of the ball as well as Rinaldo. Champoions of Europe would be so much more meaningful if you had actually won the match not a penalty competition. Have to say though JT falling over was hilarious.
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Is it possible for a player in the starting 11 to be named also as a substitute, maybe to allow him to come off at half-time but then back on for a penalty shoot-out ??
Nice thought mind ..
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Hmm in regards to a post earlier about the usage of hair gel, what would happen if a player gelled his long hair into a cone, picked up the ball then dropped it into the opposition net? It it a foul to "travel"?
Furthermore what would happen if a player wore a hat (say to keep the sun out of his face) and the friction allowed the ball to stick to it, could he travel towards the opponents goal?
I say this when i think of that brazillian kid who could header a ball like a seal and constantly keep it in the air, he was allowed to do it in his local league but would something like this be allowed in an actual game of professional football?
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I have scenarios okay, What happens if...
Kick off takes place and immediately the team pass the ball back to the centre midfielder. In recieving the ball he signals with a wave of the arm and suddenly the whole team (excluding the goalkeeper) surround him in a cirlce.
He then starts jogging forward dribbling the ball, but the team move with him, thus restricting the opposition players to get to the ball to make a tackle. The team progress slowly up the pitch until they are within 10 yards of the goal and suddenly they all flee.
(each player runs and marks an opposition player, restricting them from the ball) then in a flash the centre midfielder slots the ball into a corner away from the keeper, he starts to celebrate wildly.
Is this fair play? and does the referee have a right to stop the team from doing this?
second situation...
Arsene Wenger buys Samir Nasri (and keeps Alex Hleb), this results in Arsenal now playing Wengerball at its extreme, with Fab, Hleb, Nasri, Van Persie and Walcott knocking the ball to each others feet so fast that the opposition team has no way of getting it, after 45 minutes of them doing this the opposition finally show a weakness and the ball is immediately threading through to Adebayor who slots it past the keeper.
1-0 Arsenal... then it is half time; the second half resumes and Arsenal play like this until the second goal occurs. Then they just pass the ball around until the game ends.
The same situation occurs in every game of the 08/09 season and Arsenal manage to win the league... Wil they be told to stop playing the way they do or can they keep playing like this forever, winning every game because of fatigue shown by the opposing team?
(that one was silly but I do want to know the answer to them both please.)
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What happens if the ref scores?
What happens if a streaker scores?
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What is the ruling when, a goalkeeper wants to kick the ball out of hand and whilst its in the air an attacker heads the ball away from the keeper. Whilst heading the ball the keeper (following through on his kick) hits the striker in the head.
is it considered dangerous play and a penalty awarded to the attacking side?
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Holland v France
French striker Thierry Henry has just rounded Dutch goalkeeper Edwin Van Der Sar and is about to tap the ball into the empty net.
But he is prevented from scoring at the last second by an inch perfect sliding tackle by the referee.
The referee gets to the ball first and passes the ball back to Van Der Sar who picks it up.
Should the referee:
1) Blow for an direct free kick to France because Van Der Sar picked the ball up from a back-pass
2) Blow for an indirect free kick to France because Van Der Sar picked the ball up from a back-pass
3) Allow play on
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It is stoppage time and a team winning 1-0 has a corner, which they are obviously going to take short. A player from the losing team stands right by the ball, just off the pitch. Do you let him stand there to prevent the short corner or does the ten yards distance include off the pitch?
A winger crosses the ball into the box while striker A is offside. Striker A moves back onside just in time for Striker B to deflect the ball into his path for him to score. Is it a goal or is he offside?
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How about the referee riding a bike to keep up with the footballers.
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A player is fouled and goes down holding is leg in agony to delay play for 5 minutes. You agree it was a foul but do not believe he was injured. Do you:
a) Give the player a yellow card for time wasting.
b) Give the player a yellow card for simulation.
c) Do nothing.
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A referee is having some kind of mental breakdown during a game. He is acting very strangely and making bizarre decisions. The assistants try to convince him to leave the field
but he refuses and carries on like Basil Fawlty with a concussion. Who has the authority to remove a referee from a game?
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The ref complains
"Look at the state of this ball! No wonder you´ve scored so many goals Cristiano, IT´S GOT YOUR GREASE ALL OVER IT!!!"
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Portugal v Russia
Portugal have been awarded a penalty and Christiano Ronaldo steps up to take it.
His spot kick hits the cross bar with considerable force and vertically up in the air but remains in play.
Above the stadium the ball collides with a low-flying meteorite which propells the ball with increase force back up the other end of the pitch, into the Portuguese goal. Literally bursting the net.
Should the referee:
1) Award a goal to Russia, counting as a Ronaldo own-goal.
2) Award a freekick to Portugal for after Russia were deemed to have damaged the net for ungentlemanly conduct.
3) Fix the net and get Ronaldo to retake the penalty.
(This actually happened in Euro 84)
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Man Utd are playing Chelsea in a Cup Final. Its the 89th minute and neither Ronaldo nor Drogba have taken a dive, moaned, pulled a face or cheated once throughout the match. Do you pinch yourself really really hard to wake up or would you wait for the final whistle.
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Imagine the scenario. Youa re the referee at Stamford Bridge and the opposition, say Aston Villa are attacking and the Chelsea defender brings him down. What do you do?
a) Look the other way and hide the wad of notes you accepted before the game.
b) Run away and pretend you can't hear the protests.
c) Book the Aston Villa striker for having the cheak to claim a penalty.
d) Do all of the above like all premier league refs have done for the past 5 years.
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You are refereeing England in the World Cup Final.
Hang on, wait a minute. Let's not get too ridiculous. Try and make it believable
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From a corner, the attacking team's striker heads a goal. It is obvious that he has used one of his own players as 'leverage' to get higher off the ground than any of the opposition. What does the referee award?
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Response to 85: Kerlon, youtube him. It looks like he's done it in a brazil shirt before (even if it is just under 19s or something)
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My question is, is that start-stop thing Ronaldo does with penalty kicks legal? I thought you had to make a single continuous motion towards the ball and hit it or else the kick would have to be retaken. It seemed to me that since it was saved (champ. lg. final in case you live under a rock) the ref decided it should stand.
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Few bizarre ones from me!
What would happen if during the Italy-France match, France keen on revenge for the world cup, got a freekick just outside the area. Ribery and henry huddle over the ball with some deliberation. Finally Ribery looks to have gotten the go ahead flicked up to Henry and the ball goes up his shirt and he runs it into the net. Of course getting booked for removing his shirt and waving it as if the shirt itself has scored the goal. Deep into Injury time and Italy still arguing with the officials also get a free-kick an try the same trick and del piero comes on late as a sub and runs it into the post. France win 1-0 and we find out that the mastermind of the plan was Zidane from a training ground routine! Can the goal stand
Penalty to Spain Torres steps up. Takes the ball between his feet and does a tumble releasing the ball towards the end with it flying into the net! Does it stand?
Alternatively in the Germany v Poland game, the poles have a new free-kick trick to break the deadlock after 89 minutes. They line all 11 players behind a free-kick virtually on the edge of the box. Each player runs as if to strike the ball. With ten players lining up in a straight line towards goal and forming a tunnel with their legs //\\. The last of the 11 (goalkeeper - of course)smashes the shot along the ground through the tunnel of the 10 players with the ball going straight into the net! the Germans look bewildered and cant believe they didn't react quicker! They lose the game 1-0 and euro 2008 as a result of back-room fighting over the goal. Coincidently the 10th man in the line was marginally offside but he moved from the line before the ball was struck and didnt block the players or goalkeeper! Should he have been deemed offside?
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One other - what about the free-kick scenario where people are charging the kick taker. I don't see how that could possibly be legal but half the time the ref lets it go. Or another possibility from that - if you start towards the ball in a dead ball situation but don't actually kick it, and the defending team is charging the ball shouldn't they have to retreat the 10 yards?
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A stiker shoots from about 10 yards out, during which his boot comes off and strikes the goalkeeper in the face a fraction of second before the ball his enters the goal, is it a goal or not??
SB
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A penalty is awarded, the keeper steps out of the penalty area still wearing his keeper shirt, and another player goes in goal.
The penalty is saved with the use of the hands and the ball is then kicked off the pitch and the original keeper goes back in goal.
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This scenario honestly happened to the Sunday league team I play for this season:
During the game the referee starts having a mental breakdown by making increasingly bizarre decisions and keeps talking to himself.
He keeps saying things like:
"I'm retiring after this game, ha ha ha",
"ooo, this is my last ever game, I think I'll play an extra 10 minutes", and
"next Sunday I'm going to be playing golf, I can't wait".
While he's talking about golf he keeps making fake golf swings and shouting "fore".
As a result of these bizarre comments and decisions, a neutral fan shouts some abuse at the referee. The referee then proceeds to punch the fan in the face.
What do you do???
No word of a lie - this is what happened this season!
(By the way, this is one of the best articles I've read - there are some brilliant comments/suggestions/scenarios!)
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A striker takes a shot at goal but accidently scuffs the shot and his boot comes off, narrowly missing the goalkeeper who is a bit distracted by it. The ball somehow manages to reach the back of the net. Goal or no goal?
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Petr Cech comes up for a corner in the last minute of a match and heads it in. Does the goal stand, or does his headgear make this illegal?
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Players are lining up in the box for a free kick. A defender, communicating with the goalkeeper with his back to the free kick taker, spots someone in the crowd shining a laser at the players. He puts his hand up and points at the crowd. As he does so, the ref blows his whistle and the free kick is taken, striking the defender's hand inside the penalty area. The ball looked likely to go in the net.
What is the referee's decision?
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What happens if during a penalty kick being taken, the ball hits an official (linesman standing on goalline, or referee standing beside ball)...does this count as another person touching it and so can be kicked again by the penalty taker or does a team mate still need to touch the ball before the penalty taker can touch it again?
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Have to say I just nearly split my sides at this thread. Got to hand it to all the posters - superb scenarios.
:)
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Man Utd are getting beat 1-0 and the 90 mins are up
Does the Ref
A. Allow an Extra 5 mins until Utd Scoe
B. Allow as much time as possible till Utd score
C. Give Utd a penalty so they can try and score
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Free Kick dead ball situation. The defender scores a goal, straight in no deflections… ball crosses the goal line and hits the back of the net.
The reff blows his whistle and awards a corner to the opposing team…. Whats going on?
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Poland are losing by five goals to Croatia. News travels that Germany have just lost to Austria. As it stands Germany are through having a one goal better goal difference than Poland, and Croatia finish top of the group ahead on points. Play is stopped, and then five polish players all give cheeky slaps to some Croatian player whilst reminding the referee that they should be sent off for doing so.
Does the ref A: Send all of them off and Poland go through on goal difference by a goal after the score is recorded as 3-0.
B: Ignore the players knowing what they are doing.
or C: As in A expect Germany take FIFA to the EU over the matter to overturn the decision, with Poland threatening to take it's own case if FIFA allow Germany to go through. This causes the knock stages to be delayed indefinitely.
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A certain portugese winger is dribbling around the penalty box trying to find space to shoot and having already rode a couple of hard tackles is managing to stay on his feet!!
Just then he catches a glimpse from the corner of his eye that one of the opposition player has launched himself into a two feet x-rated karate lunge at him, and he knows he cannot avoid it.
In that split second before he is maimed he manages to flick the ball up and into his hands knowing full well he will be getting a penalty for the tackle that will be coming his way.
What do you do, what do you do?
A) Ask the linesman for his opinion, while the players are creating melee as they argue.
B) Give a freekick for the handball showing a yellow for it and call for an ambulance straightaway for the winger.
C) Give a drop ball as both players are rolling around on the floor afterwards.
D) Give the penalty, show the red for the x-rated tackle.
E) Call an ambulance for both players as they both have broken their legs and show red cards to both players as they leave the pitch.
F) Take the ball and tell the players to carry on.
Make your own choices...
I asked Graham Poll this, he didn't know what to do!!
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Didier Drogba's incessive diving. solve that situation please
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June the 9th and Italy are awarded a last minute penalty against the Dutch,
Suddenly overcome by nerves Edwin Van Der Sar is shaking so much that his shorts fall to his ankles just as Luca Toni takes the spot kick,
Edwin dives to his right but Luca has kicked the ball straight down the middle where it is caught in Edwins flagging shorts and the keeper is then able to retrieve the ball from his shorts and throws the ball back into play.
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1. During a match the referee gets accidentally injured by a player and is down on the floor, do the players have to stop? or while the ref is down a player scores a goal, is the goal allowed? and if teh game is topped,who actually stops it?
2. A player does a mad tackle on another player in the six-yard box by flying in two-footed and in doin so it rebounds in to the goal, what does the ref do? does he allow the advantage and allow the goal but can't give the red card or does he award a penalty and sends off the player
*When the ref blows the whistle to award the penalty the ball has already crossed the line.
i think that the goal should count cos it's already a goal before the referee has blown his whistle but then the player get's away with it but then later the player'll probably get banned by the FA. what does everyone else think?
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eric cantona's kick or the scorpion kick
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player is not playing on the pitch but he gets red carded when he is on the bench
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Seeing as its been a big talking point this season especially, what about
1) a lot of players surrounding the ref after say he gave a red card.........
or
2) as a freaky twist, make it so theres a lot of referees surrounding a player whos really quite scared.... how do they like it!! :)
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What does the referee decide to do if a player runs up to take a penalty, taps the ball slightly to the side and his teammate runs from behind him to smash the ball into the net?
is it a GOAL OR NOT?
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The ball goes out of play. The ball boy throws in a new ball. Seconds later a member of the crowd throws the original ball back on the pitch. Moments later one of the teams scores with the new ball. Does the goal stand?
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Lol maybe he could just explain the entire offside rule. The FA need a lesson in that xD.
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122. At 7:20 pm on 30 May 2008, EmmanuelEboue wrote:
What does the referee decide to do if a player runs up to take a penalty, taps the ball slightly to the side and his teammate runs from behind him to smash the ball into the net?
is it a GOAL OR NOT?
Johann Cruiff did this in the 70's.
Goal stands
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Here is an example of a very bad referee
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vQx2_KQVkpI
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During a live international match between England and the USA (perhaps, for example, on a balmy Spring night at Wembley), Wayne Rooney is clearly seen to say to the referee 'f**k off...you f**kin pr**k'. What should the referee do?
a) pretend he doesn't speak Scouse?
b) ignore him
c) send him off, because that is in the rules, and to not send him off would make a mockery of the game of football and make life a million times harder for all the referees doing Sunday League.
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During a televised game one of the cameras develops some kind of "fault" and starts showing ethereal figures clearly interfering with the players and the ball. Is the TV producer responsible for informing the match officials and more importantly who is he going to call?
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ok, what if its too hot at euro 2008 this summer, and a team decides that wearing shirts will affect their players too much, so instead they accurately paint their national shirt onto the players' bodies to help with the heat?
would this be allowed after Cameroon's vests weren't allowed in 2002, and would extra time be given during half time to paint the shirts back on to the sweaty men?
how would howard webb deal with this situation if faced with a team of half naked men?
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125. At 7:24 pm on 30 May 2008, eirebilly wrote:
122. At 7:20 pm on 30 May 2008, EmmanuelEboue wrote:
What does the referee decide to do if a player runs up to take a penalty, taps the ball slightly to the side and his teammate runs from behind him to smash the ball into the net?
is it a GOAL OR NOT?
Johann Cruiff did this in the 70's.
Goal stands
i just had a look for that PASSED PENALTY and found it,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJHN1mN5SCg
it's quite funny actually, and i'm sure lots of us remember henry and pires' attempt at highbury go horribly wrong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMJr3xo8-AU
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For Sheadsheaven at Number 16: I would have expelled those who were committing the violence and awarded Switzerland the game by default.
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I have two questions.
First one:
Can two players lift another player from their own team (as in a rugby lineout) in order to head a high ball from a corner or free kick?
Second one is a bit less simple:
An attacking player is off the pitch (beyond the attacking by-line) when the ball is played forward almost to the by-line and as the ball is coming towards him he rejoins the field of play, collects the ball and scores.
At the point when the pass was played the player was inactive so technically wasn't offside when receiveing the ball!
Does the goal stand? If not, at what point does a re-joining player become active?
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- The goalkeeper viciously tackles as last man.
-THE STRIKER MANAGES TO TAP THE BALL BEYOND THE KEEPER.
- the ball approaches the goal-line (and IS CLEARLY GOING IN) but the keeper takes off his boot and throws it at the ball.
-The boot hits the ball and the ball goes past the post (wide of he goals)
SENDING OFF?
CORNER?
CABARET?
which one? we must know!
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I thought they can only come back on from the Half way line?
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OK Ive got a few;
1) A goal keeper holding the ball heres a whistle from the crowd replicating the final whistle, in celebration (or fury), assuming the game is over, he turns and blasts the ball into his own net. Does it stand???
2) An unlikley side are garunteed to finish either 1st or 2nd in the group, depending on weather they win their last group match. If they win they will go on to face a much better team than if they finish 2nd. They spend the entire game scoring delibirate own goals and go on to reach the final of the competition even though their tactic was blatent cheating.
3) A team is out of substitions and after arguing with the manager over a tactical change, a striker proceeds to play as a member of the opposing team scoring a hat-trick in his own net. Can he be sent off??
4) A team gather round the ball to create a ring and march into the oppositions goal.
5) A player commits a serious foul worthy of a red card allthough the ref allows the attacking team to play the advantage rather than stop a goal scoring oppertunity, the ball blasts off the post and rolls into the attacking goal as the keeper has fallen over. Does the goal stand or does the ref dis-allow it and send off the player who commited the foul??
6) The ball is burst as it rolls over debris on the pitch, a player scores with the burst ball as the keeper completley misreads the shot due to the burst ball, as the ball hasnt gone out of play can it be replaced or does the goal stand???
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How about an indirect free kick on the edge of the six yard box, what then happens to the wall?.
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A player scythes down an opponent; two footed, over-the-top definite red card offence.
However, the ball bounces kindly for the other team and they have a good chance of scoring. You allow play to continue, making a mental note to send the player off next time there is a break in play.
The attack is thwarted by a fantastic save from the goalkeeper, who instantly kicks the ball upfield to the player who should have been sent off. He is played on-side by the player he hacked down.
He goes on to score.
Should the goal be allowed?
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Uefa are so convinced that Spain will choke again, that they nominate me, realistically playing the part of a Spanish, Fifa-listed, referee (I proved this by sending off three Frenchmen in one group match), to officiate the final.
At the last minute, Spain realise their actually quite good and arrive in the final on the back of an 8-0 demolition of Italy. Only Torres, Casillas and Puyol actually take to the field.
Do I,
1. Step aside gracefully to avoid accusations of bias in the final (which is against Germany btw... who's siding with them?)
2. Sue Uefa for discrimination if they replace me, as I am clearly the best man for the job.
3. Flash my Andorran passport and take to wearing a beret.
4. Admit it was me that placed the divot in front of Scott Carson at Wembley and sue the FA as England would have undoubtedly become European Champions but for my heinous act.
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Spain have a political crisis with Austria and Switzerland refusing to allow the team to land
A) UEFA and the UN team up and step in forcing Austria and Switzerland to allow Spain in
B) Play with 1 less team in the group
C) Let England in and watch them fall
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It's the Euro 2008 final between Spain and France Spain finally get to a major competition final and their wait is over. Midway through the second half, Fernando Torres is in the opposition's box before he gets sliced down by a angry Patrick Viera. The referee waves play on. All of a sudden, Torres starts peeling his face before taking a mask off and revealing himself as Wayne Rooney. Rooney then starts hurling a load of abuse at the referee and the referee responds by fly kicking Rooney 'Cantona style'.
As the assistant referee, do you:
1. Join in with the referee and try out your new karate moves.
2. Restrain the referee and demand he leaves the field.
3. Stay still and watch the action!
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hi, its funny because i was just thinking today of this situation and now ive seen this blog, its perfect! but anyway, if a team is trying to waste time, would there be anything wrong with the goalkeeper holding the ball, calling a defender and bouncing the ball off his head repeatedly so that it would not be a back pass? if there is some rule saying that the outfield player cannot head it back to the keeper straight from the keeper's distribution, then the goalie could just bring 2 defenders, bounce it off one of their heads so it rebounds on to the other one's and then back into the keeper's grasp. if an opposition player came and tried to break it up then he would just get booked for trying to stop the keeper taking his throw or kick. is there anything wrong with this because technically i cannot see the problem?
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No 46.
The goal does NOT stand. However, you the ref caution the player for leaving the pitch without your permission and then caution him for a second time for returning to the pitch without your permission - two cautions = one send off - bye bye player!!
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It's the dying seconds of the final. Austria are leading Spain 1-0. The game has three minutes left to play.
If a hand glider then flies down, steals a Spanish player and flies back off, what do you do?
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During a 15 minute break in play due to Drogba rolling around in the centre circle like a man on fire, John Terry is clearly seen spitting on the neck of one of the opposition players - what happens?
1) The BBC pretends it never happened.
2) Terry is made captain of England for the next game.
3) Terry punches the air vehemently (as if he's just won the CL) after scoring in a friendly vs the USA.
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Say its a night game at an open stadium (e.g Fratton Park) and the floodlights are on,two players are playing the one-two movement down the field,they pass all 10 outfield 10 players and the second person in the movement is about to shoot..the floodlights break.10 minutes later, the supporters,players and officials see the ball in the back of the net however at least 18 players are out cold or on the floor writhing in agony however the balls in the back of the net of which the two players playing the one-two movement were playing too.Do the officials:
A:Reward a goal to the attacking team
B:Start The Match Again.
C:Help all the players up.
D:Start all the match report mumbo jumbo.
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It is a penalty shootout in the Euro 2008 final. Portugal v France.
It's 5-4 to France and Cristiano Ronaldo steps up to take the crucial 5th penalty.
As he runs up to take it, a die-hard female French girl jumps behind the goal, takes off her shirt and bra - with her breasts showing.
Cristiano Ronaldo blazes it over and blames it on the French girl.
Do you:
A) Ignore it. France win 5-4 on penalties.
B) Order it to be taken again.
C) Forget the final! There's a beautiful, naked, French girl - go up to her!
I'd love to see a comic strip of that! Oh, and please draw Ronaldo crying when he misses - golden!
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Realise that the player who has just scored should not be on the field, because you gave him 2 yellow cards instead of a red.
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Ok, here's one
Its penalty. As the taker is in the act of strking the ball, he slips. His boot comes flying off hits the goalkeeper in the face, knocking him out. The ball rolls slowly into the goal past the unconscious keeper. What is the decision?
a) award a goal
b) award a free kick to the goalkeepers team
c) retake the penalty once the goalkeeper has recovered / substitution been made
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Germany get to the final without conceding a goal.. or scoring one - possible from the group stages... I checked - on wave of efficient penalty shoot-outs.
They play Croatia in the final.
After 120 minutes of drab goallessness, Michael Ballack misses the decisive penalty (he spotted Chris Waddle in the crowd during his run-up) and Croatia win Euro 2008...
Do I,
1. Run up to Ballack and shout 'Zo for you Michael, ze tournament is over'.
2. Invade Poland.
3. Abuse Luca Modric for joining Spurs
4. Question Slaven Bilic's ability to carry off that earring (in a fashion sense)
5. All of the above
6. Award the trophy to England because the world can't cope with Becks, Terry and Rio crying all at the same time.
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You are the guest Of Sir Al at Old Trafford and you really don't want to offend him. A home player, England international ,and his colleagues regularly scream foul mouthed abuse in your face and attempt to kick the oppositions star striker out of the game. Do you
a. Protect the striker
b. Send the abusers off
c. Book the victim of the mistreatment and send his colleague off for asking you why. Its OK he is Argentinian and Sir Al will be delighted.
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Under what circumstances can a player who has been sent off be immediately substituted, thus keeping the same number of players on the field for his team. I know the answer, but....does anyone else?
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If you hear that Martin Taylor has been told to man-mark Cristiano Ronaldo, what do you do?
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A forward shoots, the ball deflects off a defender high skywards and drops vertically bouncing to a stop on the crossbar and settles on the bar in the centre of the goal. the ball didn't cross the goal line so wasn't out of play.
How to proceed?
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A player receives a head-wound and the referee stops play. The ref does a drop-ball and a team misleads the opposition by claiming they will kick it to the goalkeeper but take the ball up the pitch and score.
What does the ref do?
Award the goal or not?
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A vicar playing on a school playing field somewhere in the midlands decides that the game needs a bit of excitement.
he picks the ball up and runs with it
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Dunno, folks - you are the Ref seems a tad trivial.
How about @You are the Chief Exec/Owner?
Win three Calcio's consec - what to do?
Champions Cup Final, Premiership contender til the last 15 minutes of the season?
You call it......................
World gone crazy I reckon.
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How about a team takes a corner, but the defending team counter-attacks, and their main striker breaks free.
The goalkeeper rushes out to challenge the player, who is now 20 yards into the other teams half. A fan then rushes onto the pitch who slide tackles the striker, only after he has chipped the keeper and the ball is clearly heading in.
However, before the ball crosses the line the fan/tackler is punched in the face by the goalkeeper, the ball then crosses the line.
What does the ref do?
Is the goal allowed?
Did he blow the whistle when the fan appeared?
Is the keeper sent-off for violent conduct?
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WHAT HAPPENS....
...If a player's stud falls on to the pitch during play, and a shot from the opposing team is going low towards goal, what happens if the stud gets in the way of the ball and causes it to change its path?...
...It's a bit like the balloons in that Man City game...
...or if an item is thrown from the crowd and changes the direction of the ball?...
...or if an object thrown from the crowd causes a hole on the turf that causes a player to slip over, embedding his head into the stud he left lying on the pitch, which, in turn, makes this player's blood splatter in the eye of the goalkeeper who cannot see the ball as it rolls into the net?
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An England player scores in a world cup final. Do you:
a) Order it to be retaken. There must have been some cheating somewhere.
b) Ask him if he has a bit of German in him. If it's Hargreaves, say you know he has a bit of German in him.
c) Tell him to get off the pitch and let Germany and Italy finish the match.
d) Send off Ashley Cole. Being Ashley Cole is punishment enough.
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Chelsea and Manchester United are playing in the Champions League final and the game goes to a penalty shoot-out. The Chelsea captain is brave enough to take a penalty, but the Manchester United captain hides in the background and shies away from taking one like a big girl.
Should the Manchester United captain be allowed to captain England or should rule 17b, sub-section ii state that you should only be allowed to skipper England if you aren't a big coward who is scared of playing a proper captain's role in a penalty shoot-out and misses drugs tests?
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Its an Old Firm Derby at Ibrox and Rangers are tied 2 - 2 with Celtic with 1 minute left to play. A Celtic player is about to shoot and possible score in front of an open goal, having rounded the keeper, when a dog, dressed in green and white jumps onto the pitch from the Celtic end and attacks him at that very same moment, causing him to fluff the shot and allowing the goalie to recover the ball.
Other than a lifetime ban for that fan who owns the dog, is there any other infringement?
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Two amateur matches are taking place on adjacent pitches.The ball from one pitch goes onto the adjacent pitch. A player from the first pitch goes to retrieve the ball. A player from the second pitch gives the ball a hefty kick further away.The two players then square up and hit each other. What action should you as the ref take ?
(This actually happened in a game on a Birmingham parks pitch a few years ago)
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What would happen if halfway through a penalty shoot-out ,a player was running up to take his kick when suddenly the ball moves and he misses but seconds later it is found out it was an escaped prisoner from a nearby jail tunneling out from prison and he ended up right under the penalty spot just when a penalty shootout is happening?
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Italy - France semi-final. 0-0 in the 94th minute. One of the Italians has a brainwave and advances into the French half. Meanwhile a skeleton with a flick knife appears out of nowhere and proceeds to gnaw on both crossbars which have been made out of chocolate by the unwitting Swiss. An irate farmer appears and screams in an East Anglian accent 'YOU BE ON MOI LAND' and then takes potshots at the players with a blunderbuss. John Motson exclaims ' Ooh and it's his birthday next week'.
1) Germany win on pens
2) Spain choke
3) Motson continues with stultifyingly bland commentary
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Lets say the goalkeeper is wearing a cap because it is very sunny. The referee gives a penalty.
The goalkeeper removes his cap and uses it to stop the ball going into the net (i.e. a goal being scored). Would it be allowed?
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During regulation time you sent off a player from one side.
After extra-time it's all square and the match goes to penalties.
The penalties keep going in and it's 10-10, the 10-man team's goalie having scored his.
My question is about the eleventh round of penalties. Does the 10-man team get to use it's best penalty taker again, whilst the 11-man team has to use it's worst?
Seems unfair on the team who haven't had anyone sent off.
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As a Brit living in the USA I don't usually find much in US sports to recommend back home.....but I can't help feeling that the wimpy waving of a red card would be much better replaced by the baseball umpire 'thrown finger' and a scream of 'youreouttahere'.
I'm all for humiliating the players who deserve a red card.
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You are Steve Bennet and when you look around the pitch before kick off, you realise that there are several players with sufficient skill to make fans think that you are not the most important person on the pitch. Which one do you send off first?
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OK:
All the players on one team form a huddle around the ball, meaning that no opposition can enter the huddle without commiting a foul. The players dribble the ball into the net.
1. Is it obstruction, or shielding the ball?
2. Is it legal?
3. Who is the goal gtiven to if nobody can see and nobody claims it...as if that would happen...more likely, what if all 11 claim it?
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It's the Euro 2008 final between Portuagl and Spain. Ronaldo is off the pitch receiving treatment, and you have clearly told him to remain off the pitch until you signal him to return. Spain are on the attack and Torres recieves the ball outside of the penalty area, runs through the defence, rounds the keeper and is about to place the ball into the net when Ronaldo sprints onto the pitch, without waiting for you to invite him on, and performs a goal line clearance.
What is your decision?
Can you allow the goal?
Should Ronaldo be punished for ignoring instructions? If so, to what degree.
How do you restart the game?
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A player steps up to take a penalty kick in an important cup final, after 90 minutes and extra time fails to provide a decisive score, despite the fact that one team outplayed the other and hit the woodwrk twice.
Just after his first step he stops for half an hour. The TV station have to put up that graphic at the bottom of the screen saying "the news will follow the game". Several fans fall asleep because the game is being played in the middle of the night.
Finally the player moved toward the ball and his shot is saved.
20 million people worldwide laugh and holler, and the also, more importantly all the opposition players laugh and point.
Should the referee...
1. Allow the save but send off all the oppostion players for unsportsmanlike behaviour.
2. Book the goalkeeper for wearing a shirt which is obviously designed to distract the opponent.
3. Look over at Alex Ferguson to see if he can tell what he wants him to do.
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In answer to number 161.
It's Manchester Utd v England in the Champions League Final Penalty Shoot out. You are Rio Ferdinand a DEFENDER (that means you DEFEND). You rarely score any goals accept a few headers and never take penalties.
In the shoot out what should you do:
a) Take the most important 5th penalty and miss, because you are a DEFENDER, and leave a proven striker such as Nicolas Anelka not to take one until it's too late.
b) Let a proven striker or midfielder, such as Tevez, Nani, Anderson, Hargreaves or Carrick to score so your team wins the match and you don't have to cry like a baby.
You decide. Would you rather "play the hero" or be a proper captain and concentrate on player's strengths. You know, defenders defend and forwrds score the goals. It's a tricky one.
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In answer to number 161.
It's Manchester Utd v Chelsea in the Champions League Final Penalty Shoot out. You are Rio Ferdinand a DEFENDER (that means you DEFEND). You rarely score any goals accept a few headers and never take penalties.
In the shoot out what should you do:
a) Take the most important 5th penalty and miss, because you are a DEFENDER, and leave a proven striker such as Nicolas Anelka not to take one until it's too late.
b) Let a proven striker or midfielder, such as Tevez, Nani, Anderson, Hargreaves or Carrick to score so your team wins the match and you don't have to cry like a baby.
You decide. Would you rather "play the hero" or be a proper captain and concentrate on player's strengths. You know, defenders defend and forwrds score the goals. It's a tricky one.
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It is 3-3 in a penalty shoot-out in a major final and both teams have taken three penalties. The captain of the team about to defend the next penalty comes to you and says he is going to take the place of the regular goalkeeper who, although fit, is not confident to save a penalty from someone with a vicious shot. Is this allowed during the normal course of play in a shoot-out?
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Say the situation is this..
From the kick off a Player flicks the ball up and puts it in his shirt but dosent handle the ball and goes up to the opponents nets and scores...
DOES IT COUNT??
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Its a penalty shoot-out, its been going on all night, its 200-200, would it just carry on forever until somebody wins? Or would the referee call it a day at some stage?
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What if the attacking side, or even the defending side come to that, lifted a player (as in Rugby at line outs). The player who is lifted above the height of other players heads it into the goal or a defender heads the ball away.
Is that covered by unsporting behaviour?
(I have often thought that, that ploy should be used in basketball. although l guess it's not allowed...you just have grow to an abnormal height...!)
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Cross comes in and the Keeper comes out and catches it. While all the players run back into their positions awaiting the kick one of the attackers pretends to be doing his shoe laces to the side of the goal. Unaware of this player the keeper drops the ball and steps back to start his run up. The attacker gets up and runs behind the Keeper and drops his shorts down. In embarrassment the Keeper pulls his shorts back up and while he does this the attacker kicks the ball into the open goal.
What does the referee do?
1. Give the goal
2. Give a foul against the attacker for pulling down the keeper's shorts
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A ball is crossed, it travels at speed, the referee instinctively puts his hand up to defend himself. The ball hits his hand is deflected into the goal.
Does the goal stand?
This is a very good topic, well thought up.
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You are the Ref in a match between two Royal Navy teams on a water logged pitch. With large puddles on the playing surface do you
a) Abandon the game
b) book any players taking a dive
c) allow both teams to use all their "subs"
d) consult Jacques Cousteau
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Personally I'd like to see Fernando Torres (Spain) and Ronaldo (Portugal) Face to face with the ref in between them and the Euro 2008 trophy in the background.
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Two managers are having an arguement with eachother as a match is going on but neither leave their technical area or use abusive language. A captain from one of the teams comes over and, staying on the pitch joins in the arguement on his manager's side against the other. More players are coming over, disrupting the match, and the dispute is becoming heated, how should the referee step in?
Keir Pulsford.
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Ok some very very imaginative scenarios have been posted. If only the Premier League had a fraction of this taking place each week, what a scream!
So now my question:
The Ref takes to the field without the key tools of his trade, namely his Red and Yellow cards.
This comes to light when he goes to make his first booking/sending off. Can he issue the card without showing it, or does he have to trot back to the dressing room and return to the field of play to enforce his decision?
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When commentators say 'oh he has a great tackle', what if they were actually referring to what the bloke possesses in his shorts?
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The goalkeeper collects the ball but slips over and collides into the defenders studs, knocking himself unconscious. The defender kicks the ball towards the touchline attempting to get it out of play to allow the physio on. As the ball nears the sideline the right winger sprints towards it scoring into the open goal. Does the goal stand?
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Commentator says, 'He scores again, he really is on form this season', when referring to the lad who has once again pulles one of the opposition fans!
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Commentator 1 'Oh now that is just brilliant'
Commentator 2 ' yes i loved the way it curled and dipped before the sauce finally made contact with the chips'
1 'Quite marvelous, for just £2.95!'
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In an important league game a streaker interrupts play. He manages to get onto the pitch and everyone in the grounds stops to watch. As the players watch with interest as the streaker avoids the Stewards, he somehow manages to kicks the ball away from where it was in play. After the streaker is appropriately dealt with by the authorities. The Captain of one of the teams informs you that his team were in possession in the penalty area and were likely to score. He wants a penalty to restart play.
where do you restart play? how?, do you give a penalty? and whats the fairest way to do so?
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Fiffa President Sepp Blatter enforces a new rule in europe that means that each club must play at least 5 home grown players on the pitch.
This new rule is in effect in the match you are refereeing. One team has 5 home grown players on the pitch. This team have used up all of their subsitutes . But one player gets sent off who is home grown. Must the team with the player sent off pull out of the game as they dont have enough homegrown players?
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The ball is rifled into the bottom corner of the net in the last minute of the european cup final, but inadequate preparation and checking of the net means the ball flies through the net and goes behind. Unable to have a clear view of the ball due to other players, the referee awards a goal kick as he/she presumes the ball has gone wide. The attackers protest, but neither referee or linesmen know if the ball went in or not. What decision is made by the referee. Can he consult the fourth official? What if they don't know either?
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during a champions league final penalty shoot out a player steps up and misses. The player complains that he was distracted by a member of the opposition making silly faces behind the goal. Do you a) let him retake the penalty and punish the player responsible
b) take no action
c)punish the player distracting the penalty taker
d) or order that teams penalties to be taken again as your assistant points out that the player was behind the goal from the start of the penalty shoot out
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a streaker runs on to the pitch and gets hit by a clearance from a defender (going nowhere near the goal) which deflects the ball into the goal
DOES IT COUNT?
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It's the last minute of the cup final.....the losing team is desperate to equalise......Their goalkeeper decides to shove the ball up the the shirt of the fastest player they have, and he runs like a racehorse into the net of the opposition. GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!
Or not?
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a corner comes in and player 1 jumps for the ball, as he comes down to land he kicks player 2 (on HIS OWN team) in the head. their captain then thumps him. what do you do? and who gets sent off? (if anybody)
a corner comes in and player 1 jumps for the ball, as he comes down to land he kicks player 2 (on the OPPOSITION team) in the head. the opposition team's captain then thumps him. what do you do? and who gets sent off? (if anybody)
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Okey dokey.
The attacking side has an indirect free kick. Carlos Tevez is lining up in the wall and he has a Dummy sticking out of his wasteband, for the purpose of providing a prop to any later goal celebration. After the ball is struck the ball brushes the dummy and goes in the top corner. What is the decision Goal, or Goal kick? Should anyone be cautioned?
When I say Dummy I am refering to the Pacifier not the player.
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There's a corner kick...The delivery is poor and the ball is too high for anyone to connect with. However, Mark Viduka, in a moment of genius or madness, lifts Michael Owen off the ground and launches him into the air, rugby line-out style. Owen, rising high above anyone else, calming nods the ball in the back in of the net. Is this allowed?
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Manchester United wins a throw-in close to midfield. Chelsea's defenders form an offsides trap along the halfway line and Manchester United's players appear all to be in their own half. Ryan Giggs lobs the ball well into Chelsea's half of the field and suddenly Carlos Tevez pops up from where he's been hiding off the field behind an advertising sign, receives the ball and kicks it into Chelsea's goal.
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What if a player has a very large afro and the ball is in caught in the middle and the player runs into the net. does the goal stand?
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WakeUpTheKeeper -
Hernan Crespo Vs. Arsenal at Highbury springs to mind. He was off the pitch. So it is a legal action.
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What would happen if :
During a corner one of the attacking teams defender's takes off his boot, throws it at the ball, knockng the ball past the arms of the keeper and into the back of the net.
Would this count as a goal ?
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What if the penalty taker takes an hour after the whistle is blown to take the kick. is there a time limit on how long the kick must be taken after the whistle???
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In the 60th minute of a game, the captain, sickened by the ineptness of his right winger and the reluctance of his manager to make any subs until the 85th minute, tackles his own player hard enough in full sight of the ref for him to be substituted for an injury .
Is this legal, and if not, what does the ref do??
also....
the goal keeper collects a back pass from a defender, dribbles the ball outside and then back into the area. Is he now allowed to use his hands and pick up the ball??
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If an outfield player deliberately plays the ball with his hand on the goal line (think diving acrobatic save), can the ref give a goal instead of a PK?
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A game goes into extra time. It is raining heavily. In the eighty-ninth minute a player has been sent off.
As the first half of extra time unwinds, the rain gets heavier, causing the pitch to become waterlogged. The ref abandons the game. If the match is replayed, at a later date, does the red-carded player play?
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Stevie G receives the ball from Reina in his own half and is running towards the opposition goal, still in his own half, when he notices an opposition defender in his own penalty area stretching his legs out due to cramp.
A quick thinking Stevie then launches himself 50 metres through the air into the opponents' penalty area and catches his trailing foot on the defenders outstretched leg.
Penalty or not (it's in front of the Kop)?
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A player commits a bad foul and is worthy of a booking, but the ref plays the advantage and before the ball goes dead the same player commits another yellow card offence. Does the ref give him 2 yellow cards, or as the first one is a caution to inform the player that another one and he is off and he hasn’t been cautioned can he get 2 yellows?
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I think they should be more realistic - the ref looking up from the ground as Terry and Mascherano get a boot in on him.
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A midfielder passes the ball back to the centre half. The centre half dummies the ball through his legs and the keeper comes to the edge of the box and picks it up.
Is it a pass back??
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You are the ref and you get mobbed by members of one team. They start pushing and manhandling you. After consulting with your linesmen/women you show 5 of the players the red card.
What happens next (apart from the usual Chelski complaints about victimization)?
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"At the end of 90 minutes, the 4th official holds up the board saying there is 12 minutes of extra-time to be played, but you think the proper amount of time is nearer 4 minutes.
What do you do?"
Thank your lucky stars that you are playing for Man Utd as no other team would get so much extra time to score the equaliser or winner... lol
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A player swears at you so you show him the red card... He then points at his team mate claiming "it was him not me" so you show him the red card as well.
Do both players have to go off or one? If so which one?
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guys some of these comments are horrible. grow up please and ask relevant questions. not such like ''what if 5 pigeons attack the goal keeper'' .. i mean honestly, where is the common sense that we all possess?
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If in the dying minutes of an important match a sliced cross, from close to the byline, accidentally pings off the legs of the linesman and remians in play having never fully crossed the sidleline. In the consequent play a goal is scored and the match is won. Does this count as a goal?
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A penalty shoot-out is level after every player has kicked a penalty. What happens next? Do they carry on in the same order as they took their kicks? Can they change the order of takers? What happens if this is not actually possible because of injuries? What happens if one team has had a player sent off in the game and have one less player for the shoot-out?
We all know how many shoot-outs go beyond eleven kicks each, so please staisfy my curiosity!
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A penalty is taken and as the ball crosses the line the 'keeper screams and claims he was put off at the crucial moment by a wasp (which he claims to be terrified of) - what would the ref do (there is no sign of the wasp)
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During a european match the home team insist on having their lucky mascot on the bench - a muzzled bear. The away team's bench is close and insist that the presence of the bear is putting off the team - do you allow the bear to remain?
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How about if a winger is near the corner and the ball looks to have gone out of play but it hasn't an eager ball boy throws a ball and it goes on the pitch right where the winger is he now crosses with the new ball instead but the other ball is still on the pitch. The defending team starts playing with the other original ball. The winger crosses it in for a goal to be scored. The defending team have begun to attack with the other original ball.
(assuming this all happens so fast as in its a matter of seconds that the ref couldn't react in time and the goal was scored before a whistle was blown for two ball on the pitch.
What would happen?
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Euro 2008 final. It is 0-0 in the 94th minute. The referee correctly gives a penalty. It will be the last play of the game.
The world is watching.
The player is incredibly nervous and he whacks the ball as hard as he can but it is miles wide of the goal.
In fact it is so wide of the goal that the ball hits the referee and incredibly spins into the net. The goalkeeper has gone the other way and can do nothing.
Does the goal stand or not?
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In answer to 172.
That's an easy question.
I would put on my glasses and pay proper attention to the 90 minutes, as I clearly haven't watched the same match as 20 million others.
Sure one team hit the woodwork twice, but the others missed an absolute sitter in extra time and two sitters in the first half. I should also have noticed that the team who supposedly outplayed the other had less shots on target, much less possession, and should have been 3-0 down by half time. I also must surely have seen that the so-called dominant team's goal took two deflections and the keeper slipped.
In fact, I really must stop refereeing as I clearly don't watch what is happening properly.
Come to think about it, maybe I'm Rob Stiles.
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Come on Holland!!
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In the last minute of a MLS match and with one side a single goal down, the keeper comes up for a corner. The defending team clear it and David Beckham picks it up in his own half and shoots for the empty goal. Again.
As the ball is clearly making its way in, the crossbar breaks off (we're talking Los Angeles here, so use you're imagination - riots, earthquakes, vandalism by Hollywood D-listers, whatever) and the entire goal collapses. The ball bounces off the wreckage and doesn't cross the line. What do you do, oh what do you do?
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Imagine you are a bitter and twisted supporter of a rival team to the one a certain Portuguese winger plays for.
You take every oportunity to slate, insult and show your hatred for this player.
Now imagine that in the unlikely event that he asks for a transfer and your team are able to afford to buy him what would you do:-
a) Return your season ticket and refuse to support your team while your hated player wears the shirt (you must be joking!)
b) Declare your undying admiration
for the world's best ever player and admit that all your hatred was based on jealousy and you recognised his qualities all along. The only reasons you hated him was because he played for the enemy. Now he plays for your team you can admit how good he is, just like Utd fans do with Torres or they did with Henry, even though they both played for their bitter rivals.
I think we all know what the answer to this one is don't we?
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United are the best!!
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This happened recently.
During a penalty shootout the shot hit the bar and went high into the air. The keeper celebrated thinking the penalty had been missed.The ball came down in front of the goal and the spin took the ball into the empty net.
What happened next ?
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You are the referee and notice that the goalkeeper for the opposition is no other than talismatic DJ and all round good egg Sir Jimmy Saville.
Normally this would pose no problem, but as Sir Jim is sporting his usual jingle jangle trinkets and Toting a massive Cigar you decide to intervene.
You inform him that he must stub out the cigar and remove the trinkets as they constitute dangerous articles, but he just looks at you muttering "Ughhhh uggghhh ughhh ughhh...Now then Now then...you seh !" Also his Gold tracksuit top is dazzling other players.
a. Do you send him off
b. ask him to sign a copy of your Showwaddeh waddeh LP
c. Ask him to fix it for you to visit Disneyland.
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If game had to be played to completion (through extra time or penalties) as a result of a draw at end of 90mins what happens in below scenario!?
During the first period of extra time – Team A are forced down to eight players through use of substitutes, injuries, sending offs. At this point the game is still a draw. The Team are not going to last duration of extra time and fear loosing – say a final. A player from Team A feigns injury after a strong tackle and unable to continue. Player and his manager want him to leave the field of play. Outcome would be 7players.
Would the referee deem the game still playable or what action would he take; how would the result be determined? If the Ref suspected foul play would he caution that player? (Could result in a sending off in which case 7players also)
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You are the ref during an England International match .
You notice that the centre forward for England is none other than 1970's Saturday night light entertainment Icon Val Doonican who insists on sitting on the halfway line in a rocking chair and knitted sweater.
Do you
a. Send him off as he is Irish
b. Send him off for all the torture he inflicted on you as a child, singing awful ballads such as Paddy Mcginties Goat.
c. Allow him to remain on the field of play as long as he removes the rocking chair.
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In response to 191
This did actually happen once, there is a clip on youtube of a shot going through the goal between the post and net and somehow staying in play, on that occasion the ref didn't award a goal for that shot, however the team got their just reward as they scored from the rebound.
So I would guess he can't award it, much like if the ball has clearly crossed the line but no official sees it, it can't be given. (remember Roy Carrol's blunder against Tottenham?)
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player1 fouls but ref plays advantage - this merits yellow card and player already has yellow - ref waits for stoppage to send the player off - is real advantage for team but nothing comes of it despite many moves and much goalmouth action including saves and ball kicked off line etc. so play continues - still no stoppages in play - eventually opposing team gets ball and advances on goal - player 1 scores - is it a goal?
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If a player happens to score a hatrick of own goals in a match, does he get the match ball at the end of the game?
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If there were such things as super powers would their use be pemitted by FIFA? Would the 6/5 split have to be adapted to 5/5/1 with one superhero allowed? Thus, say a player such as Senderos had been hiding his secret under a veil of mediocrity but then on the big stage revealed he could turn himself invisible, lose his marker at set pieces and tap in simple goals. How would the off side rule then apply?
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response to:
27.
assuming that went on from the first minute of the game, that situation could fall under the jurisdiction of fair play. what i don't know, however, is what the extent of whatever punishment s/he metes out could be. i'm assuming from the off s/he'd give someone a card, but if s/he could call for a spot kick, i don't know.
but yeah. that japan video was hilarious.
195.
did bowyer get carded for his send-up at newcastle?
170. + 176.
i'd stick them both under fair play.
171 would result in a yellow card
167 they would both then start off with ten. but if a shooter from team a gets sent off during the shootout, then team b still shoots with ten.
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125. At 7:24 pm on 30 May 2008, eirebilly wrote:
122. At 7:20 pm on 30 May 2008, EmmanuelEboue wrote:
What does the referee decide to do if a player runs up to take a penalty, taps the ball slightly to the side and his teammate runs from behind him to smash the ball into the net?
is it a GOAL OR NOT?
Johann Cruiff did this in the 70's.
Goal stands
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I know this can be done, remember Henry and Pires trying to do it but fail in an EPL match a few years ago.
But can it be done during a penalty shoot-out?
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what if a player is red carded and is walking off the pitch but then he turns and hits an opposition player. Also what would happen if a streaker comes onto the pitch and blocks a goal bound shot with the keeper in goal and then the streaker injures a player. Do the team get 4 subs and does the shot count as a goal?
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You are the ref during a League match on a cold winters evening.
You notice that the goalkeeper for one of the teams is none other than Boystar crooner Aled Jones in a dressing gown.
One of the strikers hits an unstoppable shot heading for the top corner of Aleds' goal.
Suddenly from out of nowhere, the snowman appears, grabbing aled by the hand he lifts him into the air and Aled is perfectly placed to tip the ball around the post, whilst singing in a falsetto voice. I'm Walking in the air"
Do you
a. award a corner
b. send off the snowman
c. send off Aled
d. send off both and award a penalty whilst reminding aled he wasn't actually "walking in the air " rather he was being hoisted into the air by a perma frosted figure with a carrot for a nose.
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a match is being played at ibrox between Rangers and Dundee united, a dundee united player is clean through on goal when a Rangers player clearly chops him down from behind inside the box, you and your linesman clearly see this. Is it a) a penalty or b) no penalty.
Later during the same match a Dundee united player hits a shot from 30 yards which cannons off a Rangers player and into the net do you a) award a goal or b) chalk goal off for offside
later in the same match a Rangers player headbuts a Dundee united player right in front of you. do you a) send off Rangers player b) book both players
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Anybody remember a Viz spoof of You Are The Ref?
One where the ref suddenly discovers that one of the strikers is none other than wanted Nazi war criminal Martin Boorman?
Or was I dreaming it.....
Can't find it anywhere on the interweb...
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re 240
it wasnt you are the ref..it was Billy the Fish
they always had outrageous characters playing for various teams, like the bare chested squaw...the professor, and of course Billy himself....a halibut.
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Two similar ones...
A midfielder, some yards outside of the penalty area, shoots and the referee, not knowing or thinking that the player would shoot, accidentally gets in the way as the ball hits him and loops the opposite way the goalkeeper dived into the net.
What does the referee do here? Does his name go on the scoresheet? Is it a free-kick to the midfielder's team or the other team?
Second scenario...
The ball is about to go out for a goal-kick when the referee stops it, for the convience of the goalkeeper (so he doesn't have to go and get it) and passes it to the goalkeeper. The goalkeeper thanks the referee but accidentally the ball slids underneath his foot (but doesn't touch) and trickles into the net. Does the goal count as it was still in play and the referee scored it? Who's name goes on the scoresheet? Is it a goal kick? A free-kick to the goalkeeper's team? The referee purposely hit the ball to the goalkeeper but he didn't mean for it to eneter the net. What happens now?
What does the referee do in these two situations after scoring a goal himself?
Keir Pulsford
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You are the ref situation: The home team are being drubbed and with 3 mins to go and 0-8 down with most of the crowd gone home (apart from the jubilant away fans). You as the ref have already sent one home team member off for a bad foul but now three players argue with their coach and walk off the pitch leaving just 7 players on. The home team captain pleads with you to abandon game, knowing that he may win any replayed game.
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You are reffing another meaningless England friendly when, after 35 minutes, you realise that the ball is in fact a barrel of cold sick. Furthermore England seem to have Jocky Wilson playing at centre forward, Cliff Thorburn as centre half and Joe Bugner in goal with Lord Lucan as sub. Suddenly Willie Carson appears on Shergar and tells you to get the hell off the set of AQoS.
1) Punch him
2) Send off Lucan
3)Book Bugner
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A world cup quarter final.
A player from team number A (Lets say they were playing in white) wins the ball fairly from a member from team B (in red). However, in the process, The player in white seems to get impeded by The player in red, who is known as cheating scum. The player in white accidently steps on the player in red.
What do you do?
A) Play on.
B) Give a freekick to the team in white
C) Send off the player in white therefore meaning that, that nation is knocked out by another unjust decision.
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Both these events happened in matches I played in:
1.
The ball goes out for a throw in and the ref awards it to team A. A member of team B immediately shouts 'Never ref!' The ref books that player and awards a free kick to team A from the place where the player was standing.
2.
Very windy conditions. The goalkeeper, kicking into the wind, takes a goal kick; the ball goes outside the penalty area but is blown back by the wind towards the goal. The keeper saves his own goal kick.
Should he play on or re-take the goal kick?Or is it a free-kick to the opposition?
What would it have been if the ball had been blown into his own goal?
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My question:
An attacking player is fouled, the ref believes it is a foul worthy of a booking and the offender is already on a yellow card. However, the ball breaks loose to another forward who has a clear goal scoring chance so the ref plays advantage. The forward fluffs his shot, hitting it straight at the keeper. He then throws it to the player who committed the foul, who runs the length of the pitch and scores. The ball has not been out of play between the foul and the ball entering the net.
Should the goal stand?
Should the goal scorer be sent off, and if so at what point?
Should play have been stopped earlier, and if so when?
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A team score they decide to celebrate with the ref, by either picking him up and throwing him up and down or by bundling him.
What does the ref decide?
A) Book the whole team
B) dis-allow the goal
C) Abandon the match and go for an early bath
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Re: MUFC10XPremChamps
This from a man posting on blogs on the internet during work hours on a week day. Maybe you should be more worried about things other than what the BBC is doing.....
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FA Cup Final at Wembley.
Cardiff City Vs Portsmouth.
Portsmouth take the lead.
D.James sits on the ball and every portmouth player crowds around him making it impossible for Cardiff City to get the ball.
They plan on staying like this until the end of the game.
Is this allowed?
If Not what does the ref do?
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picture this one!
it 4-4 on penalties only one penalty missed so far!
the only player to miss so far is the teams regular penalty taker.
a player(your own national captain) steps up to take a penalty that will win your team the biggest club trophy in the WORLD .
just as hes about to strike the ball his standing foot slips and he hits the post. the other team go on to win the trophy and the national captain cries like a little baby.
omg sorry that is too unlikely i think i wasted your time
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re 251
No one would be stupid enough to let a centre back who never takes penalties take one of that importance.
Oh, wait. . .
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on a goal kick,the ball obviously strikes the defender on the hand.
The rules state that the ball is only in play from a goal kick only after it leaves the 18 yard box, bu this is an obvious handball.
Does the ref award a penalty kick?
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okay, so a player is already on a yellow card, he commits an awful challenge, but the attacking team are still going forward so the ref plays an advantage, the play breaks down and the ref is intending on booking the player who commited the foul at the next opportunity of the ball going out of play resulting in a red card, however the same player scores a goal for his team, can the ref then send this player off for a second bookable offence even though he has altered the game?
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i've never actually known what happens if an indirect freekick goes straight in? is it just retaken, someone told me it was a corner but who knows.. hopefull you?
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i really should have read up a few, exactly the same comment, apologies
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RE 251 and 252:
Even your woman-kicking captain said that he takes them a lot in training and scores plenty of them.
Also, just because he's a centreback, doesn't mean he can't take one. By your reasoning, Rogerio Ceni, Luis Chilavert et al. should never be allowed to take freekicks or penalties.
Muppet.
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You are "garyperera". For some reason you feel the need to act like the team you support are the epitome of politeness and character, and you always take every opportunity to put the boot into losing teams, instead of being gracious in victory. Do you:
a) Change when you realise how stupid you sound;
b) Don't change, but at least keep quiet because no-one cares;
c) Don't change and carry on with your crazy accusations about match-throwing;
d) Don't change and carry on going on about it until some idiot decides to reply?
Oh...wait...
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It is a completely one-sided match, and the ball has been on one team's half for the entire game. The keeper at the other end is completely bored and decides to light up a cigarette.
1. Is this a breach of the smoking ban? It is in a public place, but the stadium has four sides and no roof, so is it enclosed?
2. If it does contravene said legislation, can the referee do anything about it or does he have to summon a police constable, as this is no longer the referee's jurisdiction?
3. If it isn't illegal under the smoking ban, does it break any football rules, and should the referee take any action?
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It is the last minute of a cup final, and Team A are winning 2 - 1. Team B's striker gets the ball, passes 4 defenders and is in a clear goalscoring position. Team A's manager shouts to a Team A player who is warming up down the side of the pitch, who then sprints onto the pitch, tackles Team B's striker outside the penalty area and kicks the ball out of play.
After the inevitable melee that ensues, the referee cannot
1. Award the goal, because it wasn't scored
2. Give a penalty, because the tackle was outside the box
3. Send off Team A's 12th player, because he wasn't playing in the first place.
What possible correct decision could the referee make in this situation?
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"81. At 5:57 pm on 30 May 2008, MagpieJord wrote:
Cristiano Ronaldo is dribbling down the wing at quite a pace. The full back approaches him, but Ronaldo touches the ball passed him and looks to run on to it. However, the full back lunges in at the Portuguese winger in an attempt to bring him down. During this Ronaldo is in fact off the pitch as he is trying to evade the challenge. He is brought down cynically and a free-kick should be given.
However, my question is; Can a free-kick be given if Ronaldo and the Full Back are both off the pitch when the foul is committed? and if so where is this free-kick taken from considering that the foul wasn't committed on the field of play?"
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In a similar light, how about if he's dribbling along the goal line inside the penalty area when he is brought down by the same full back, just outside the pitch but for all intents and purposes inside the penalty area.
Would this count as a penalty?
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For continued abuse of an assistant referee one of the home teams 5 named subs was issued with a red card.
Up to that point none of the subs had been used.
My question: Is the home team allowed to use three of its other named substitutes?
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Team leading 1-0
Keeper then wastes 5 minutes by bouncing ball back-and-forth off crossbar.
No outfield player can reach it.
Is this allowed ?
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What happens when a player is about to be subbed when he is almost off the pitch he punches an opposite member and runs away from the ref before giving a card is the sub still taking place or does the ref send off the sub?
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A team is winning 1-0 and sees the end of the game out by continually hoofing the match balls out of the stadium, resulting in there being no match ball to play the remaining seconds of the game with.
Do you:
A) Blow the whistle for full time
B) Caution the offending players and replay the game
C) Ask the Fourth official to drive to a local high street store to buy another ball
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What happens if the ref heads a goal ?
what happens if a outfield player picks up the ball and throws it into his own goal, which stands, the goal or the hanball, or both. ?
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In reply to Jonny 257:
You are garyperera and you came on here to read you are the ref, as you used to enjoy reading it in Shoot magazine when you were a kid.
However, just like the jealous rantings of bitter and twisted fans like jonny, you see comments aimed at the greatest player in the world.
You weren't going to reply but felt they are too unfair and irritated you so much you felt you had to. You didn't ever say your team or any of their players were saints, as you actually don't like some of Ronaldo's reactions and the way he takes penalties often annoy you, but those fans who criticise should look at their own teams before criticising others.
At the end of the day this is you are the ref is supposed to be about refereeing and I only commented in reply to other idiots making insulting comments. After all, everyone defends their team, jonny.
However, when someone decides to make it personal, rather than using this as a bit of fun with banter involved, then that person has gone too far.
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England are losing 2-0 with 10 minutes to go with all substitutions for both teams already made. Rooney has been tackled badly then gets angry and kicks several players injuring 5 of them badly enough for them to be taken off. No other England players get involved. After sending Rooney off, England have 10 men vrs the oppositions 6, below the minimum required. What do you do?
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If a shot is taken and the players boot comes off incapacitating the goalie as the ball crosses the goal line - does it count or is it a foul??
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It's the final of the Euro 2008.
It's 2-2 and it's been a cracking game that looks set for extra time.
But with just seconds remaining the referee awards a corner.
The corner looks over hit and likely to swing past the far post out of play out of everyone's reach.
But wait ... never seen before in a game - two players hoist their team mate high in the air - then hold him steady in the air like a towering statue.
The ball floats towards him and he meets the ball perfectly and heads the ball in to the back of the net.
You're the ref. Can this goal be allowed?
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A bad team plays a good team, but the bad team have a plan.
At bad team's kick off, the players boot it to the centre-backs and they head it to the goalie to pick up. Two players then stand in line with each other front-to back and the goalkeeper, having picked up the ball, places it in between them, the ball trapped. The two players then run up the pitch into the opposition's goal, and if the are tackled it is probable a foul will result.
Is this allowed?
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Fabio capello's squad for the world cup qualifiers comes with a surprise entry. An amateur footballer turned gymnastdeployed as a striker.
In the game, the gymnast climbs up to the crossbar and stands high upon it. people deliver the ball to him, which he controls without falling off, and drops it to the other striker to volley in from close range.
Would the unbeatable target man be allowed?
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If a foul is commited off the field, where is the free kick given?
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137. At 7:45 pm on 30 May 2008, Prometheus wrote:
A player scythes down an opponent; two footed, over-the-top definite red card offence.
However, the ball bounces kindly for the other team and they have a good chance of scoring. You allow play to continue, making a mental note to send the player off next time there is a break in play.
The attack is thwarted by a fantastic save from the goalkeeper, who instantly kicks the ball upfield to the player who should have been sent off. He is played on-side by the player he hacked down.
He goes on to score.
Should the goal be allowed?
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do this. thats a good one because there is no break in play
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what would happen if a streaker ran on to the pitch, took a wild swipe at the ball and it went in ?
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137/275...
The goal would stand as the player hasnt been sent off. The ref played advantage, so if the attack was thwarted quickly he could call it back for a free kick, or else he would have to play on. The striker would score and then be sent off.
Although any straight red tackle like that would probably stop play straight away, regardless of advantages...
Come on people, most of these are far too obvious answers....obviously gymnasts arent allowed on goal posts...lets think up some challenging scenarios where we have to think to work out what will be done.
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"You Are The Scottish Ref"
You are refereeing a Rangers game.
Immediately following your fourth penalty decision against the opposition, you notice that you have called the goalkeeper over, run past him, kicked the ball into the net yourself, and awarded a goal to Rangers. What is your decision?
1) Chalk off the goal and caution yourself - your action was slightly too obvious.
2) Allow the goal to stand - a ball which strikes the referee is still in play.
3) Allow the goal to stand, and card the goalkeeper for moving before the kick was taken.
4) Allow the goal to stand and order the kick to be retaken. Then as soon as the goalkeeper spreads his arms, send him off for "making the sign of the cross".
5) All of the above. Then wait till Craig Levein complains and deck him. The time for secrecy is over.
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Is this the same as the comic strip that appeared in the Observer?
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2 players are shoving each other and arguing about who should take a free kick and appear to have fallen out as one player storms off and stands to the right of the wall but is left unmarked by the opposition who assume he's sulking. However on taking the free kick his team mate calmly passes the ball past the wall to him so he scores when through 1 on 1. The 2 players hug each other in celebration and it appears their argument earlier was staged in order to disguise the positioning of the scorer past the wall.
Their opponents appeal for bad sportsmanship, does the goal stand?
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Posted by Knecht:
A player is about to be substituted. As he walks off the pitch he punches one of the opposition. Can he be sent off? In which case would the substitution be permitted?
Answer: Yes you can send the player off because he has committed an offence most definately worthy of a red card and suspension. This therefore means the substitution is not permitted because the player has been sent off and cannot be replaced.
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During a Cup match, you notice that one of the goals has been constructed using wood from Pinocchio's nose, and is consequently alive.
Whenever one of the players tells a lie ("Didn't touch him ref", "It wisnae me", "I'm going nowhere, I am happy at Birmingham") the goal extends by a metre in all directions.
What is your decision?
1) Caution the goal for ungentlemanly conduct.
2) Wait until a shot strikes the woodwork, then use the handball legislation to send the goal from the field of play.
3) Order retired american boxer Carl "The Truth" Williams to stand behind the goal incessantly telling the truth, in an effort to return it to more manageable dimensions.
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@280...of course it stands...they didnt break any rules as they may/may not have "staged" a fight...
How many times do you see 2 players line up a free kick then one drift away at the last minute, unmarked. Is this bad sportsmanship?
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RE 241:
>"re 240
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>it wasnt you are the ref..it was Billy the Fish"
Thanks! No wonder I couldn't find it!
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Team B have just scored, and as you collect the ball for the kickoff, you notice your assistant flagging. The assistant informs you that the goalkeeper of Team B punched the centre-forward of Team A in Team B's penalty area in the buildup to the goal.
Do you:
A: Allow the goal, send off the goalkeeper and restart with kickoff?
B: Disallow the goal, send off the goalkeeper and award a goal kick to Team A?
C: Disallow the goal, send off the goalkeeper and award a penalty to Team A?
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a player scores a goal and takes his shirt off to celebrate. with his shirt off he runs into the crowd to celebrate... is this not 2 yellow cards and therefore a red card?
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Thank you for all for some fantastic suggestions for You Are The Ref.
We will now send a selection to You Are The Ref creator Paul Trevillion and former international referee Keith Hackett, who will be providing the answers.
In a few days week we will be publishing the first You Are The Ref scenarios for you to solve.
The deadline for submissions is now closed but at the end of the week we will be inviting further suggestions for You Are The Ref.
Thanks again, Rich.
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#167
i think what would happen is that the team with 11 players have to sacrifice a player for the shootout to make sure the number of players is even. I think this happened a little while ago when England played Holland in the under-21's and we reached this stage (England had lost a player to injury), so the Dutch had to sacrifice someone.
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#184
The referee does not need his cards to book someone or send them off, the cards merely being a way of showing everyone else what the referee's decision is.
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What would happen if a team were winning one nil and then decided to stand in a circle with the ball in the middle of the circle, what would happen because the oppossing team cant get it because they had to foul someone.
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#236
of course it can't happen in a shootout, one player goes up to take a penalty, he can't tap it to the side for someone else to take the shot. otherwise why can't other players knock in a rebound to a saved penalty??
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What would happen, if by some bizarre coincedence, one of the linesmen pulls up with an injured hamstring, unable to continue and is replaced by the fourth official. 10 minutes later the fourth official is incapacitated by a severe stomach bug and is also unable to continue.
There is now only one available linesman, so what happens?
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What happens if a player takes a goal-bound shot and the referee gets in the way?
Would play just carry on as happens usually or because of the goal opportunity, would the goal be given?
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it's a tense final, and with the game nearing it's end and the score at 1-1, it looks set for a draw. tackles are flying in, and when you blow to send off a player for a two footed lunge all the other players get involved especially from the team whose player is injured. the player claims he misstimed it, and tells you he was also wound up from previous comments the player he tackled had said about his ethnicity and background. what do you do about the player he tackled? is any action taken or is that player trying to escape being sent off?
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does anyone agree with the "six plus five" idea?
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Most definetely - I can't believe that anyone would be against it. I recently saw the Toulon tournament and the standard was pretty high. What pleased me more though (as an Italian) was that fact that all 23 Italy players are already a part of a Serie A squad. This is fantastic news for Italian football and I think the reality in Italy has finally sunk in about some foreign imports. 10 - 15 years ago, Italian football youngsters suffered in much the same way that is happening here now. There was too much of a reliance on foreigners and this was also at a time of huge salaries, big TV deals, massive investment - Sound familiar. Then the bubble burst. Italy's poor showing at Euro 96, France 98, Japan 2002, Euro 2004, left most in no doubt that clubs had to go back to grass roots football for the sake of the national team. Yes the current italian squad is getting older, but most have already won an Under 21 championships and soon they will be flooded with more talent from the current crop.
The 6 + 5 is a good idea and it may even rekindle some of the fun that used to happen on Derby Days - just think Arsenal v Tottenham might mean something again!!
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Scenario 1
Last ten minutes of the final match of the season and game is a dead rubber. Sir Alex Ferguson introduces a celebrity supporter E Holmes to play out the game.
Scenario 2
The linesman/assistant headbuts a player after suffering constant abuse. The player is taken off not to return. The player's team has already used its substitutes but rightly wants to introduce a fourth substitute in place of the casualty after all it wasn't their fault.
Scenario 3
Sepp Blatter gets stuck in the lift at Wembley. An engineer is needed. Michel Platini demands that the second half is delayed by fifteen minutes until lift lowered to ground floor. Sir Alex Ferguson demands that the game is continued. Rafa Benitez is happy for the delay. Your career or your rulebook?
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What happens if someone kicks the ball back to the opposition keeper -- after being put out due to an injury -- and it accidentally lobs the keeper and goes in?
Can the teams decide that the goal shouldn't stand?
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