Game on Saturday where I was on the line:
‘1-2’ on half-way line, No.9 lays it back and makes an early run for the return ball.
Clearly offside, everyone stops expecting a flag, which I don’t raise.
Attacker has also realised he’s offside and stops.
His team-mate runs from an on-side (his own half) position, collects ball, rounds keeper and scores.
The No.9 doesn’t touch the ball or get within playing distance (say 3m) or interfere with an opponent in any physical capacity.
The argument that he was ‘offside’, was that he was ‘running on to the ball’ and therefore everyone stopped expecting him to play the ball, indeed I was following play ready for that occurrence and to flag.
‘1-2’ on half-way line, No.9 lays it back and makes an early run for the return ball.
Clearly offside, everyone stops expecting a flag, which I don’t raise.
Attacker has also realised he’s offside and stops.
His team-mate runs from an on-side (his own half) position, collects ball, rounds keeper and scores.
The No.9 doesn’t touch the ball or get within playing distance (say 3m) or interfere with an opponent in any physical capacity.
The argument that he was ‘offside’, was that he was ‘running on to the ball’ and therefore everyone stopped expecting him to play the ball, indeed I was following play ready for that occurrence and to flag.