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Law 12 makes reference to thrown objects and the location of the restart. It states “ If a player who is on or off the field of play throws or kicks an object (other than the match ball) at an opposing player, or throws or kicks an object (including a ball) at an opposing substitute...

Whether it was a myth or not it was the understood practice among referees. I recall in 2009 Charity Shield game between Man U and Chelsea and Deco being sent back by Referee Chris Foy as he was listed as the 5th kicker on the list given to him. Kalou had to take the fourth kick which was the...

In the Euro 2020 game between Italy and Turkey a pass by an Italian player struck the referee just outside the penalty area and it went to an Italian player. Referee signaled for play to continue? As a promising attack continued was it okay to allow play to continue?

Nothing wrong if both can play the ball but in this instance the second player is stood three yards away from the ball with no intention or possibility of taking it. He is off the field of play I assume to avoid being marked by a defender. Players can only be off the field of play in the act of...

Clear error by AR. Could not be offside I noticed the ARs speaking to Italian players at these corners. Whatever about the choice of either player taking the corner a player cannot deliberately stand off the field of play in a way that is not connected with the taking of the kick. The player...

Two incidents of note for VAR In the lead up to the Spurs third goal by Bale the ball clearly hit Harry Kane on the arm and he went on to control and turn and to play the ball to Bale who scored. The word was that the handling did not lead to the goal and to quote the Sky commentator it was not...

Hi FWIW I think MD gave it against Werner as he did not clearly play the ball. Yes he gets kicked in that action yet sticking a foot out that does not play the ball in front of an opponent can be akin to tripping. If the Leicester player was dribbling it out with multiple touches and a Chelsea...

Simple solution. Do away with the screen lines. Without the lines which in this case was drawn arbitrarily on Bamfords arm, this will look onside all day long and should have stood. No need for someone to be picking body points and putting down lines. The whole point of VAR is to correct obvious...

Without VAR offside given.

Hi, my take on it is that Sigurdsson did not interfere with DeGea’s line of sight. Apparently the official line was that he was in De Geas line of sight and made an obvious action that impacted de Gea’s ability to make a save. So it looks like it given for making an obvious action which clearly...

Hi My last word on this. A referee cannot in consecutive fouls decide to punish the second foul just because it is more serious because he hasn’t blown his whistle for the first foul. This comes back to integrity and honesty by the official. Soccer is not like other sports where misconduct can...

Hi I am not talking about the ball being out of play. I am talking about the referees decision and his signal. Going back to the OP the ball is in play when the first foul happens, the referee decides to stop play and before he whistles there is a second foul. Irrespective if the ball is in play...

Hi Nij You are arguing against yourself. If there is an offence and it happened first then that is the decision. In the offside who decided that the offence occurred BEFORE the offside. Did he communicate that by way of a signal. It was the referees decision and No he did not signal it. As...

Hi Nij There has always been a distinction between decision and signal. The whistle is a signal of a referees decision. Most times it makes no difference yet there are times that it does such as the OP. I go back to the point that if there is a first foul and the referee decides that he is...

Hi Nij Going to disagree on this one. Who stops play? The referee so once he decides to call the first foul that is it. The whistle is only the signal of his decision. As to the OP there is only one correct answer as written and that is to call the first careless foul. The second foul is...

Hi I know a player who lost his finger in training due to his wedding ring finger getting caught in a fence at the side of the field. It was a horrible injury. I meet him from time to time in games. Now the question I pose to referees is whether they would be content to meet that player again...

Hi Nij When the referee decides that the first foul is being called then that is the decision. The second foul has technically happened when the ball is out of play based on the referees decision so Peter Grove is correct. The whistle is only the signal that an offence has been called...

Hi If it mandatory the laws says so with no discretion. In his instance the law say IDFK and that imo is sufficient punishment. In fact on the other IDFKs offences the law tells us that “If the goalkeeper handles the ball inside their penalty area when not permitted to do so, an indirect free...

Hi It is not a caution. It is listed with the other technical offences that results in an IDFK such as handling a backpass. They are not cautions so why would this offence be different. Probably likely it will end up as dissent but not usb

Hi A goalkeeper can be replaced at any time with an outfield player provided it is done at a stoppage with the referee informed. That include Kicks from the Penalty Mark A goalkeeper can be substituted in Kicks from the Penalty Mark provided that the GK cannot continue and the team has an...