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The laws specifically say that it is allowed as long as it is not dangerous. "Non-dangerous protective equipment, for example headgear, facemasks and knee and arm protectors made of soft, lightweight padded material is permitted."

That's a bit different to your original position which was that FFP was part of a plot by Manchester United to undermine City. Some might say "willing to invest" others might say "distorting the competitive balance, and using insane amounts of money to drive up transfer fees and wages to the...

Not so sure about this one Capn. The ball is in play when it is kicked and clearly moves. If the keeper comes off the line before it is kicked and it enters the goal then a goal is awarded so the keeper being off the line before the kick clearly doesn't mean that the ball is not in play as it...

So FFP and the new TV deal are a conspiracy to favour Man Utd and disadvantage City. Really? Clubs throughout Europe have to abide by FFP just so that Man U can get one over on Man City? If Gill's membership of the FA board is part of a shadowy anti-Man City conspiracy it has been spectacularly...

Interestingly (to me anyway) this is one of the laws that has been re-written with little comment. Previously the law was: commits a foul for the tactical purpose of interfering with or breaking up a promising attack. I would argue that "for the tactical purpose" meant that the foul had to be...

By "penal" do you mean those punishable by a DFK? If so would you not caution for persistently impeding?

Not quite. I am not sure exactly how it is defined but Offside is not usually included (we had a thread on it here once) and I wouldn't give a yellow for something like a series of incorrectly taken throw-ins. I'm tempted to say only offences in Law 12 but I'm sure someone will be along to...

There is not always a technical area - what you have written just defines what the technical area should be if it exists.: From the LOTG: 9. The technical area The technical area relates to matches played in stadiums with a designated seated area for team officials and substitutes .

At the level we are discussing here, there are often no technical areas...which emphasises the point that this law seems to have been written without proper consideration for the game as it is played at the grassroots level.

I specifically tell CARs not to do foul throws. We all know how often you get the call "foul throw ref" when it is a bit ugly but OK in law; if you let CARs judge this then you are just setting yourself up for either constantly over-ruling your CAR or penalising things that shouldn't be...

Exactly. And to push it further it requires one response if that person is an official who is on the team list and a different response if that person is not on the team list whether he is an official or not. So if someone with a first aid bag is treating an injured player behind the opposition...

But the only mention "circumventing the law" in the LOTG is in relation to a deliberate kick to the GK so you would be incorrect to award an IDFK for "circumventing".

I listened to the match on 5 Live and John Hartson was going on about how Costa should have been sent off for diving and came out with one of my all time hated phrases (Alan Shearer is another regular culprit) - "If the ref doesn't give the foul then he has to penalise Costa for the dive."...

"Circumventing the law" only applies in relation to avoiding being penalised for a deliberate pass to the Goalkeeper and is a mandatory yellow. In the instance described I agree that you could give an IDFK for PIADM (no caution necessary) or the old standby "shows a lack of respect for the...

But what about managers, coaches, physios etc? If you look at the following: If play is stopped and the interference was by: • a team official, substitute, substituted or sent off player, play restarts with a direct free kick or penalty kick • an outside agent, play restarts with a dropped...

My point is that although I have always accepted that "competition rules" decide whether a team sheet needs to be submitted or not, it seems that the LOTG actually require a team sheet and it is not down to competition rules, particularly when taking in to account some of the laws in this year's...

There have been several threads concerning team sheets - some leagues require them, some don't. I was browsing through the LOTG this afternoon (as you do) and came across this which I had never really thought about before: Anyone not named on the team list as a player, substitute or team...

They don't unless it is DOGSO.

Agree 100%. You can certainly caution someone for something that involves swearing - "Are you ****ing blind ref," can be a yellow for dissent if you don't find it offensive, insulting or abusive just as "Are you blind ref" can be a red for OFFINABUS. Depends on the context, delivery, etc etc...