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I agree with your sentiments, but I just think this is too large an issue for the laws to deal with. If there are neighbourhood concerns, it is for the the club and the community to resolve. I interpret 'offensive' in the laws as pertaining only to definitions 1 & 5, not 2 or 3 (however valid...

As I mentioned, I have no desire (nor right) to police morality or propriety as dictated by a religion (least of all on the field). A Christian is entitled to take that up with the club/player. Unless the words are offensive/insulting to the religion itself or abusive to the individual, I won't...

That is a good question: where did the unwritten rule about touching a referee originate? As for this incident, I was a bit indignant that more wasn't made of it on MOTD. I think it's an uncomplicated red card for violent conduct. He used more force than an AA caution is meant to cover, in my...

I completely agree that context matters, as there are extremely few words that are inherently offensive, however used. Yet that last example is perhaps one for which you can argue an absolutist interpretation, unless you are presented with the alleged John Terry scenario ("I didn't say ...")...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/22/beverly-hills-soccer-referee-quits-parents We have seen several of these grand statements by U.K. league secretaries in recent years, but whether these attacks ever address the problem is doubtful. May I also suggest that the woman's point about...

I do find this kind of neo-puritanism about swearing in front of children quite amusing (it's increasingly the case at PL football). Who knows, if they heard a few choice words at a young age, they might be tired of them by the time they play for the U15s. I scorn any attempt to use the laws to...

Thanks for the helpful responses. That diagram helps clear up my doubts; I think 'close' is the key word here. If an offside player makes a forward movement with the ball in close proximity, even if only anticipatory, 99% of the time it's still a nailed on offside call. The first Arsenal goal in...

1) A few weeks ago I was talking to a parent before a match, and he asked my opinion on a particular scenario (he had a rugby, not football, background). At the time, from the way he described it, I didn't think offside should be given, but I will share it: -The ball is passed to a player on the...

Thanks, yes, I hope there was no harm done. I'm pretty sure it was offside myself. I just felt it was a bit unkind of a flagging CAR to pin that decision on me. Although, ultimately, it was my call. U18s definitely vary (I had an awful one a few years back, but it was a more competitive...

A good match this morning; hardly any disciplinary issues, and I have been impressed by the sportsmanship at this age group this week and last. Contender for the earliest penalty I have ever given: barely a minute had been played when the away keeper completely misjudged a challenge on the...

Yes, that is largely my experience also. A manager, who has a tendency to be quite impassioned during matches and to get on your back, probably gave me his most complimentary handshake after a match last season in which I cautioned three U14s for AA (the most I have handed out to that team and...

Ok, I backtrack on 'new', but can you confirm whether the advantage law has always been able to cover the second scenario in the OP for the entire length of its existence? I seem to recall that a number of members believed, with prior justification, that advantage could not be applied for...

Goal in both situations; the second example is, so far as I understand, one in which the new advantage rule can be applied, being beneficial to the non-offending team. I don't really want to resurrect the goal-kick discussion, which David Elleray's intervention succinctly resolved, but did...

A month late, but yes, I was wrong here. Penal offences against a team-mate were added to DFK restarts in 2016/17.

Sorry for the duplication; I hadn't read to the top of the previous thread. Thanks

Yes, if the object genuinely doesn't interfere with play, I guess no offence has been committed. If a player keeps doing this deliberately, though, I venture that it would warrant a USB caution at a stoppage in play. Moreover, since the law asserts that the object need not actually strike a...

What would your decision be a if a goalkeeper (either inside or outside the field of play) prevented the ball entering the goal by throwing a (different) ball, boot, shinguard, bottle or jersey at it? As he/she cannot commit a handling offence in the penalty area, should it be a dropped ball for...

From Law 12: "If a player standing on or off the field of play throws an object (including the ball) at an opposing player, substitute, substituted or sent off player, or team official, match official or the ball, play is restarted with a direct free kick from the position where the object...

This is also a DFK restart. I think this part of law 12 was rewritten to emphasise that the consequences should be no different for an offence that begins outside the field of play. Incidentally, presumably this logic of 'where the object would have struck the opponent' is the same for a...

If it's a foul, by definition it cannot be simulation. He may have exaggerated, but he didn't deceive. Out of interest, I see Jon Moss played advantage in the area for Chelsea's fourth goal. I suppose you could make a case for holding, but that would have been a harsh penalty and red card.