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According to law can you allow substitutions for both teams at the same time or must one wait for the other team to complete their substitution before making their own?

The OS player "putting pressure" is a tricky one. 2 points of discussion :- 1 - what if the OSP only intends to close down the space (initially it would appear like he is "putting pressure") but what if he does not intend to impact the defender in any way to play the ball. We would need to let...

I'm with you and I agree. At the higher level it would definitely matter but in these low divisions most teams don't give a toss and all they want is a good game. However, I do agree I guess we all as referees need to teach them the rules and game by game they'll get used to to it as I said in...

Haha exactly. So to sum it up, I think overall, most times in grassroots its probably best to just blow. That way none of this happens. Those refereeing higher up L4 and above can abide by and follow the law and little things like this 100% because I'm sure the players and coaching staff in...

That's the point my initial post was eluding to. Once the defender plays the ball (and the attacker is no longer offside), soon after the defenders team loses the ball and you'll get their team and management moaning on the sidelines.

This certainly makes sense and does not fall into the other 3 bullet points mentioned in the laws on - interfering with an opponent.

That certainly makes sense. However, what is the difference between that statement above and this statement which follows it in the law :- making an obvious action which clearly impacts on the ability of an opponent to play the ball.

I'm struggling to understand this particular part of the offside law. From Law 11.2 Offside offence interfering with an opponent by: clearly attempting to play a ball which is close when this action impacts on an opponent Is this when an attacker (IN AN OFFSIDE POSITION) dummies the ball or...

Yes, you're right on tv they just delay the flag so VAR can brush it up if needed. However, I was watching a league cup game last week and there was no VAR in that game - the attacker was hunting down the ball on the wing and was offside. He looked at the linesman who kept his flag down and then...

Yes, I understand the active part. However, what "interfering with an opponent" means is the problem. i.e An offside attacker runs towards the ball and the defender is no where in sight, the defending team expects the whistle to be blown for offside immediately even when the attacker has NOT...

According to the new offside law, we don't blow the whistle for offside until the ball is touched by the attacking player. However, most teams and managers in grassroots football don't seem to have grasped this concept as they want you to blow immediately. I.e scenario - An attacker (who is...

Thanks, so based on this no whistle is required for IDFK I.e to restart play after an offside and everyone is retreating. However, I'm pretty sure I've seen other referees blow the whistle just before an IDFK is being taken. Why do they do that?

I understand that when there is an offside offence we blow the whistle and raise our arm straight up. Also we keep our arm up until the kick is take. My question is - do we need to restart play with the whistle?

Cool, and for the goalkeeper, I understand that we don't ask goalkeepers to leave the field of play but do we stop play if all of a sudden the keeper needs to do laces / correct equipment whilst the ball is in play in the middle of the park? e.g. if i dont stop play and then the attac results in...

Yes, you're right. For me common sense prevails, but I was just wondering if this would be marked down by an observer. I.e if I allowed the player to sort it out on the pitch and I allow play to continue. This is what I would generally do.

So when the ball is out of play and their boot or shin guard is off can't they just fix it on the pitch whilst the ball is being retrieved and play just continues? Or do they HAVE to leave the field of play?

Sorry I think I may have confused you with the question. My question was regarding situations where a boot or shinguard comes off or laces become untied during play. Then the player says "ref need to tie my laces" or "my shoe / shinguard came off" What does the law say about how we should act in...

Okay, so is it a MUST that the player has to leave the field of play or can he do his laces/correct equipment whilst on the pitch?

According to the laws of the game should play be stopped if a players boot or shin guard comes off, or laces become untied. I always thought that for players we don't stop play and we only stop for keepers. However, I could not find this in the laws and would advice from you guys according to...