Morning all, down in L1 yesterday this happened:
What you don’t see here is that after Oxford score (winning goal in 90+4 minute), the kick off didn’t happen for approx 5 mins as the referee spoke to his assistant nearest the Oxford goal about the legality of the goal kick in this clip, then spoke to the other assistant and apparently the 4th official before eventually deciding to allow the goal - messy.
Bowyer the Bradford manger reckons the ref had admitted he didn’t know the relevant part of the law on whether the goal kick was legal but probably take that with a pinch of salt.
What you don’t see from the goal kick is that the Oxford player was apparently very close to touching the ball before it has left the area - we all know that’s a retake in the laws if that’s what happened.
However, the bit I started doubting myself on was the fact that Bradford have 4 players in the area as the goal kick is taken. Offences/sanctions in law 16 suggest if an opponent is in the area and challenges for the ball then it’s a retake, but don’t explicitly cover opponents just being in the area. That said, law 16 also talks about procedure being no opponent in the area and ends by suggesting (paraphrasing) ‘any other offence is a retake’.
Should it have been a retake in law based on purely several Bradford players being in the area at the time?
What you don’t see here is that after Oxford score (winning goal in 90+4 minute), the kick off didn’t happen for approx 5 mins as the referee spoke to his assistant nearest the Oxford goal about the legality of the goal kick in this clip, then spoke to the other assistant and apparently the 4th official before eventually deciding to allow the goal - messy.
Bowyer the Bradford manger reckons the ref had admitted he didn’t know the relevant part of the law on whether the goal kick was legal but probably take that with a pinch of salt.
What you don’t see from the goal kick is that the Oxford player was apparently very close to touching the ball before it has left the area - we all know that’s a retake in the laws if that’s what happened.
However, the bit I started doubting myself on was the fact that Bradford have 4 players in the area as the goal kick is taken. Offences/sanctions in law 16 suggest if an opponent is in the area and challenges for the ball then it’s a retake, but don’t explicitly cover opponents just being in the area. That said, law 16 also talks about procedure being no opponent in the area and ends by suggesting (paraphrasing) ‘any other offence is a retake’.
Should it have been a retake in law based on purely several Bradford players being in the area at the time?