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Law 5 - The Referee
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Law 5 - The Referee 6/23/2013

Matthew Running of Orangevale, California USA asks...

I am in the process of becoming a Referee, and I was reading some example situations online. I came across one where a player received a pass while in the offsides position, but the play was not blown dead by the center because he did not check with ...

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Law 5 - The Referee 6/22/2013

Mick of Cowra, NSW Australia asks...

Ok, the ref awards a goal and points to the halfway for the restart. On looking around sees the linesman has his flag up for offside before the goal was scored. No goal or goal???...

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Law 5 - The Referee 6/16/2013

Tracey of Fredericksburg, Va USA asks...

What is considered abusive power of a referee? Here's the situation - The referees were making some really bad calls. As a former ref, I know that it can be difficult to catch all angles and make all proper calls. However, during the game the sideli...

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Law 5 - The Referee 6/6/2013

Mike of Mumbai, Maharashtra India asks...

Okay, so Im a football fan, and I had to ask this doubt. I was playing a 6v6 match at a local ground. And the defender from my team (Lets say team A) clearly fouled the opposing team B striker (Pulled him to the ground). But the goalie was disoriente...

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Law 5 - The Referee 6/5/2013

martino watson of cayman brac, cayman islands asks...

In a recent game i was refereeing, an attacking player won the ball off the defender and sprinted towards the defenders goal. The defender followed closely on the right side of the attacker but then switched back to the left clipping the heels of the...

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Law 5 - The Referee 5/28/2013

Jack Wayne of Ottawa, Ontario Canada asks...

I only call hand balls that are deliberate or impact the play of the game, I do not call hand balls just because the ball hits a players hand there must be intent. I guess ball on hand is ok, hand on ball is not ok.

Is this ok?

Also...

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Law 5 - The Referee 5/22/2013

TJ Chulick of Kirkwood, Missouri United States of America asks...

Hey Ref,

There was an instance in previous game that I was participating in. The opposing teams goalie had punted the ball the length of the field with just barely any time left. The opposing teams forward came charging down the field and ra...

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Law 5 - The Referee 5/22/2013

Brad of Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada asks...

Hi all:

Former semi pro goalkeeper here.

My question is regarding the advantage rule. I have seen fellow goalies, many a time, receive kicks,
Elbows, and strikes to the body while the goalie attempts to gain possession...or even...

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Law 5 - The Referee 5/19/2013

Andrew of Sydney, New South Wales Australia asks...

After the final whistle players from both sides began shaking hands and walking off the field. However while some players were still on the field of play, a player from team A took offence to what an opponent said and they began threatening each othe...

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Law 5 - The Referee 5/12/2013

Larry of Danville, CA USA asks...

Question on Advantage. You see a foul, but call advantage as the player maintains possession. The fouled player immediately passes the ball to a player in an offside position, which is called by your AR. Do you bring it back, or did they squander the...

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