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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play
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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 8/17/2012

bob of New York, New York USA asks...

what do you do if you accidentally blow your whistle. EX:
you blow the whistle accidentally would you allow play to continue, restart with a drop ball, or give an indirect free kick to the team that had possession....

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 8/11/2012

rob deconinck of st. petersburg, fl pinellas asks...

A foul has occured, but it appears advatage should be called. The referee blows the whistle (to stop play, I guess),but then rules play on. I thought once the whistle was blown, the play must stop?...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 7/28/2012

vit kozianski of shenzhen, guangdong china asks...

at the kick off can a player directly take a shot at goal or does he have to move the ball forward for the player beside him to touch first????
(The teams i ref here claim it must be first touched whilst i claim they can take a direct kick)...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 7/24/2012

Charlie Wappes of Warsaw, IN USA asks...

May the player who first touches a dropped ball also be the next? Or, is this a second touch offense such as on a kick-off?...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 7/5/2012

Zack of Toronto, ontario Canada asks...

I am noticing that a lot of your answers to drop ball questions state that the referee calls two players to the spot of the foul. I attended a referee course and we were instructed that multiple players are aloud to take part in the drop ball. Im gue...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 7/3/2012

George Powell of London, England asks...

A player takes a shot at an open goal but a dog runs on to the pitch the ball hits the dog and goes off what does the ref give it as ...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 7/1/2012

Steve of lagos, lagos nigeria asks...

hi ref, will a goal be awarded if a player scores directly from a fair play (a ball he s supposed to play into touch, thereby returning possession to the team that originally had possession of the ball) whether the ball touched an opposing player on ...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 6/26/2012

Roland Kelly of Menlo Park, CA USA asks...

Hello,
During the Italy/England Euro Game on 6/24/12 I noticed a new format of Dropped Ball procedure. After a stoppage, the referee dropped the ball straight to Player A's feet who then gently kicked it straight at Player B's feet and then play ...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 6/17/2012

Firoz of Kalyan, Maharashtra India asks...

Can a player directly pass the ball to his team-mate making a forward run after the referee's whistle at the time of kick-off or is this a rule to pass the ball to his team-mate standing next to him i.e, the conventional way of starting the match....

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 6/15/2012

Phil of Tarzana, CA United States asks...

Is there another option that would work? We were taught that there was no actual requirement that a player from both teams had to be in the vicinity of a dropped ball. If it was understood (except for perhaps one player) that there would be an unco...

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