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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play
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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 7/7/2010

Doug of Orange County, California USA asks...

Thank you very much for the insights regarding handling a dropped ball. I actually saw such a thing happen in today's world cup match, Spain vs Germany, at the very beginning.

As a follow up, I'd like to ask one more question.

I th...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 7/4/2010

Trawets of London, Ontario Canada asks...

At the start of a match or after a goal is scored the ball is placed at centre. The Ref. blows the whistle to start (restart)the match and the player then puts there hands on the ball to re-position it. Is this a hand ball, or since the ball hasn't m...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 7/2/2010

Peter of Stockton, CA USA asks...

Hi

What is the correct way to handle a drop ball restart? I have always dropped the ball between two players, one from each team, and then they have 'fought for the ball'. I have not seen this done in the WC, and I am wondering if there is a...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 7/2/2010

Doug of Orange County, CA USA asks...

I have a question regarding drop balls with intent to go to one team.

If in the opinion of the referee, the ball should go to the blue team, but the correct restart is a drop ball, can the referee request the red team to stand further back, ...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 6/28/2010

Nick Poling of Fareham, Hampshire UK asks...

Two variations on this question:-

1) If the goalkeeper kicked the ball out, it cleared the penalty area but the wind blew it back toward the goal and then the keeper put out a hand, touching the ball but the ball still goes in the net. The ...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 6/23/2010

Sean of Charles Town, WV USA asks...

Thank you, I was watching play the whole time, I was the closest defender to the play and the first one dribbled past when the ref called 'play on,' there was no quick kick....

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 6/20/2010

alec of amarillo , tx randall asks...

If you hit the ref with the ball and it goes out of bounds who gets the ball?...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 6/11/2010

MARTIN of McAllen, TX United States asks...

WHAT CHOICES DOES THE TEAM WHO WINS THE COIN FLIP TO START A GAME HAVE?...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 6/1/2010

Liam Mc Guirk of Dublin, Ireland asks...

I am replying to a question i posed to your panel a couple of days ago concerning the changing of ends at the start of the second half of play and where the ref has realised after ten minutes that the teams have not switched around and are playing in...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 5/20/2010

Ian Rowley of Stoke-on-Trent, UK asks...

When a team are re-starting the match how many players can they have in the centre circle prior to the ball being kicked?...

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