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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct

Martin Fallows of Huddersfield, West Yorks Unted Kingdom asks...

A common time wasting tactic when a team is leading by a single goal in the last few minutes of a match is to move the ball near the opposition's corner flag and then hold off the defender(s) as they try to win possession back. I agree that this is ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct

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Pass Back Query - On a match on TV today an indirect free kick was awarded inside the penalty box when the goalkeeper picked up a ball which was passed back from a defender. The goalkeeper argued he was entitled to pick up the ball because it had def...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct

Jim McGuire of , asks...

A defender makes a passback to the keeper...It hits an opposing team's forward's legs on the way back to the keeper...The keeper picks it up. Should the ref award anything?...

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League Specific

Simon Barker of Maidstone, Kent England asks...

I am hopefully going to pass my referee training exam shortly, I understand that I will become a class 7 referee at end of march. What will my options be as regards promotion? and how quickly can I get to Class 6 and maybe higher?...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct

Jose Vasquez of Riverside, Ca USA asks...

Can a player on the same team call for the ball. I was called for talking during my last game and told that I could not talk to my own teammates. I was told by the soccer coordinator that it was a FIFA rule. I downloaded the rule book but wasn't able...

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League Specific

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I have a couple questions.. thanks for your help i really appreciate it!..1. What is the most frequently injured piece of anatomy on a soccer player?..2. what muscle is primarily used for scoring goals?..3. What is the Oldest histortical theory of ...

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Law 18 - Common Sense

MCM of , asks...

This is in reference to something that happened in today's Manchester Utd./Juventus Champion's League match...A striker (Ruud van Nistelrooy) is felled by the keeper in the penalty area directly in front of goal. Seeing the ball roll on to another at...

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Samuel Shelton of Clinton, NC USA asks...

I am trying to find out who has played the most games for the English Premier League. If you have the answer I love to know....

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Law 11 - Offside

daren of , asks...

Is it true that to be offside there must be daylight between the striker and defender or how much of the player needs to be seen before he or she is offside?...

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Law 11 - Offside

Jim Heaviside of yorba linda, CALIFORNIA USA asks...

If a forward dribbles the ball the length of the field up to the goal line but too wide to shoot on goal then passes back to his team player ,who is in an offside position, who then scores,is it a goal?...

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