Questions & Answers for "Richard Dawson"

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Mechanics 5/20/2025

Peter Cottam of Accrington, Lancashire United Kingdom asks...

The Dean Henderson incident at the cup final shouldn't there have been a free kick anyway for handball?...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 5/15/2025

A CHALMERS of Nelson, New Zealand asks...

Player on blue team plays a high through ball into the box.

Defending green team CB chests the ball down and controls it at their feet inside the 6 yard box.

Green Keeper is calling for it the whole time.

Green CB tak...

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High School 5/10/2025

Jay LaFountain of Coldwater, MI USA asks...

Recently, IFAB introduced impeding with contact. This has led to high school referees talking about impeding with contact as if it's a thing in high school soccer. However, I have looked at the rulebook and it is written like the old IFAB rules, wh...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 5/2/2025

Crebs Crem of Zagreb , Croatia asks...

Hi,

My questions is about goalkeeper's handling the ball for the second time after the ball was released into play.

The attacking team crosses the ball into goal area, the goalkeeper slaps the ball outside the penalty area, cha...

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Law 3 - The Players 5/1/2025

A. Povi of The villages, Fl USA asks...

Can we put our #9 in goal to defend a penalty. Then immediatly change their positions back at the restart?
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Law 11 - Offside 4/29/2025

David of LAKE WORTH, FL United States asks...

A player from team A is in an offside position. A pass is played directly to this player from within a group of players from both team A and team B. Neither the ARs or the center referee knows for sure which team played the ball to the player in an...

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Law 11 - Offside 4/28/2025

Doug Crawford of Folsom, CA United States asks...

Hi there- in his answer to this question about the offside player, Richard Dawson says "Yes the holding occurred, but it was adjudged as -after- the PIOP was identified as being restricted."
The description of the PIOP as “restricted” makes a l...

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Law 17 - The Corner Kick 4/16/2025

Andrew Bower of Worksop, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom asks...

For a corner tha law states the ball should be in the corner area. If in modern play the ball is only touching or bisecting the line isn't that out of the area in the same way as a ball not wholly in the goal( not OVER the line) is not a goal because...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 4/15/2025

Dima of Saanich, B.C. Canada asks...

The attacker with the ball tries to take the ball to his left being the right of the defender opposite him . He loses or passes around me the ball to the right and the defender's momentum also went to that direction but he fell into a split with left...

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Mechanics 2/26/2025

Issy of hereford, United Kingdom asks...

What happens if a goal is scored as the lights go out? If the ball is heading towards to goal (in the air) and the lights go out before the ball is seen to enter to goalmouth, does the goal still count?...

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