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Law 5 - The Referee
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Law 5 - The Referee 1/21/2013

Mike of Lebanon, CT USA asks...

I have been a ref for 6 years and have reffed about 300 games including high school, premier, and state cup games. This winter doing my usual indoor reffing, I got assigned some adult men's games for the first time. It did not go well. In fact out o...

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Law 5 - The Referee 1/11/2013

robert of Jacksonville, Fl Duval asks...

I hope this is an appropriate question. Advice to Referees, 19.7: 'Remember that male and female players use their arms diffrently. Females, due to differences in center of gravity stemming from their different construction, Raise their arms in large...

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Law 5 - The Referee 1/10/2013

Chris of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA asks...

Recently I was asked the same question by different adult players during separate matches. I consider the question to be irrelevant in regards to the calls I make during a match but would like to hear your opinion.
The players asked me what the f...

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Law 5 - The Referee 12/30/2012

james of doha, qatar asks...

thank you for this forum;who takes the field when the ref is injured and can't continue?...

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Law 5 - The Referee 12/18/2012

karen pinnington of runcorn, cheshire Uk asks...

I am a secretary of a large jnr football club our youth team u18 have had the same referee for 3 games on the run we had a player booked and suspended for a tackle which the ref stated did not touch the player, got the ball but he deemed it a foul, t...

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Law 5 - The Referee 12/7/2012

Chris Gaugha of Antioch, CA USA asks...

A defender won the ball outsider her own penalty area and was fouled as she dribbled upfield. She shook off the foul and continued dribbling with about 20 yards of open space ahead of her.
The ref blew the whistle for the foul and the coach shout...

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Law 5 - The Referee 12/6/2012

Rajan of Van Nuys, California U.S.A. asks...

The Red Team takes a corner kick, which deflects off the referee into the Blue Team's goal. What is the proper restart?
I thought since the referee is part of the playing field that the restart would be a kickoff for the Blue Team however I hav...

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Law 5 - The Referee 11/26/2012

Anonymous of Pasadena, us asks...

I think the answers omit one possibility that may have been inherent in the question. In some circumstances, the fact that both players are doing the same thing *may* be an indication that, to the extent there are fouls, they may be trifling fouls f...

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Law 5 - The Referee 11/10/2012

Dani of Gahanna , Ohio Us asks...

I got a couple questions actually.
Situation that happened in last game I played. I got pushed by a guy that was 250 pounds into a wall. Ref took his good old time of getting over to me to even see if I was okay. No call at all on pushing with t...

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Law 5 - The Referee 11/4/2012

cubagee uriel of Sunyani, sunyani Ghana asks...

Can a referee show a coach red card...

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