Football laws that you weren't aware of ....

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If a penalty is taken and the ball hit's the post then the penalty taker can't touch the rebound, another player must touch it first
 


A rule that doesn't exist which needs to be written as its now become epidemic amongst players...

"Exception to ball out of play rules: When the ball goes out of play and a corner kick is given. Players infringing In-Play rules will be punished according to In-Play conduct rules".

Its getting ridicules in recent years. players hauling each other to the ground, running round players in circles backing into them etc etc. They get away with it due to the ball not being in play. refs often have a word if its gets too rowdy, but Ive never seen them award a free kick or penalty - due to the fact the ball isnt in play until the corner kick has been taken.
 
I didn't realise until a few years ago that you can be played onside by a team mate. Think it was when I was going ballistic at a Craig Bellamy goal against us being allowed a friendly stranger explained
 
makum102 said:
A rule that doesn't exist which needs to be written as its now become epidemic amongst players...

"Exception to ball out of play rules: When the ball goes out of play and a corner kick is given. Players infringing In-Play rules will be punished according to In-Play conduct rules".

Its getting ridicules in recent years. players hauling each other to the ground, running round players in circles backing into them etc etc. They get away with it due to the ball not being in play. refs often have a word if its gets too rowdy, but Ive never seen them award a free kick or penalty - due to the fact the ball isnt in play until the corner kick has been taken.
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I always wondered that too but I s'pose the important bit is while it's in play.
 
Sunderland are allowed to beat newcastle 3-0 when playing at Sid James.

Mind you that law only game in a couple of seasons ago.
 
Royston Vasey said:
You can't be offside from a goal kick either....loads of defenders don't realise that when you play Sunday League
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This must be the top one for people not knowing. It crops up all the time when I'm playing on a Sunday. Admittedly it's usually just one person and everyone else takes the piss out of him, but still.

Even worse, yesterday somebody (I'm pretty sure watching on our side) shouted that you couldn't be offside as our goalkeeper was taking a kick out of his hands.

becs said:
I didn't know that if the ball goes out of play and you're subbed on, you can't take the throw in because you haven't officially entered the field of play.

I learned that when Connor Wickham came on as sub at Bolton and went to take the throw in but the ref said someone else had to take it.
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It happened yesterday as well, with Gamboa (?) for West Brom coming on and immediately taking the throw.

TwasOnTheFifthOfMay said:
I'm going to stick my neck out here and say that you misinterpreted the ref's gesture meaning one thing when in fact it meant something else, and we just decided that somebody else would take it. Once a sub has come on he can do anything he wants, take penalties and so on. Did you actually hear the ref say he couldn't take the throw?
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It's not a common one (and it's fairly trivial), but I'm pretty sure he's right.

I guess it's something to do with the ball being 'dead' and an entering player can't touch it until it's in play.

makum102 said:
This rule is virtually never adhered to, and the Refs invariably dont take the appropriate action when this offence is commited. (and no, bouncing the ball does not reset the timer!)

A goalkeeper cannot be in possession the ball for more than six seconds. Otherwise, the opponents will be given an indirect free kick. In the past, goalkeepers were not allowed to take more than four steps with the ball but it has been replaced with the six-second rule.

A keeper is considered in possession of the ball when he holds the ball with his hands, it is in between his body and the ground, or when he is bouncing or throwing the ball in the air.
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Out of interest, why have you highlighted the final part? Unless I'm reading it incorrectly, it doesn't say anything about a goalkeeper not being allowed to bounce the ball.

Gimeno said:
If a penalty is taken and the ball hit's the post then the penalty taker can't touch the rebound, another player must touch it first
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Doesn't just have to be a penalty mind, it can be any dead ball situation.

But yes, it's most likely to be an issue from a penalty.

makum102 said:
A rule that doesn't exist which needs to be written as its now become epidemic amongst players...

"Exception to ball out of play rules: When the ball goes out of play and a corner kick is given. Players infringing In-Play rules will be punished according to In-Play conduct rules".

Its getting ridicules in recent years. players hauling each other to the ground, running round players in circles backing into them etc etc. They get away with it due to the ball not being in play. refs often have a word if its gets too rowdy, but Ive never seen them award a free kick or penalty - due to the fact the ball isnt in play until the corner kick has been taken.
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Even if the ball is in play you rarely get anything, so I don't think a rule change would do anything there.
 
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Sandboy said:
you can ( could ) be offside inside the goal, I've mentioned it here before but it rankles because it cost me a hat-trick. One of our players contested a corner with their keeper who punched the ball to the edge of the box where young Sandboy volleyed it straight back into the top corner completing his first ever hat-trick. I was on my lap of honour oblivious that the ref had disallowed it for offside because our player had ended up in the back of the net following the original clash
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Surely he's deemed to have left the field of play, albeit under his own momentum?
 
TwasOnTheFifthOfMay said:
It's not right, and I think she's a she too.
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She indeed, my apologies.

As for the rule, I had a quick look at the laws and couldn't find anything that explicitly stated it. It does say that a substitute cannot take a throw in or corner until they have entered the field of play, but that doesn't seem to be the same thing.
 
james-safc said:
That's more understandable (still a bit daft) as he was winding them up by doing it a few metres away but chadli's was completely harmless.
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He wasnt obviously trying to wind them up tho, just trying to celebrate with the fans who were half a mile away in the stands.
 
AC Mack said:
She indeed, my apologies.

As for the rule, I had a quick look at the laws and couldn't find anything that explicitly stated it. It does say that a substitute cannot take a throw in or corner until they have entered the field of play, but that doesn't seem to be the same thing.
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The only relevant passage is
• the substitute only enters the field of play at the halfway line and during a
stoppage in the match
• the substitution is completed when a substitute enters the field of play
• from that moment, the substitute becomes a player and the player he has
replaced becomes a substituted player
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and since the substitution would have to be completed before the throw in is taken there is nothing stopping the sub taking it. Before they've entered the field of play they are not technically in the game at all.
 
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