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Why players with different shirt sponsor are allowed in this case
European football competitions have started their preliminary rounds. During this weeks Champions League round I noticed some weird thing via Twitter. Özcan Akyol tweeted a photo of two Rapid Wien players that wore shirts with differents sponsors in their game against AFC Ajax. Would you allow a player with a different shirt sponsor? Photo credit: Özcan Akyol on Twitter The Laws of the Game are not clear on this. Law 4 only states that “a jersey or shirt with sleeves – if undergarments are worn, the colour of the sleeve must be the same main colour as the sleeve of the jersey or shirt”. Plus there’s something mentioned about not…
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Rooney in offside position but not interfering with play
Rooney in offside position, so shouldn’t the Manchester United goal not be cancelled? My twitter account @DutchReferee exploded last night when I posted a tweet that Phil Dowd correctly allowed the goal Manchester United goal against Preston North End in the FA Cup. 62 retweets and 17 favorites (and still counting). In this case study I will explain why the referee has made the right call – based on the Laws of the Game. Wayne Rooney is not active in play and does not block the view of the goalie. Correct call from Phil Dowd to allow the goal! — Jan ter Harmsel (@dutchreferee) February 16, 2015 Before you read…
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Playing without number: what would you do?
A funny moment in the FA Cup clash between Preston North End and Manchester United. Referee Phil Dowd gave a yellow card to Davies, but he was playing without number. Would you allow that? Here’s what happened. The player got blood on his shirt and Preston North End probably does not have more than one outfit per player. That’s why he played with a complete white back of his shirt. The Laws of the Game say that “The basic compulsory equipment of a player comprises the following separate items: a jersey or shirt with sleeves – if undergarments are worn, the colour of the sleeve must be the same main…
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IFAB thinks rolling substitutes are good idea
The IFAB meeting in Northern Ireland took place to talk about the Laws of the Game. One of the new things they want is rolling substitutes for grassroots football. That means that kids can go off and back on during the same match. That means everybody can play. It is also a solution for players who have been injured before. Coaches don’t know how they will come back and how long they can play. If pain comes back, the coach can replace him. A test with rolling substitutes worked good in the UK and I must say it also works pretty well ono lower levels in The Netherlands. The IFAB…
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How to restart play after animal enters the pitch?
How to restart play after animal enters the pitch? Good video example of the match Heracles versus PSV with referee Richard Liesveld. The answers follows after the marten left the pitch. Click photo to watch, embedding is impossible. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0DA0guTOpc The answer is: a drop-ball.
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Strange yellow card from Swedish second division
A strange yellow card givenby referee in the Sweedish football league match between Hammarby IF and Degerfors IF. Jan Gunnar Solli from the hometeam pulls up his shirt just as the ball touches his belly/chest. He pulls the shirt down immediately and catches the ball under his shirt. A funny moment in the last minutes of a 5-0 match. The referee whistles for a foul and books Solli. Check out the situation. Would you give a yellow card for this as well? I posted my thoughts about the situation below the video. There are 13 reasons in total on page 119 of Fifa’s rulebook about unsporting behaviour. The Laws of…
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The back-pass rule: what would you decide?
The back-pass rule in football is sometimes still very difficult for players and even referees. The Laws of the Game say: “An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper, inside his own penalty area, commits any of the following four offences: (…) 3. touches the ball with his hands after it has been deliberately kicked to him by a team-mate.” But it’s up to the referee to decide wether it is a deliberate back-pass. This video below (from 5:50 minutes) shows a player who touches the ball before the goalie picks it up. It’s a u21 match between Emmen and Dalen. In a Dutch group…
