You Are The Ref

[Liam]

1) The whole of the ball crosses the goal line between the posts and under the bar but does not hit the goal net. Is a goal awarded?

Yes

No

2) A substitute enters the field during stoppage in play. Where does he enter the field of play?

Only at the halfway line

Anywhere on the field

3) May the goalkeeper wear a short-sleeved jersey?

Yes

No

4) If, while the ball is in play, a player of the defending team deliberately punches a team-mate in the defending team’s penalty area, can he be sent off the field?

Yes

No

5) What is the maximum length of a half-time interval?

7 minutes

10 minutes

15 minutes

6) How many players may compete for a drop-ball?

2

4

Any number

7) At the taking of a penalty kick, the kicker runs up, steps over the ball and backheels it to a colleague who then runs in and strikes the ball into the net. Would you award a goal?

Yes

No

8 ) A player scores directly from a corner kick. Is this a goal?

Yes

No

9) Must the ball leave the corner arc at the taking of the corner kick for it to be in play?

Yes

No

10) A player takes a corner kick. The ball flies towards goal but it hits the near post and rebounds straight back to the kicker, who then crosses the ball into the penalty area where a team-mate of his scores a goal with a header. Is the goal allowed?

Yes

No

[midlandblue]

1. yes

2. halfway line

3. yes (recent cahnge of law I believe thanks to Bartez)

4. yes

5. 10 mins

6. any number

7. no

8. yes (seen butch wilkins do it)

9. yes

10. no

[BLUENUT]

But No5 I'd say 15 mins and No6 I'd say only 2

[g3.7]

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But No5 I'd say 15 mins and No6 I'd say only 2

I'd go with that.

[Liam]

I'll let you know when someone posts the correct answer to all the questions....

[midlandblue]

Unless David Ellery is a forum member this could go on for a while.

[The Moos]

1. Yes. And if you're Liverpool then it don't even have to cross the line.

2. Only at the halfway line

3. Yes.

4. Yes.

5. 15 (think I've seen 12 minutes once).

6. 2. Never seen more than two anyway.

7. No. But didn't a player in Arsenal once pass the ball on a penalty?

8. Yes.

9. Yes.

10. Yes.

That wasn't easy.

Perhaps we've been too harsh on the refs?

Nah!

[MURDOCH_(8)]

1. Yes

2. Only at the half way line.

3. No

4. Yes

5. 15 Minutes

6. 2

7. No

8. Yes

9. No

10. No

[BlueBeard]

1. - yes

2. - anywhere

3. - yes

4. - yes

5. - 15 mins

6. - 2

7. - yes - didn't Henry & Pires try something similar and balls it up?

8. - yes

9. - yes

10. - no

[jack h]

why wouldn't number 10 be allowed

[midlandblue]

the arse penalty was played forward, or at least they tried which is ok., you cant play it back ( I think )

and with regards to the corner hitting the post, another player has to touch the ball before the person taking the corner can touch it a again, same as a penalty, or free kick ( again I think )

[Maksimov]

1) Yes

2) Only at the halfway line

3) Yes

4) Yes

5) 15 minutes

6) 2

7) No

8) Yes, unless it's an own goal.

9) No

10) No

[Maksimov]

the arse penalty was played forward, or at least they tried which is ok., you cant play it back ( I think )

and with regards to the corner hitting the post, another player has to touch the ball before the person taking the corner can touch it a again, same as a penalty, or free kick ( again I think )

Correct!

[jack h]

and with regards to the corner hitting the post, another player has to touch the ball before the person taking the corner can touch it a again, same as a penalty, or free kick ( again I think )

Cheers, I never knew that.

[Liam]

No one has got them all right yet (nor did I, needless to say).

But as Loz hasn't posted yet I'll hold off on the answers.

In case you're wondering here's the number of correct answers for each attempt:

Midlandblue - 8

Bluenut - 8

Gullit4 - stole someone else's ideas

Moos - 7

Murdoch8 - 8

Bluebeard - 7

Maksimov - 9

[Maksimov]

Hmm...I think I know (now) which one I got wrong.

[Liam]

Hmm...I think I know (now) which one I got wrong.

We'll wait for Loz Maksimov.

You know the way he likes to be best in the class.

[loz]

phhh 7s, 8s, 9s - bloody amateurs

1) Yes

2) Only at halfway line

3) Yes

4) Yes

5) 15 minutes

6) Any number

7) No

8) Yes

9) No

10) No

[Liam]

Congratulations Loz.

You are Uriah Rennie.

You do know, don't you, that the rest of us make faces behind your back all the time.

[loz]

That's the least I expect, Moos, I hear, also pulls mooonies.