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[Louth4sam]

Only when it's in his quarter of the field of play.

If it's around half way or in the other half of the field of play then the referee leads.

I wish to God some people here would sit down and read a copy of the Laws of the Game before going off on one...


Thats fair enough, i didn't know that rule. Must actually look at the refs position next time as it really seemed that some linesmen are just unable/unwilling to make a decision.

[Réiteoir]

and also - if the referee is adamant that he's seen a touch on the way out - he'll try to guide the AR for the correct flag.

Have a look at the referee next time - he'll make some discreet pointing signals down by his sides as to where the ball is going

[monutdfc]

Plus sometimes the referee simply has a better view of who touched the ball last ; that's teamwork between the officials

[John83]

(and anyone who posts a reply saying why don't the League officials read the Laws is a bigger retard than I first thought)
No one's going to post that now. Besides, it's obvious anyway - it's because they're all blind.


I'll get my coat.

[Sonic]

search the waterford bohs thread i told you its Anothony Buttimer being an absolute knob. At this stage the el should sack him he is a total clown

[Sniffer]

When I was a kid I wanted to be a keeper , so keeper's shirts etc have been of interest to me .
This problem is what has happened when goalkeepers stopped wearing traditional colour shirts. Goalkeepers because they were allowed handle the ball and others were not were permitted to wear a different colour shirts at the turn of the 20th Century.
Back in the day ( 1950's and 60's) almost all goalkeepers wore either green or yellow.
In the League of Ireland in the 1970's Shelbourne keepers wore black shirts with a red stripe down the sleeves to avoid clashing with referees. Peter Shilton , when he was with Leicester started the trend in these islands when in the same season he wore, green, white, blue and red goalkeeper jerseys in the one season, depending on what team Leicester were playing against.
He had his own range of GK shirts, which he was trying to sell , you see. In continental Europe club keepers wore black mainly. International keepers wore a variety, yellow, grey( Italy) and sky blue( Sepp Maier for Germany who wore black for a while at both international and club level). On Friday at Belfield the keeper's wore the traditional yellow ( Waterford) and Green ( UCD) complete with black trimmings. No bother no fuss.
Referees now have other options no longer confined to black, refs can wear red and yellow depending on what colours the teams may be wearing and most keepers bring a variety of referee shirts when officiating at a game to avoid clashing.

The suspense is killing me - you never said - did you ever become a 'keeper or what? :)

[Demoshield]

West Ham v Arsenal at the weekend would never have been played if it was on here. West ham wore Claret & Blue jersey with white trim/writing,white shorts & socks with claret trim. Arsenal wore White jersey with maroon trim. Maroon shorts & socks with white trim.
Mr Buttimer would have been appalled

[pete]

Referees need to stick to black or yellow jerseys as it is rare to clash with teams with those colours. Teams need to have some sense too as they play each other enough to know what the different colours are.

[Dodge]

Referees need to stick to black or yellow jerseys as it is rare to clash with teams with those colours. Teams need to have some sense too as they play each other enough to know what the different colours are.
In both the Waterford v Bohs and Galway v Pats examples the refs wouldn't allow the same jersies as had already been allowed in the first game played at the same venue.

A bit of cop on from Buttimer regarding trimmings and goalkeepers jersies is all thats needed

[Sniffer]

Nice to see that the eL is not the only league touched by this malaise:)

http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/worldcup2007/2007/1005/France.html?rss

[pineapple stu]

Difference being they've at least figured out there's a problem and are trying to sort it well in advance

[Sniffer]

Difference being they've at least figured out there's a problem and are trying to sort it well in advance

Agreed. C'est facile:)