Originally Posted by
KevB76
Not necessarily, for example if the ref thinks the offside player may have obstrucetd the view of the keeper, its considered interfering with play and the ref will call offside without the player moving or touching the ball.
This is sometimes the case when an on-side player scores from some distance out but the ref disallows for offside and everyone thinks WTF !?!
Dont know if this applies in your case cos I wasnt there so I dont know where the offside player was, just offering a possible explaination.