Advice on the Laws of the Game

**girlinblack** · 11/08/2009, 1:45 PM

Hi Axe,

According to the laws, a direct free kick (or penalty if the offence occurred inside the box) is awarded if a player deliberately handles the ball. So, the key word here is deliberate. In order for it to be a free kick, the player had to intend to connect his hand with the ball. But the incident you described sounds like "ball to hand" to me. As the defender was just in the way of a 'million mile an hour' shot, there should be no penalty/free kick.

The 'denying a goal-scoring chance' bit can only come into play if the defender deliberately moved his hand to stop the ball going into the net. If he did that, it would be a pen & a red card.

Does that answer your q?

Cheers,
GiB

**gaisc�och** · 11/08/2009, 1:54 PM

Originally Posted by girlinblack

Hi Axe,

According to the laws, a direct free kick (or penalty if the offence occurred inside the box) is awarded if a player deliberately handles the ball. So, the key word here is deliberate. In order for it to be a free kick, the player had to intend to connect his hand with the ball. But the incident you described sounds like "ball to hand" to me. As the defender was just in the way of a 'million mile an hour' shot, there should be no penalty/free kick.

The 'denying a goal-scoring chance' bit can only come into play if the defender deliberately moved his hand to stop the ball going into the net. If he did that, it would be a pen & a red card.

Does that answer your q?

Cheers,
GiB

Normally I'd put my hand behind my back just avoid any confusion but it happened so fast I didn't even get the chance. Wish I could react as quick as he thought I had.

I wouldn't do it deliberately there was ten mins to and it was 0-0?

**gaffer33** · 07/09/2009, 4:49 PM

Ref,
Just a query that came up over the weekend,
1)Just say team A and team B are playing,
From a goalkick striker for A is up field just past B defence,say closest to the B keeper..is he offside.?
2)If same scene happens,but,ball is kicked from team A's keepers hands..is striker A offside..?
3)Team B goalkeeper is taking goalkick,striker A is facing him with the B defence,but is say,one yard ahead of defence,closer to B keeper,is he offside if he recieves ball..?
Thanks.

**centre mid** · 07/09/2009, 5:53 PM

1) Yes
2) Yes
3) Not if B Goalkeeper kicks it to him.

**the 12 th man** · 07/09/2009, 5:56 PM

Re - question no 1,you cannot be offside from a goal kick if you receive it directly from the goalie so I think answer no1 above is wrong.

**The Ref** · 07/09/2009, 9:24 PM

Originally Posted by gaffer33

Ref,
Just a query that came up over the weekend,
1)Just say team A and team B are playing,
From a goalkick striker for A is up field just past B defence,say closest to the B keeper..is he offside.?
2)If same scene happens,but,ball is kicked from team A's keepers hands..is striker A offside..?
3)Team B goalkeeper is taking goalkick,striker A is facing him with the B defence,but is say,one yard ahead of defence,closer to B keeper,is he offside if he recieves ball..?
Thanks.

1) As 12th man said, attacker cannot be offside if he receives the ball directly from his own kick out.

2) If Attcker A is in his opponents half of the field, and there is only 1 opposing player between himself and his opponents goal (i.e. Team B goalkeeper), he is offside if he receives the ball directly from his goalkeeper.

If a teammate, who is not offside, receives the ball, the attacker is not offside. Being in an offside position is not an offence, being in active play and gaining an advantage from being in that position is an offence.

3) No - You cannot be offside if the opposition last played the ball.

**gaffer33** · 08/09/2009, 8:31 PM

That's great,thanks for the info...

**Referee09** · 22/09/2009, 12:00 PM

Originally Posted by centre mid

1) Yes
2) Yes
3) Not if B Goalkeeper kicks it to him.

No offence to you Centre mid, but your answer is typical of players and club people in General........They don't know the Laws of the Game!!

**Planners** · 16/12/2009, 9:26 AM

Does a player need to actually sign a form in order to be eligible to play or can it be signed for on his behalf with consent - its just that I know a player who will be playing with a particular club and there may be a question of his eligibility -
Anyone know

**villain10** · 16/12/2009, 1:17 PM

its 1) no, you cannot be offside from your own kick off but
2) yes, you can be if the keeper kicks it out of his hands
3) no. its like a defender passin you the ball.

**prionsias9** · 04/02/2010, 11:02 PM

hi ref. What is the ruling if a goalkeeper handles the ball outside his area and prevents the opposing centre forward from getting the ball

**rambler14** · 04/02/2010, 11:36 PM

Originally Posted by prionsias9

hi ref. What is the ruling if a goalkeeper handles the ball outside his area and prevents the opposing centre forward from getting the ball

Straight red card.

**Referee09** · 05/02/2010, 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by prionsias9

hi ref. What is the ruling if a goalkeeper handles the ball outside his area and prevents the opposing centre forward from getting the ball

OK... if it's not deliberate handball there is no offence, so the referee must deem it to be deliberate handball to award a freekick....also not every handball is worthy of a yellow card, surrounding circumstances must be taken into effect i.e. was the handball deliberately done to prevent the opponent gaining an advantage, if so then you would yellow card.....So If the goalkeeper is deemed to have deliberately handled the ball and denied his opponent gaining an advantage - Yellow Card.....if he has denied an obvious goal scoring opportunity - Red Card...... If it wasn't deliberate - no offence!!!
Hope this helps!

**prionsias9** · 05/02/2010, 5:35 PM

hi Ref.
If a player receives treatment on the pitch,must he leave the pitch before he can resume playing?

**BigfeetBigsocks** · 05/02/2010, 6:05 PM

I would be positive thats a FIFA/UEFA Guideline, passed down to all the Senior Professional Leagues to be used but when it comes down to the Amateur game then these guidelines may or may not be used in certain competitions ie normal league match probably not in FAI Junior Cup probably is... could be wrong but

**BigfeetBigsocks** · 10/03/2010, 2:18 PM

Question Referee9 or The Ref if your still around.....What would you Give?

Situation a ball is crossed over and goes over the head of defender and an attacker a few yards behind comes running on to it and volleys the ball towards goal but in direction of defenders face ,who has now turned to face player, the defender then brings his hands up to protect his face and it connects with the ball.

is it a deliberate Handball and penalty?

**The Ref** · 10/03/2010, 9:03 PM

Originally Posted by BigfeetBigsocks

Question Referee9 or The Ref if your still around.....What would you Give?

Situation a ball is crossed over and goes over the head of defender and an attacker a few yards behind comes running on to it and volleys the ball towards goal but in direction of defenders face ,who has now turned to face player, the defender then brings his hands up to protect his face and it connects with the ball.

is it a deliberate Handball and penalty?

For a free kick or penalty to be awarded, the handball must be deliberate. The fact that the player moves his hand to protect his face would seem to me a deliberate action albeit to protect himself. Therefore in the example above I would give a free kick (or penalty if it occurred in the defenders penalty area)

The Ref

**Referee09** · 11/03/2010, 8:33 AM

Originally Posted by BigfeetBigsocks

Question Referee9 or The Ref if your still around.....What would you Give?

Situation a ball is crossed over and goes over the head of defender and an attacker a few yards behind comes running on to it and volleys the ball towards goal but in direction of defenders face ,who has now turned to face player, the defender then brings his hands up to protect his face and it connects with the ball.

is it a deliberate Handball and penalty?

As The Ref states, it must be deemed to be deliberate handball. This one will split many refs however. For me you need to look at several things, the distance of the defender from the ball when it is struck, the pace of the ball, are the arms in an "unnatural position" i.e. is the defender trying to make himself bigger in an effort to block the ball. From what you described, I'm reading as this... the defender is only a few yards away and the ball is volleyed by the attacker so naturally the defender protects his face with his arms/hands. His arms aren't outstretched to the sides or above his head to make himself bigger and he is too close to avoid being hit. For me .......................play on, no offence. But I'd like to have seen it to be 100%. Far to many refs give free kicks and penalty kicks for handball incidents when it's obvious that there was no deliberate intent to handle the ball. Hope this helps rather than confuse!!

**Subprime** · 12/03/2010, 8:59 AM

Originally Posted by Referee09

As The Ref states, it must be deemed to be deliberate handball. This one will split many refs however. For me you need to look at several things, the distance of the defender from the ball when it is struck, the pace of the ball, are the arms in an "unnatural position" i.e. is the defender trying to make himself bigger in an effort to block the ball. From what you described, I'm reading as this... the defender is only a few yards away and the ball is volleyed by the attacker so naturally the defender protects his face with his arms/hands. His arms aren't outstretched to the sides or above his head to make himself bigger and he is too close to avoid being hit. For me .......................play on, no offence. But I'd like to have seen it to be 100%. Far to many refs give free kicks and penalty kicks for handball incidents when it's obvious that there was no deliberate intent to handle the ball. Hope this helps rather than confuse!!

You have got to be kidding!!!! A player who brings his hand(s) to a ball is guilty of an offence. He is using his hand to control the ball, be it to prevent it from hitting him, going past him, preventing a goal etc.. Whats the confusion???? Either he brings his hand(s) in the direction of the ball or he didn't. HAND TO BALL NOT BALL TO HAND.

**Referee09** · 12/03/2010, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by Subprime

You have got to be kidding!!!! A player who brings his hand(s) to a ball is guilty of an offence. He is using his hand to control the ball, be it to prevent it from hitting him, going past him, preventing a goal etc.. Whats the confusion???? Either he brings his hand(s) in the direction of the ball or he didn't. HAND TO BALL NOT BALL TO HAND.

I told you this one would split decisions. Some will give it some won't. Your view is very "black and white" Subprime. Now as I said I'd like to see this incident but from the original post by BigFeetBigSocks, nowwhere does he say the player brought his hand to the ball. If a player brings his hands up to protect himself from a ball struck from close range, he is NOT controlling the ball with his arms. He is protecting his face with a natural reaction. But as I said if his hands/arms are outstretched in an unnatural position away or above his body, making himself bigger to block the ball then it would be an offence. Really we would need to see it to be 100 percent sure! But from Bigfeets original post, for me it's play-on...............