Sunday, 19 September 2010

From the referee's classroom......

I've spent 14 hours of the weekend in the company of very experienced referee's and 17 hopeful's including yours truly. Now more than half way on the road to gaining my Level 7 ref's qualifications. I've read, and re-read the rules of the game, completed DVD learning and now had two days classroom and on the field tuition. So what am I learning...... well here's the first of the regular 'questions of the week'.

A free kick is awarded to the defending team within the penalty area and the goal keeper takes the freekick. Attempting to pass to a defender stood level with him at the side of the penalty area, the ball fails to reach the player, or indeed the edge of the area and instead, rolls out over the goal line, between the goal post and the penalty area edge. How does the game restart?

a) An indirect freekick to the attacking side from where the goalkeeper took the kick
b) An indirect freekick from where the ball left the field of play
c) A corner
d) The goalkeeper is asked to retake the freekick

Answer next week.

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