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#1 fan
You think YOU know football???? - Part 2
Sat Oct 13 09:59:33 2001


6. While inspecting player equipment, the referee discovers a player wearing tennis shoes with flat soles. The referee should:

a. Instruct the player to change shoes
b. Permit the player to play, if the shoes do not present a danger to other players.

Answer: b

7. If thermal shorts are worn, they must be of the same colour as the shorts.

a. True
b. False

b. False (Never been confronted with this one...My answer could be wrong as rules governing equipment may have changed since 1990.

8. If a penalty kick is not played forward, the kick must be taken again.

a. True
b. False

a. Penalty kick must be played forwarded...some fans do not realise that a pass can be made at the taking of a penalty during the game. Not during time extended for the taking of a penalty.

9. From a goal kick, a player attempted to pass the ball to a teammate at one side of the penalty area. The ball stopped moving before it left the penalty area. The referee awards:

a. a corner kick for the opposition
b. a goal kick for the kicking team
c. a throw-in for the opposition

b. The ball is not in play until it has left the penalty area.

10. From a penalty kick, the ball rebounds off the goalkeeper's back to the player who took the PK, who then kicks the ball into the goal. You make the call:

a. a goal kick
b. a dropped ball
c. a goal and subsequent kickoff

c. A goal and subsequent kickoff.

11. A spectator ran onto the field and stopped the ball one foot from the goal line, preventing a goal. You make the call:

a. It's a goal
b. It's a dropped ball
c. It's a goal kick

b. It's a dropped ball

12. A goalkeeper, while standing in his penalty area, attempted to throw a ball to a teammate. The ball rebounded off the referee and went across the goal line near the corner flag post. You make the call:

a. Dropped ball
b. Goal kick
c. Corner kick

c. Corner kick. The referee is 'air'.

13. A goalkeeper, standing in his penalty area, recklessly threw the ball at an opponent who was standing inside the penalty area. You make the call:

a. Penalty kick
b. Corner kick
c. Indirect free kick

a. Penalty - A player who intentionally attempts to strike an opponent is guilty of violent conduct. The goalkeeper in the strictest sense of the law should be sent off and then a penalty awarded.

14. A corner kick is about to be taken. Before the kick is taken, a defender pushes or strikes an attacking player in the penalty area. You make the call:

a. Corner kick
b. Penalty kick
c. Indirect free kick

a. Corner kick. Ball was not in play at the time of the action.


Karl

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