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Originally Posted by cashman
agree wi joe, though the goal just before half time should have stood, came off a defender so how offside? answer= crap ref, Maccs equaliser looked offside to us,  players . |
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Originally Posted by ukcowboy
Unlucky tonight. In response to cashy's comment re offside, if the attacking player is forward of the last defender when the ball is TOUCHED forward, then he becomes offside regardless of whether the ball hits an opposing defender or not. This is what I was taught when doing my ref training, lancsdave however has way more experience than I and may be able to clarify better.
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Does experience counteract memory though ?
I think the interpretation of the law changed a few years ago. In the days when I was reffing if the ball touched a defender then it was deemed as being played by the defender. I think nowadays the ball has to be 'played' by a defender, therefore delibarate.
If you think about the same situation when a forward hits the ball, it takes a slight deflection and goes in to the net, 99 times out of 100 the goal is credited to the forward, if you applied the 'defender touched the ball' scenario to that then they should all be own goals.
Too quick for me to notice last night so will have to wait for the video evidence.
