the full harris
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- Feb 14, 2004
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Did anyone else see this? It was the offside rule gone crazy!
The ball was cleared out by the Lincoln keeper and the Huddersfield player was right next to him (trying to charge down the clearance). The keeper's clearance was headed straight back into the half Huddersfield were attacking by a Huddersfield defender and took a flick off of a Lincoln defender on the way through to.................the Huddersfield attacker who was standing at least twenty yards offside, maybe more. Everyone stops and the Huddersfield attacker goes around the keeper and slots it into the goal. He doesn't celebrate, neither do his teammates, they just trot back assuming a freekick will be given. However, the referee, AFTER CONSULTING HIS LINESMAN, awards a goal to Huddersifeld who therefore take the lead and end up winning. The Huddersfield players can't beleive their luck, the other team go mental!
The new rule means it wasn't offside because, although the attacker was clearly in an offside position when his teammate heads it forward, because he does not touch the ball until after it has flicked off of a defender's head he is deemed as not interfering with play.
This new offside rule is ridiculous and made that eventual result a complete mockery of it.
The ball was cleared out by the Lincoln keeper and the Huddersfield player was right next to him (trying to charge down the clearance). The keeper's clearance was headed straight back into the half Huddersfield were attacking by a Huddersfield defender and took a flick off of a Lincoln defender on the way through to.................the Huddersfield attacker who was standing at least twenty yards offside, maybe more. Everyone stops and the Huddersfield attacker goes around the keeper and slots it into the goal. He doesn't celebrate, neither do his teammates, they just trot back assuming a freekick will be given. However, the referee, AFTER CONSULTING HIS LINESMAN, awards a goal to Huddersifeld who therefore take the lead and end up winning. The Huddersfield players can't beleive their luck, the other team go mental!
The new rule means it wasn't offside because, although the attacker was clearly in an offside position when his teammate heads it forward, because he does not touch the ball until after it has flicked off of a defender's head he is deemed as not interfering with play.
This new offside rule is ridiculous and made that eventual result a complete mockery of it.