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Is this legal?
- Thread starter CHAPPERS
- Start date
Brighton till i die
You havin' a bubble?
you can go where u like as long as balls in play... unlike rugger where its all down to yer feet!
drew
Drew
Think you can go off the pitch in rugger so long as you are not holding the ball when you foot is touching the ground either on or over the line. The ball itself can be over the line as long as you are not.
Being a fan of proper football I stand to be corrected.
NMH
Banned
No - Berbatov needed permission from the referee to return to the field of play.
This was done so quickly though, so that Berbs was able to carry on like nothing untoward had transpired.
This was done so quickly though, so that Berbs was able to carry on like nothing untoward had transpired.
Brighton Breezy
New member
He could have been BOOKED for leaving the field of play without permission and then BOOKED again for re-entering the field of play without permission.
scooter1
How soon is now?
what he said
clapham_gull
Legacy Fan
- Aug 20, 2003
- 25,741
If it's a single move like that it's allowed.
scooter1
How soon is now?
Of course it is. If you do a sliding tackle and end up in the ad boards, providing you get straight up and don't require treatment you can come straight back onto the pitch. Its only when you require treatment you have to get permission to re-enter play
Nottseagull
Well-known member
Box of Frogs
Zamoras Left Boot
He plays for Manure Utd - he can do what he likes!!
What would happen if the defender followed him off the pitch and fouled him? How can you give a free kick for a foul that happened off the pitch? Where would the free kick be taken from?
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 35,859
^ now that is a good question
No - Berbatov needed permission from the referee to return to the field of play.
This was done so quickly though, so that Berbs was able to carry on like nothing untoward had transpired.
There was something like this in Ask The Ref the other week. I dont think this is considered having left the pitch in the terms of needing permission to come back on. If it did the game would have to stop every time the goal keeper strayed behind his line.
Wardy
NSC's Benefits Guru
And when someone took a throw-in
Exactly. I think the Ask The Ref was to do with a player being in the back of the goal and preventing a ball from crossing the line.