Goalie with the ball up his shirt

[mrhairy]

Did anyone else notice that when Barnes threw out the ball for a goalkick rather than back to their keeper, he already had another ball up his shirt. Never seen it before. Is it legal?

 

[shwoody1]

Did anyone else notice that when Barnes threw out the ball for a goalkick rather than back to their keeper, he already had another ball up his shirt. Never seen it before. Is it legal?

dont know if its legal i would guess not but made me laugh think its called forward thinking

 

[Karlos23]

it would not be legal as there would be 2 balls on the pitch at one point

 

[mrhairy]

Exactly. Shame Barnes did not throw it to him. Wonder what Ref would have done?

 

[clockend1983]

The laws of the game do not allow a team to gain an advantage from ungentelmanly conduct,the real issue is he should not have been given another ball or able to get one barnes had the ball in his hands so there were actually two balls in play at the same time its not illegal davis wont be arrested for it but it is the sort of thing a cheat would do thankfully nothing came of it

 

[Langley]

Barnes made the mistake of throwing the ball out for a goal kick, he should have just rolled it into the penalty area to make the goalie come for it.

 

[Tomnorthi]

Someone in Block E shouted "Just throw it to dicker and score!!!!

 

[KneeOn]

Someone in Block E shouted "Just throw it to dicker and score!!!!

That was also said in C.

And we justified it! "THEY CHEATED TO SCORE THEIR FIRST GOAL! f*** EM UM! THEY'RE TOSSERS ***** WANKERS, SCORE SCORE! GO GO GO!"ALl kinds of things being shouted.

 

[Hunting 784561]

On a side note, I thought our ball boys did an excellent job in slowing the game down last night.

Well done

 

[mrhairy]

That was also said in C.

And we justified it! "THEY CHEATED TO SCORE THEIR FIRST GOAL! f*** EM UM! THEY'RE TOSSERS ***** WANKERS, SCORE SCORE! GO GO GO!"ALl kinds of things being shouted.

How did they cheat for their first?

 

[Finchley Seagull]

How did they cheat for their first?

Dive for the free kick. Looked a pretty clear dive from the South Stand.

 

[clarkey]

Dive for the free kick. Looked a pretty clear dive from the South Stand.

To me just looked like one of those soft ones where the attacker deliberately runs across the defender looking for the clip on the heels which Navarro (?) could do nothing about. Think there was, very minimal, contact. No need to go down admittedly, but they always will.

 

[Southover Street Seagull]

The laws of the game do not allow a team to gain an advantage from ungentelmanly conduct,the real issue is he should not have been given another ball or able to get one barnes had the ball in his hands so there were actually two balls in play at the same time its not illegal davis wont be arrested for it but it is the sort of thing a cheat would do thankfully nothing came of it

This is what Law 2 says:

Extra balls on the field of play

If an extra ball enters the field of play during the match, the referee must stop the match only if it interferes with play. Play must be restarted by a dropped ball in the position where the match ball was at the time when the match was stopped, unless play was stopped inside the goal area, in which case the referee drops the ball on the goal area line parallel to the goal line at the point nearest to where the ball was located when play was stopped.

If an extra ball enters the field of play during the match without interfering
with play, the referee must have it removed at the earliest possible opportunity

So did Davis interfere with play by having the ball up his shirt in readiness for the goal kick?