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That was one of the weird / trick questions we as parents / lads got asked at becoming a referee course - I thought I new my football got about 40% right. Some obscure rules out there
If you score an own goal from a direct free kick...
You're ****ing stupid.
Funnily enough I had to look that one up after Junior Orange's match a week ago. One of his teammates decided to throw the ball back to the keeper who promptly fumbled it into his net. If he'd picked it up it would have been a direct free kick (age rule - indirect for adult game), if he'd left it it'd have been a corner... but as he did neither the goal stood (though nobody was entirely sure at the time!).
Did the goalkeeper touch the ball with his hands at all?
Michael Parkinson described a game where the goalkeeper took a penalty, blasted it against the crossbar, watched the rebound go back over his head, chased back, and accidentally wellied it into his own net - all without anyone else touching the ball. the ref gave an own goal, but should he have?
(PS - Parkinson was known for being a little, shall we say romantic with the truth.)
No, should be a free kick from where he kicked it the second time
Or an own goal from a goal kick. I learnt this while coaching my boys team and the goalie inadvertently mis kicked the goal kick across the goal, it hit a divot and went in. The ref had had to answer this question on his course, we all presumed it was an horrendous OGYou can't score a goal, or an own goal from a throw in.
No, should be a free kick from where he kicked it the second time