Should this rule be changed

[Gus is god]

BBC Sport - Wycombe 1-2 Sheffield Wed

Your 15, your starting your first game at home and you score a nice goal, its probably the biggest moment of ya career so you want to celebrate with your family, but you get booked for doing so.

I really dislike this rule.

 

[The Merry Prankster]

Clearly they should write in an exception clause for 15 year olds.

 

[Gus is god]

Clearly they should write in an exception clause for 15 year olds.

imo the rule should not be there

 

[clippedgull]

BBC Sport - Wycombe 1-2 Sheffield Wed

Your 15, your starting your first game at home and you score a nice goal, its probably the biggest moment of ya career so you want to celebrate with your family, but you get booked for doing so.

I really dislike this rule.

I seem to remember Dean Cox getting sent off on his debut for the same thing, second yellow.

Actually, I may have that wrong. See edit below!!

OK, just looked it up!

Revell scored on his debut at Rotherham, Cox was making his full match debut. Revell scored, him and Cox 'over celebrated'. Both got booked. Cox then committed a foul right on half time for which he received a second yellow and then got sent off!

 

[mistahclarke]

in my opinion:
incitement of the crowd - yellow
celebrating within reason - not a yellow

it does amaze me that everyone knows you get a yellow for taking your shirt off, but people still do it.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Scoring is the point of the game. As long as you're not deliberately inciting trouble, most things should be allowed. You should not be trying to take the joy out of the sport.

 

[Blackadder]

in my opinion:
incitement of the crowd - yellow
celebrating within reason - not a yellow

it does amaze me that everyone knows you get a yellow for taking your shirt off, but people still do it.

This. I can never understand "bright" footballers getting these needless bookings. Some of them must get serious bollockings from their managers afterwards, especially if it leads to a suspension!

 

[Hillian1]

This. I can never understand "bright" footballers getting these needless bookings. Some of them must get serious bollockings from their managers afterwards, especially if it leads to a suspension!

Are you allowed to use "bright" and "footballer" in the same sentence?

 

[Seagull Steve]

Just more sanitising of the game imo. What does it matter if a player pulls off his top after scoring? Ballottei was booked last week just for pulling his shirt up. This boy was doing nothing more than celebrating, after the best moment of his career so far.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Are you allowed to use "bright" and "footballer" in the same sentence?

Certainly not especially it includes 'Mark'.
I think there is a world of difference between winding up opposition fans and celebrating a goal. It seems one of the sillier rules and very much open to different interpretations by refs.

 

[Goring Gull]

I don't see whats wrong in over celebrating. It adds to
the atmosphere. If some knuckle dragging goons are going to take exeption doesn't that make them look a tad stupid. I would have quite happily accepted Glenn Murray doing a lap at the amex given our fans the wanker sign fo rthe treatment he got from them and if soem morons take exception and kick off then ban them for life. It's only a game the fans do it to each other so why shouldn't the players?

 

[BadFish]

Just more sanitising of the game imo. What does it matter if a player pulls off his top after scoring? Ballottei was booked last week just for pulling his shirt up. This boy was doing nothing more than celebrating, after the best moment of his career so far.

Characters are being stamped out of the game, the sanitization of football is so ridiculous, taking their shirts off is not even on the radar when it comes to players bringing the game into disrepute. Thank god for Balotelli, Casannno, Zlatan even Joey Barton et al bringing a little bit of personality to the game.

 

[Gus is god]

I think it was some of the religious beliefs some were stating on there shirts after they scored that was with the issue with taking there shirts off.

Celebrating with your fans i really dont see an issue with at all.

 

[Blackadder]

Are you allowed to use "bright" and "footballer" in the same sentence?

You can if you use " "s

 

[Southwick_Seagull]

Balotelli stands in the middle of the pitch and lifts his shirt over his head- Booked

Nolan runs down down 2 sides of opposition fans, pointing to his name and generally being a knob- Nothing.

No logic whatsoever.

 

[alan partridge]

Balotelli stands in the middle of the pitch and lifts his shirt over his head- Booked

Nolan runs down down 2 sides of opposition fans, pointing to his name and generally being a knob- Nothing.

No logic whatsoever.

good point

 

[e77]

The FA don't want players to celebrate or fans to make any noise. Perhaps we should join together and do a protest one week?

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

The rule should be changed so its up to ref to decide whether its over celebrating and/or time wasting.

 

[DumLum]

Balotelli stands in the middle of the pitch and lifts his shirt over his head- Booked

Nolan runs down down 2 sides of opposition fans, pointing to his name and generally being a knob- Nothing.

No logic whatsoever.

This!

If I was president of fifa this would be the first rule I changed.

You should get booked for celebrating in front of the opposing side's fans, not your own.

Second rule I would change would be having to leave the pitch if you get injured. I know it was brought in to penalize the divers and fakers but it doesn't work.

 

[Acker79]

Being 15 doesn't excuse you from following the laws of the game, neither does being a débutante, the game being a cup final, or whatever. People ask for consistency, then demand the laws not always be applied depending on the situation, then act like being a good ref should be easy despite this.



This is the rule:

Celebration of a goal

While it is permissible for a player to demonstrate his joy when a goal has been scored, the celebration must not be excessive

Reasonable celebrations are allowed, but the practice of choreographed celebrations is not to be encouraged when it results in excessive time-wasting and referees are instructed to intervene in such cases.

A player must be cautioned if:

• in the opinion of the referee, he makes gestures which are provocative, derisory or inflammatory
• he climbs on to a perimeter fence to celebrate a goal being scored
• he removes his shirt or covers his head with his shirt
• he covers his head or face with a mask or other similar item

Leaving the field of play to celebrate a goal is not a cautionable offence in itself but it is essential that players return to the field of play as soon as possible.

Referees are expected to act in a preventative manner and to exercise common sense in dealing with the celebration of a goal.

It already is mostly up to the ref's judgement.