Distraction - light relief

That means sitting on the fence then

 

Well I don't want to be accused of being an anti Brit/Republican. Also my mother was a great Keegan fan and supported England. Well she was born in Hull. But I would not lose any sleep if Tunisia got something out of the game...

 

Would make a good politician

 

..........politics is one of many subjects I'm **** at......if I was a politician, I'd probably start WW3

 

lover

 

Thank **** for that

 

Is that a Keegan haircut............

 

Just realised Chesh that your team is full of sambos, halfcasts, jews

 

Were we the one's in red

 

Thanks for that, Sparky. Learned something new today, can now go back to bed a happy man.

 

No probs Brisbane - anything to educate the colonials.......

 

Aye, back to the sheep.

 

By all counts the ref gives the order for the kick to be taken again. A keeper can't score in his own net directly from a goal kick.

There's been instances, very few, where the keeper has thrown the ball into his own net without it touching another player, and a goal was awarded.

If the goal kick was taken correctly, the ball wouldn't go over the keepers head.......

 

Gary Sprake........

Despite your protestations LL, the correct ref's decision is to award a corner to the opposition.

The ball crossed the goal line and left the penalty area without anyone else touching it, but the laws of the game dictate a team cannot score an own goal directly from a goal kick. He cannot award a goal and must indicate a corner kick to the opposition as the ball having crossed the goal/dead ball line had come back into play.

Don't want to bang on about it on here LL, but I thought we'd all agreed to leave it there or we'll upset someone for talking to each other.......

 

Not protestations Sparkey, just answering your question based on how you wrote it.

"A goalkeeper takes a dead ball goal kick during a game into the teeth of a gale. He smacks it has hard as he can but the ball goes up in the air and a huge gust of wind sends back over his head and into his own goal. What should the referees' decison be?"

Based on how you worded your question, I am correct, so is Lee.

Can you see from what you said why we are both correct?

If a keeper takes a goal kick, and the ball some how ends up in his goal without leaving the penalty area, the ref orders the kick to be taken again as the ball is not deemed in play untill it leaves the penalty area.

If a keeper takes a goal kick, and the ball goes into the keepers goal after it has left the penalty area (on ground or in air) the ball is deemed to be in play, then the ref orders a corner kick to the opposition.

 

If you're worried about not talking to me for fear of upsetting someone who doesn't want you to talk to me then, respectfully, and no malice intended, but more fool you.....

 

Sorry Lover, but you are wrong. The "penalty area" is bounded by the outfield pitch markings (44 yards x 18 yards) and the dead ball goal line. Once the ball crosses the dead ball line, whether inside or outside the goalmouth, the ball is deemed to have left the penalty area an is effectively in play.

The rule about "no own goal direct from a goal kick" then kicks in and the ref should award a corner. The same thing would apply if the keeper deliberately kicked the ball into his own net or anywhere behind his own goal line.

EDIT - just saw your next post LL. No gobby forum bully has ever worried me on here or any other club board - they are two a penny and can say what they like.

 

Friendly reply Sparky, no where in what you wrote did you mention the ball had left the penalty area.

A goal kick is a free kick to restart play, to restart play from a goal kick the ball must leave the penalty area (18 yard box).

If a keeper kicks a goal kick to his player on edge of penalty area (18 yard box) and the ball doesn't go over the line to reach the player, the ref then orders the kick to be retaken cos the ball did not go into play.......

 

Agreed with that about the outfield play, but what you're not understanding is once the ball has crossed the goal lin, it has left the penalty area.