"Our Goal is Fair Play"
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The Start and Restart of Play Preliminaries A coin is tossed
and the team which wins the toss decides which goal it will attack in the first
half of the match. The other team
takes the kick-off to start the match. The team which
wins the toss takes the kick-off to start the second half of the match. In the second half of the match the teams change ends and attack the opposite goals.
Kick-off |
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at the start of the match | |
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after a goal has been scored | |
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at the start of the second half of the match | |
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at the start of each period of extra time, where applicable | |
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A goal may be
scored directly from the
kick-off. |
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Procedure |
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all players are in their own half of the field | |
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the opponents of the team taking the kick-off are at least 9.15 m (10 yds) from the ball until it is in play | |
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the ball is stationary on the centre mark | |
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the referee gives a signal | |
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the ball is in play when it is kicked and moves forward | |
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the kicker does not touch the ball a second time until it has touched another player | |
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After a team
scores a goal, the kick-off is taken by the other team. |
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If the kicker touches the ball a
second time before it has touched another player: |
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an indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team to be taken from the place where the infringement occurred | |
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the kick-off is retaken | |
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Dropped
Ball A dropped ball is a way of restarting the match after a temporary stoppage which becomes necessary, while the ball is in play, for any reason not mentioned elsewhere in the Laws of the Game. |
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Procedure The referee drops the ball at the place where it was located when play was stopped. Play restarts
when the ball touches the ground. Infringements/Sanctions The ball is
dropped again: |
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if it is touched by a player before it makes contact with the ground | |
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if the ball leaves the field of play after it makes contact with the ground, without a player touching it | |
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Special
Circumstances A free kick
awarded to the defending team inside its own goal area is taken from any point
within the goal area. An indirect free
kick awarded to the attacking team in its opponents’ goal area is taken from
the goal area line parallel to the goal line at the point nearest to where the
infringement occurred. A dropped ball
to restart the match after play has been temporarily stopped inside the goal
area takes place on the goal area line parallel to the goal line at the point
nearest to where the ball was located when play was stopped. |
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Copyright © 2006 Grantham & District Referees' Association
Last modified:
27 June, 2006
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Internationale de Football Association [FIFA] - 11th January 2001 Copyright
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