Offside

[wimp]

I think football should go back to the old system for offside!
Too many people dont understand the two phase system where you can be offside in the first phase and a player in your team can score a goal and it counts:Yet you can score a goal in the second phase, be onside, but the goal doesn't count becouse you were offside in the first phase!...still with me! I dont have a problem with the rule but it is hard for referee's and open to different interpretation!The old rule, if you were in front of the last defender apart from the keeper when the ball was kicked, you were offside...simple! What do you think?

[snags]

Were the answers to your earlier question no good?

[DJHawkes]

I think you should have asked people that care, like the footie types over in sportsanswerbank............

[wimp]

What question are you referring to snags?
bj hawkes; its good to get different opinions and if you dont care dont answer!...simples!!

[EcclesCake]

Just a stab in the dark but I wonder if snags is referring to this question of yours.....http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Question1220543.html

[EcclesCake]

doh! http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Question1220543.html

[DJHawkes]

wimp this is chartterbank and not sports answerbank and your question is very specialised, and it's DJ not BJ thank you very glad

[Buenchico]

Well you've certainly got me confused, Wimp!

I refereed amateur football for many years but, since it was a long time ago (and I don't follow the professional game), I thought that I'd better check the rules. Nothing has changed at all!
http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/footballdevelopment/refereeing/81/42/36/lawsofthegame_2012_e.pdf
(Law 11, page 35)

[Buenchico]

Chatterbank is open to all, Dot!

After all, some people might think that posts about Garth Brooks are very specialised but we don't insist that they only appear in 'Music' ;-)

[wimp]

buenchico! you are right, chatterbank is open to any subject,specialised or not. I thought you would've heard about the second phase of offside in the professional game!...football focus! This is why i like chatterbank!!!
Snags! If you are talking about the abuse by priests,i'll get back to that "best answer "in due course!

[Canary42]

I agree wimp.

[snags]

''Snags! If you are talking about the abuse by priests,i'll get back to that "best answer "in due course! ''

Er... no:

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Question1220543.html

[wimp]

See what you mean snags.Computer going gaga,i sent the question twice, sorry!!