Q1.
An attacker rounds the keeper and is about to play the ball into the
empty net when a defender violently slides through the back of him with
a vicious foul. But the defenders momentum also knocks the ball into
his own net. What do you award?
Answer
This is a violent, red card challenge – but that doesn't stop you using
common sense and applying the advantage in these circumstances. So award
the goal and then show the defender the red card for his challenge.
Q2.
A long clearance is punted up field. A striker, in an offside
position, watches bemused as it flies over his head. But then he decides
to jog after the ball - which prompts the opposition goalkeeper to
advance. But he advances too far: the ball takes a wicked bounce, flies
over him and drops into the net. What is your decision?
Answer
Award
a goal. To be declared offside the striker must be "active" – and here
he is not. Jogging forward is not a clear distraction to the goalkeeper,
whose job it is to stop the ball going into his net. He has simply
advanced too far and been caught out by the bounce.
A mouthy player who has already been cautioned is substituted. He
storms off the field of play, and as he does so, turns and aims a
torrent of foul verbal abuse at you. Neither the subbed player or his
replacement is on the field of play. What do you do?
Answer
Show the abusive player a straight red card. The substitution has not
taken place, so the sub is not allowed on to the field of play.
Re-start the game in the appropriate way with the team involved reduced
to 10 players – unless they want to continue the substitution by taking
another player off.