Simply as a piece of fun, I propose to list some match day incidents for you to test your knowledge of this game we all love. I must stress it is only a bit of fun and it is not designed to embarrass anyone. The rules are as follows:
1. I will describe a match day incident and leave the question open for 48 hours to enable answers to be posted. After that period, I will provide the answer and then place the second question.
2. As it is only a bit of fun, may I request that nobody looks at the Laws of the Game for the answer (after all, referees cannot do so during a live game). However if you do look, the specific incident will not be referred to in the law; however by reading and studying the law, you ought to be able to arrive at the correct answer.
3. Some of the questions may be a two horse race. In other words, if the answer requires a "yes" or "no", can you qualify the answer with an explanation to demonstrate that you have not just guessed at the answer.
4. Finally, may I ask that any qualified referees on here do not pose their answers until near the end of the 48 hour period, so allowing the rest of us to have a stab before the answer is revealed.
Have fun!!
Question One For the older members on here, I am going to refer to the Flash/Killer incident in the FA Cup game against Margate in the 70s/80s (?).
Match Incident The ball in in play on the halfway line and in possession by a Margate player. Flash and Killer (two Charlton players) decide to fight each other, whilst positioned (we shall say for the purposes of the question), in the Margate penalty area. The match referee stops the game and sends off both Charlton players. Question (two parts) How does the referee restart the game and where does the referee restart the game.
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A quick question for you Peter, if a opposition player is standing behind you and deliberately shouts "Man on" to you knowing it would put you off and that no one was around you, Would you award a free kick against him? My thinking is that it would count as unsporting behavior?
Charlton give possession back to Margate.
Flanagan called Hayles a one-bollocked bastard. Sensitive subject I understand.
If the referee considered the action was likely to put off the receiving player, the correct action would be to caution the opponent for Unsorting Behaviour and award an indirect fee-kick to the aggrieved team.
Surely the shouter is doing the member of the opposition a favour? Obviously the poor so-and-so has no teammate within earshot to warn him so the shouter has helped him out?
Sad times indeed
Surely the shouter is doing the member of the opposition a favour? Obviously the poor so-and-so has no teammate within earshot to warn him so the shouter has helped him out?
The referee may deem that to be Unsporting Behaviour and act as I said. Saying "man on" by an opponent can be seen as hurrying the receiving to make a decision where otherwise he would have had more time to weigh up his options; but I would suggest it perhaps is not so bad as an a member of the opposition shouting "leave it".
... Charlton had had three players sent off prior to this incident. In which case the referee would
(a) abandon the game
(b) explain the detail of all incidents in his post-match report
(c) get changed as quickly as possible
(d) leave the ground, sharpish - probably in disguise