- Feb 1, 2005
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I have a question regarding the rules of Association Football.
On the weekend, I played for my new football team, The Expatriate Lions, in a friendly against British Malaysia FC. The game was called off after 1/3rd time (we play 3 x 30mins) due to a monsoon. We led 1-0.
The goal has gone down (incorrectly) under my name. But this isn't the problem. The problem is that in explaining how the goal was scored I was accused by 3 of my team-mates of breaking the laws of the game. Something that I am disappointed with.
Here's the low-down:
Corner comes in from the left. Cleared back to the taker. He swings in a ball to the near-post with his right boot. I make my run from the outside of the box towards the near post and I think I'm going to reach the target area.
I don't want to get clattered by a member of my own team so I yell 'Mine!' as I near the ball.
The defender at the near-post ducks upon hearing this call, and the ball dips over his head to the feet of the keeper. I'm fractionally too slow to get there, but the ball hits the inside of the keepers ankle and rolls into the net.
I wheel away in triumph and the defence turn on the keeper asking why he called and then didn't collect the ball.
I laughingly recounted this tale to my team-mates after the game. They insisted that under the rules the ref should give a free-kick when a player shouts 'mine' rather than give their actual name.
Is this right?
I was taught since a lad that if someone shouted 'mine' they hadn't claimed it anyway, so if in doubt boot it out. As a centre-half I've always stuck to that philosophy, too. To find that I may have broken the rules taints what was otherwise a fine performance and enjoyable day.
Answers on a postcard to the usual address, yeah? :up:
On the weekend, I played for my new football team, The Expatriate Lions, in a friendly against British Malaysia FC. The game was called off after 1/3rd time (we play 3 x 30mins) due to a monsoon. We led 1-0.
The goal has gone down (incorrectly) under my name. But this isn't the problem. The problem is that in explaining how the goal was scored I was accused by 3 of my team-mates of breaking the laws of the game. Something that I am disappointed with.
Here's the low-down:
Corner comes in from the left. Cleared back to the taker. He swings in a ball to the near-post with his right boot. I make my run from the outside of the box towards the near post and I think I'm going to reach the target area.
I don't want to get clattered by a member of my own team so I yell 'Mine!' as I near the ball.
The defender at the near-post ducks upon hearing this call, and the ball dips over his head to the feet of the keeper. I'm fractionally too slow to get there, but the ball hits the inside of the keepers ankle and rolls into the net.
I wheel away in triumph and the defence turn on the keeper asking why he called and then didn't collect the ball.
I laughingly recounted this tale to my team-mates after the game. They insisted that under the rules the ref should give a free-kick when a player shouts 'mine' rather than give their actual name.
Is this right?
I was taught since a lad that if someone shouted 'mine' they hadn't claimed it anyway, so if in doubt boot it out. As a centre-half I've always stuck to that philosophy, too. To find that I may have broken the rules taints what was otherwise a fine performance and enjoyable day.
Answers on a postcard to the usual address, yeah? :up: