When was the offside rule implemented and why?
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it was implemented in 1848 to prevent players from hanging around close to the goal and just kicking it in when the ball came.
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It's easier to understand if you know why it's there, rather than what it is:\n\nImagine what would happen if a team was allowed to line up loads of its players right in front of the opposition goal mouth - it would be really easy for one of them to knock the ball into the net if it was passed to them.\n\nSo to prevent players from 'loitering' near the goalmouth like this there's a rule which says that a player from team A is offside if (and only if) he receives the ball while the only team B player standing between him and the goal is the goalkeeper himself.
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Me, personally, always knew the off side rule perfectly. And all the rules. It is a big adventage when you play the game. Did you know that the penalty kick could be played as a pass?
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not to my knowledge but a ref was on a scottish football programme and said that if the ball was deflected of the ref and into the net the goal would be allowed. i guess thats why you dont see refs going into the box for corners.lol
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They changed the rules this year deliberately to force more attacking play, and counter the flooded defense the swans used so effectively to win the flag last year, often with low scoring games.\nAs for Association Football never changing the rules, quite apart from transfer rules changing regularly, what about getting rid of the golden goal rule last year. Or the introduction of the golden goal rule in the first place about seven years ago. Goalkeepers were banned from picking up throw-ins, then there would be the banning of backpassing to the goalkeeper in about 1992, changing the offside rule from two defenders to one and the goalkeeper, changing a player from being offside, to only being offside if he was interfering with the passage of play, introducing the offside rule in the first place. The introduction of substitutions, changes to the number of substitutions, rules about goal celebrations being too excessive etc.... It actually happens quite regularly, as you can see, and happens in most sports.
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it's for offside.\nno it is not a new rule.
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no goal means that even though the ball is in the goal something happened before it crossed the line and therefore making it a void.\n\nOffside is simple, if a player from team (lets call it..) X is closer to the goal Y than a defense player from team Y and receives the ball from a fellow player, it is called offside. \nIt is ok to receive the ball next to the opponent and then run faster to the goal than the defense player though.\n\nI think the inventor of this rule had very slow runners in his team and had to give them a chance to keep up, :)\n\nHope it helped
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On 25 August 1928, Arsenal and Chelsea wore numbered shirts in their matches against The Wednesday (renamed Sheffield Wednesday soon after) and Swansea Town, respectively.  This is the earliest record of the use of shirt numbers in Football League play.\n\nCards were introduced in the 1970 WC in Mexico\n\nThe 2006 ball is about 10% lighter and 10% more accurate than the previous one, no idea abt the weight\n\nThe offside rule has been constantly modified over the ages most recently in 2003, the first versions were drawn out in 1848 if my memory is right.
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Because Messi was offside. Too bad though.
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It goes back to the first days of the Premier League. Offside means just that. When a player is past the second last defender, he is Off his Side and therefore not supposed to play the ball.\nWhen I went through referee school, Law 11, which covers Offside, is not even one complete page. BUT.... it had 2 videos, about 100 slides, and took over an hour of class time. But it is one of the most simple laws of soccer/football.
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not penalty\nit would be a free kick (indirect)
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Happy to explain!  And please, there are men out there that don't understand offside either, but are embarrased to admit it!\n\nAn offensive player is offside if no defenders (save the goalie) are between him and the opposing goal WHEN THE PASS IS MADE.\n\nThe offside is dependent upon the moment of the pass.  In fact, during a disputable offside call, as you watch the World Cup, you will see TV analysts look at that moment in slow motion.  "Was he behind the defender?" the analyst will ask.\n\nYou will see sharp offensive teams time the pass and the "break" perfectly, so that the receiver is well ahead of the defense when the ball arrives.\n\nThe offside rule was established to prevent cherry picking - in other words - to stop offensive players from waiting near the goal until an opportunity to score presents itself.\n\nThey are now required to wait, with at least one defender closer to the goal!
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The arc was introduced in 1937.  It was created to show how far from the penalty taker all other players should be.
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I haven't got a problem with it as long as they are fair and good at their job.  We had a linesMAN at Swindon v Carlisle on Saturday who gave someone offside from a throw-in (to which the referee, also a bloke, gave the offside decision).  He was a complete waster and I would say the same about a female running the line if they gave the same ridiculous, and wrong, decision.
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http://www.answers.com/topic/offside-law\n\nplz 10 pts
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what you are probably referring to is the off side rule. That rule basically states that a player who receives a pass from his teamate has to be at least level with the second to last player on the opposing team. Counting the goalkeeper, this usually means that strikers have to be level with the opposing team's last defender not to be offside.
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Application\nThe application of the offside law is best considered in three steps; Offside position, Offside offence and Offside sanction.\n\n[edit]\nOffside position\n \nThe red forward on the left of the diagram is in an offside position as he is both in front of the second last defender (marked by the stippled line) and the ball.A player is in an offside position if "he is nearer to his opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second to last opponent", unless he is in his own half of the field of play. A player level with the second last opponent is considered to be in an onside position. Note that the last two opposing players can be either the goalkeeper and another outfield player, or two outfield players. Also note that offside position is determined when the ball is touched/played by a team-mate — a player's offside position status is not then altered by them or opposing players running forwards or backwards. It is important to note that being in an offside position is not an offence in itself. Another important point to note is that any player's offside position status is reset when an opponent touches the ball and is deemed by the referee to be in control of the ball.\n\n[edit]\nOffside offence\nA player in an offside position is only committing an offside offence if, "at the moment the ball touches or is played by one of his team", the player is in the referee's opinion involved in active play by: interfering with play; interfering with an opponent; or gaining an advantage by being in that position.\n\nDetermining whether a player is in "active play" can be complex. A player is not committing an offside offence if the player receives the ball directly from a throw-in, goal kick or corner kick.\n\nFIFA issued new guidelines for interpreting the offside law in 2003 and these were incorporated in law 11 in July 2005. The new wording seeks to more precisely define the three cases as follows:\n\nInterfering with play means playing or touching the ball passed or touched by a teammate. \nInterfering with an opponent means preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing the opponent's line of vision or movements or making a gesture or movement which, in the opinion of the referee, deceives or distracts an opponent. \nGaining an advantage by being in an offside position means playing a ball that rebounds to him off a post or crossbar or playing a ball that rebounds to him off an opponent having been in an offside position. \nIn practice, a player in an offside position may be penalised before playing or touching the ball if, in the opinion of the referee, no other team-mate in an onside position has the opportunity to play the ball.\n\nThe referees' interpretation of these new definitions is still proving controversial until this day, largely over what movements a player in an offside position can make without being judged to be interfering with an opponent.\n\n[edit]\nOffside sanction\nThe sanction for an offside offence is an indirect free kick to the opposing team, at the spot where the offence occurred. Most referees use their discretion and let play go on if the "offended" team already has the advantage or ball, in order not to slow down play with redundant free kicks that achieve the same purpose of giving the advantage or ball back to the "offended" team.\n\n[edit]\nOfficiating\nIn enforcing this rule, the referee depends greatly on his assistant referee, who generally keeps in line with the second last defender in his relevant end (exact positioning techniques are more complex).\n\nThe assistant referees' task with regards to off-side can be difficult, as they need to keep up with attacks and counter attacks, consider which players are in an offside position when the ball is played (often from the other end of the field), and then determine whether the offside positioned players become invo