Milky Posted 20 January 2008 Share Posted 20 January 2008 Came across this in the Observer. Keith Hackett - "You cannot be offside from a goal kick. I'm often amazed that players and managers aren't aware that players can't be offside from a goal kick. Some teams still fail to take advantage of Law 11 and push there players up into offside positions to gain an advantage." Now, as a huge fan and follower of the game, not to mention how many games i've played, how the hell did i not know this rule. Unbelievable. Am i the only fool not aware of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted 20 January 2008 Share Posted 20 January 2008 Came across this in the Observer. Keith Hackett - "You cannot be offside from a goal kick. I'm often amazed that players and managers aren't aware that players can't be offside from a goal kick. Some teams still fail to take advantage of Law 11 and push there players up into offside positions to gain an advantage."Now, as a huge fan and follower of the game, not to mention how many games i've played, how the hell did i not know this rule. Unbelievable. Am i the only fool not aware of this? No you're not. Many a time i've seen a flag raised from a goal kick. Surely others have to. Did not know this at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libertine Posted 20 January 2008 Share Posted 20 January 2008 Never knew that. Hmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trav Le Bleu Posted 20 January 2008 Share Posted 20 January 2008 Didn't realise either, knew you couldn't be from a throw in (and seen that exploited from time to time) But it's a good idea, stops the defence pushing right up to make a long kick virtually pointless. Yes, route one does have it's uses! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted 20 January 2008 Share Posted 20 January 2008 Had an incident this year where our linemans flagged but ref overuled and said cant be offside from a goalkick. i was livid as i was the defender that had stepped up but the ref was correct . now i consider myself as a bit of a football encyclopiedia and was a bit miffed myself that i didnt know that. i also thought for a indirect free kick that the ball had to move a full circumfrance once it had been touched but apparently that rule has now changed and any kind of touch will do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trav Le Bleu Posted 20 January 2008 Share Posted 20 January 2008 Had an incident this year where our linemans flagged but ref overuled and said cant be offside from a goalkick. i was livid as i was the defender that had stepped up but the ref was correct .now i consider myself as a bit of a football encyclopiedia and was a bit miffed myself that i didnt know that. i also thought for a indirect free kick that the ball had to move a full circumfrance once it had been touched but apparently that rule has now changed and any kind of touch will do Yeah, I don't like that rule at all. Indirect is indirect - not a nudge and a shot! Even a whole ciurcumference isn't enough, should be a yard or two at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez of Mahrez Posted 20 January 2008 Share Posted 20 January 2008 We should use this. Alnwick's kick is huge. Get one of the wingers to go and stand on the edge of the opposition area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee7 Posted 20 January 2008 Share Posted 20 January 2008 i didn't know about this rule at all. like bert said of have seen on quite a few different occasions the linesman raise his flag for offside from a goalkick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milky Posted 20 January 2008 Author Share Posted 20 January 2008 wow, i'm feeling a bit better about it now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyT Posted 20 January 2008 Share Posted 20 January 2008 We should use this. Alnwick's kick is huge. Get one of the wingers to go and stand on the edge of the opposition area. Screw that, get one of our attackers on the oppositions goal line! haha Oh and i didnt know that either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l444ry Posted 20 January 2008 Share Posted 20 January 2008 We should use this. Alnwick's kick is huge. Get one of the wingers to go and stand on the edge of the opposition area. Are you sure? I've never seen any goalkeeper reach that far from a goal-kick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Smuts Posted 20 January 2008 Share Posted 20 January 2008 Are you sure? I've never seen any goalkeeper reach that far from a goal-kick. Logan can can't he or am i imagining that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee7 Posted 20 January 2008 Share Posted 20 January 2008 Logan can can't he or am i imagining that? no he can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez of Mahrez Posted 20 January 2008 Share Posted 20 January 2008 Are you sure? I've never seen any goalkeeper reach that far from a goal-kick. Perhaps not from goal-kicks on reflection but he does get incredible distance on all his kicks. He always strikes them on the half-volley too so his goal-kicks shouldn't be that much shorter than his kicks out of hand. Either way it's a good weapon when you have Howard up front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l444ry Posted 20 January 2008 Share Posted 20 January 2008 Perhaps not from goal-kicks on reflection but he does get incredible distance on all his kicks. He always strikes them on the half-volley too so his goal-kicks shouldn't be that much shorter than his kicks out of hand. Either way it's a good weapon when you have Howard up front. Good answer. I get the feeling some on here are confusing the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hullfox Posted 20 January 2008 Share Posted 20 January 2008 circumfrance ciurcumference I was circumfranchisised as a baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Honcho Posted 20 January 2008 Share Posted 20 January 2008 I always assumed the no offside from a goal kick rules was for players on the opposing side to the keeper only. You can't just kick the ball to your own centre forwards and hope for the best can you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webbo Posted 20 January 2008 Share Posted 20 January 2008 I always assumed the no offside from a goal kick rules was for players on the opposing side to the keeper only.You can't just kick the ball to your own centre forwards and hope for the best can you? I'm not sure what you're saying but the opposing players cannot be offside because; a) An opposing player kicked it. b) The ball would be travelling backwards (from their point of view). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee7 Posted 20 January 2008 Share Posted 20 January 2008 Good answer. I get the feeling some on here are confusing the two. i thought his goalkicks off of the ground are pretty good as well though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB11 Posted 20 January 2008 Share Posted 20 January 2008 You cannot be offside from a restart of play when the ball has left the Field of Play. This includes: goal kicks, corners and throw ins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Honcho Posted 20 January 2008 Share Posted 20 January 2008 I'm not sure what you're saying but the opposing players cannot be offside because;a) An opposing player kicked it. b) The ball would be travelling backwards (from their point of view). Exactly ........................but can you be offside if your keeper kicks it to you in the oppositions half? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staf Posted 20 January 2008 Share Posted 20 January 2008 I didnt know that although i remember someone telling me this and i didnt believe them obiviously they were right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 20 January 2008 Share Posted 20 January 2008 So when did it change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webbo Posted 20 January 2008 Share Posted 20 January 2008 Exactly ........................but can you be offside if your keeper kicks it to you in the oppositions half? I always thought you could, and I'm sure I remember players being offside from goalkicks in the past, though not recently. Perhaps it's one of the many rule changes we get every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted 20 January 2008 Share Posted 20 January 2008 Our club gets a book at the start of every season with new rules but its the same as when you get instructions with your new electrical item nobody reads them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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