While not required by law, the convention is that an assistant referee's patrol path is left back/right midfield, and in games in the last couple of seasons, at any level, I haven't seen it done differently.
However I have been watching some highlights of various games from the 2005/2006 season and I noticed that in some (but not all) the assistant referred were on the right back/left midfield patrol path. Was there no instruction/convention then, or were ARs generally put on the other side to where they normally are now?
However I have been watching some highlights of various games from the 2005/2006 season and I noticed that in some (but not all) the assistant referred were on the right back/left midfield patrol path. Was there no instruction/convention then, or were ARs generally put on the other side to where they normally are now?