Recent content by Peter Grove

Just to confirm what @ARF has already correctly stated, the actual wording of Law 5 in this regard is as follows:

And least the commentator knows the law. He's saying that it was offside because, "the goalkeeper isn't there."

Wouldn't have made a difference here, though. The ball was already outside the GA when Williamson handled it.

I feel that's because the law was changed to where it's now not only an attempt to play the ball that downgrades the offence to a caution. The current wording says that, "the offender is cautioned if the offence was an attempt to play the ball or a challenge for the ball ..." Since a challenge...

I personally think it will have little to no effect. A club's guilt in relation to financial offences has virtually nothing to do with how a game is refereed. I also don't see as to where people will be looking at refereeing decisions in the light of financial irregularities, even ones as...

That's true, but I wonder if he realised this or someone had a quiet word in his ear because it happened again a little later and he didn't stop play for a dropped ball.

I bought a vinyl record yesterday called "Sounds Wasps Make". When I got home and played it, I said to myself, "This doesn't sound anything like wasps." Then I realised, I was playing the bee side...

The picture below shows part of the scenario for a potential problem with Middlesbrough's first goal. The scorer Lankshear looked to be clearly in an offside position when his team mate Whittaker took a shot. The ball came back off the post, hit the goalkeeper on the back of the head (or...

Based on the articles I've read, this particular wording, and the provision by which a player can be suspended for two games after scoring by deliberate handling is a new rule though, just brought in at the start of the 2024/25 season.

As retrospective punishment for scoring an illegal goal? Do you have any examples?

According to the Times article below: West Brom striker given two-match ban for ‘deception’ after handball goal

I think that's right - any of the offences listed above that fall under E3.1, would be subject to VAR review in the Premier League.

They can do it because there's a specific section of the FA Disciplinary Code (Section E3.1) that was brought in before the start of the 2024/25 season, which authorises this exact punishment for, "Successful Deception of a Match Official." See results of a search on FA Rule E3.1 below.

While I might not be in favour of this particular amendment myself, if you want it to be officially considered you should send it to the IFAB using the email address: [email protected]

Well, that went well for Infantino, didn't it? Infantino officially scraps controversial plan but future as Fifa president in jeopardy