Lesser know Football laws

[John Arne]

Following on from the discussion last week following this superb goal kick from Karius - it was discovered that had Karius kicked the ball directly into his own net, a corner is awarded to the opposing team, not an own goal (or a retake).



Today I discovered that an own goal cannot be scored directly from a corner - that is, if for some reason a team wanted to waste time and leathered the ball backwards and it bounced over the keepers head, then no goal is scored. It doesn't actually say what would happen - I guess following on from the above, a corner kick would be awarded to the opposition. Basically, an own goal can't be scored from any direct restarted play (corners, throws, free kicks etc).

http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afde...k_en_47358.pdf

Any other quirks?

[John Arne]

Oh, another one... free kicks inside your own six yard box can be taken anywhere in the 6yr area, not just where the foul happened. This was one rings a bell, and kind of makes sense with goal kicks having the same freedom.

[Magic]

It's illegal to abuse pre-teens that you are coaching. Not many people knew that until recently.

[Disco]

Brian Laws.