Are the dug outs considered part of the playing area?

[Ian_W]

Just curious as on Saturday we were penalized twice for taking a throw in outside of the 'playing area', which the assistant referee considered to be the very thin grass strip.

 

On the other side the dug-outs are on the running track.

 

So is this area considered to be within the playing area and therefore a throw in could be taken legally from the running track? If so why are the sides considered to be different?

 

Or was the assistant referee just wrong?

 

Just curious.....

[Nutchutney]

As far as I know, the playing area ends at the white lines and any throw in has to be taken behind the line but if we were penalised for not being on the thin area of grass, then I suspect that the linesman got the decision wrong.

[Ian_W]

Maybe playing area is the wrong word - not 100% sure as obviously the match is not played from the side of the dugouts.

 

But the ref backed the lino up otherwise he would not have given a free kick on the second one.

 

It was the free kick from the second 'foul' throw which led to their goal, so potentially it could have been expensive if the lino was wrong./

[blackballed]

In all the years I have been watching games at the bridge I have never heard of this happening, and I can even remember the season when instead of throw ins we had free kicks from behind the line.

 

Funny old game.

[Baron of Black Fen]

I wondered what that lino was fuffing about at. I always thought that as long as the throw was taken inside the crowd barrier it was not a problem.

 

Remember the Margate lot grizzling when they got a throw and the young lads would not throw the ball back so the margate player went to the wall, same part of the pitch strangely enough, and lent back over the wall into the crowd to take a run up to take the throw in.

 

That was deemed to be ok.

 

The lino was just being a prat on saturday.

[Ian_W]

As I was within earshot of him, sitting not far from the corner flag, he clearly told our player that he should have taken the throw-in from the grass.

 

Mind you I also though that if a throw-in was a foul throw then the throw-in would be given to the other side and not a free kick awarded - or has that law changed as well? And why did the ref not ask him simply to retake the throw-in?

 

At this stage of the season a mistake by an official can cost dearly.

 

It is a pity that assistant referees are not so vigilant on keepers handling the ball outside their area for a goal kick.

 

 

[cup of tea]

Just nonsense from an assistant referee who just wanted to be involved in the game as far as I'm concerned. Madness..

[Eastside Urchin]

w@nkers should be shot

[Hornchurch "O"]

How come you're still alive?

[Ian_W]

Following enquiries last night, it turns out the assistant referee was partially correct.

 

There is a new law this season that states that a throw-in must be taken within 1 metre of the sideline.

 

However the player should have been warned and asked to retake the throw-in, which did not happen - the awarding of an indirect free-kick to the other side was wrong.

 

Opposition players can stand 1 metre away from the person throwing the ball in.

[paokman]

So does one metre constitute two paces for a short-assed lino or one pace for one like the hairpin we had last night?

[Hornchurch "O"]

Thommo took a throw in from the stand yesterday.

Well, at least the 3rd lane of the running track.

Nothing was said.

[Dagger03]

The ball must enter the field of play at the place it left the field of play.

 

The reason that Billy was penalised was because the ball did not enter the field of play at the same place.

 

I spoke to two referees yesterday - both said that the thrower should also be within two metres of the touchline when taking the throw in, which, in HFC case, more or less coincides with the grass strip between the running track and the touchline itself.

 

For a detailed discussion on the taking of a throw in - go to http://www.corshamref.org.uk/throwin.htm - the advice given on this web site is that - "Referees are also advised to penalise players who take throw-ins many metres back from the touchline." When players retrieve the ball for a throw-in and are making their way back to the touchline, they very often throw the ball in at an angle, whilst they are 10 or more metres away from the touchline, the ball then enters the field of play some 20 yards from where it crossed out of play over the touchline. This is a foul throw and should not be allowed. The throw-in should be awarded to the opposing team. The ball must enter the field from the point where it crossed the touchline.

 

 

[paokman]

The ball must enter the field of play at the place it left the field of play.

 

The reason that Billy was penalised was because the ball did not enter the field of play at the same place.

 

I spoke to two referees yesterday - both said that the thrower should also be within two metres of the touchline when taking the throw in, which, in HFC case, more or less coincides with the grass strip between the running track and the touchline itself.

 

For a detailed discussion on the taking of a throw in - go to http://www.corshamref.org.uk/throwin.htm - the advice given on this web site is that - "Referees are also advised to penalise players who take throw-ins many metres back from the touchline." When players retrieve the ball for a throw-in and are making their way back to the touchline, they very often throw the ball in at an angle, whilst they are 10 or more metres away from the touchline, the ball then enters the field of play some 20 yards from where it crossed out of play over the touchline. This is a foul throw and should not be allowed. The throw-in should be awarded to the opposing team. The ball must enter the field from the point where it crossed the touchline.

 

 

Seems it's all a matter of interpretation then, a bit like Rugby.