A Rule In Football i Will Never Understand ??

[djw]

So here it is.....

 

A Margate player (Pat Sappleton) gets floored by a Ramsgate player, Pat has to leave the field of play due to injury (he was off a good 4 mins), the offender of the free kick stays on the field. In this 4 mins Ramsgate win a free kick, the ball is played nto the box and guess who wins the header for a half chance for Ramsgate....the offender of the free kick !

 

So my soloution is the offender (Ramsgate player) should also leave the field for the same amount of time it takes for Pat to recieve treatment.

 

I know this goes on in EVERY game and iam not just feeling bitter that we didnt get all three points....DISCUSS !

[BlueGate Alan]

Good call Danny, I agree with you completely!

[AncientBlue]

Thought much the same at the time, how bloody stupid that rule is! Your suggestion makes a lot of sense.

[Andy .]

send your idea to the FA djw , makes alot of sense.

[cliftonvilleblue]

Total agreement with the silliness of the rule. However, rather that make it more complicated, what about the original idea of treating the player, and if he's OK to continue, then just let him! No need for anyone to go off, no need for that annoying distraction of the ref having to remember to recall the player from the touch line (which often doesn't happen quick enough, resulting in the crowd and other players getting agitated!). And while we're at it, I remember seeing a bloke called Alex Dawson playing for Preston NE in the 1960s/70s shoulder-charging goalkeepers into the net (with the ball) and goals were allowed - another rule we could get rid of to bring back some fun......although Danny H is too polite to do that!

[Frankie100]

Nat Lofthouse did the same during the 1958 FA Cup Final.......well that is what Taffy Alan tells me he saw!!!

[cliftonvilleblue]

It's a northern thing!!!

[coupwotcoup]

Originally Posted By: djw

So my soloution his the offender (Ramsgate player) should also leave the field for the same amount of time it takes for Pat to recieve treatment.

Far too sensible for the Blatter and his cohorts to get their heads around. For it was FIFA who introduced said law.
Good call though and makes sense, on the other hand stopping the watch, adding injury time and letting the injured party just carry on, seemed to have worked well for 100+ years, so why change it?

[MargateFan]

Pat had to go off, because he was bleeding and had to change his shirt. But I did think that they left us with 10 men for a long time before letting him back on, and we were at a disadvantage during that time, as Ramsgate were on the attack, and we were short in defence.

If the fault was with us, the free kick should have been the remedy, not the absence of a key player for a protracted amount of time.

[AncientBlue]

Originally Posted By: cliftonvilleblue

It's a northern thing!!!

Oh no it's not!

I've seen it happen at Hartsdown in the 50's and 60's. I understood the rule was something like if the keeper had gathered the ball and had both feet on the ground, he was fair game for a legal shoulder charge, the same as outfield players.

[sparks]

It used to happen a lot in the 50s and 60s, seem to remember a player call Jackie Goodfellow did it quite a bit, I

[sparks]

It used to happen a lot in the 50s and 60s, seem to remember a player call Jackie Goodfellow did it quite a bit, I think the keeper had to have his feet on the ground tho!

[djw]

Well its a good point eh ? Sorry have been away to Butlins see you all at the game today !

 

DJW

[bigtw]

you been down bognor dan? not entertaining as a clown. lol

[djw]

No mate ! Done enough of that on the pitch !

[bigtw]

Just joking m8 Had to come on under new profile as they f--ked last one up as for this thread I would have never been on the pitch if I had to go off evertime I missed timed a tackle.

[djw]

lol. Were you at game today ? Whats the latest with Dan ?

[bigtw]

Yes I was at the game. Dan will get a chance soon, He's just come back from sickness and wants to gat a game in. Keeps going to play for reserves and the games get called off. Trouble is he needs the Match fitness but cant get games in. He's just getting his head down and working really hard and waiting for his chance.

 

Good thing is he wants to stay and play for Margate and I think the way his head is now he won't let anyone down.

[djw]

Good sounds like he is committed mate, hope he does it soon he is a good player.

[bigtw]

He is a totally diferent person since getting this chance m8. He really wants a crack at this and Trotty is the kind of Manager who won't settle for anything less than 100% but also recognises hard graft and commitment. Dan loves Margate FC and at present won't settle on playing for second best if he is'nt wanted after all that then who knows were he will end up.