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"Football Rule Debate : Just a quickie"

Can you be offside from a goal kick?

Eh...?

Blank wrote:
> I've always wondered, when the opposing team have a free kick or
> something, why the entire team don't just get behind the ball.
> Everyone would be offside. Is there some rule against that?

Isn't it obvious? Opposing players have to be 10 yards away from the ball, so when taking the free kick the ball could just be touched back by the taker for another player under ten yarda away to run onto and have a one on one chance.

I found this out on Sunday, when I was played through from a goal kick, but stopped because I knew I was behind the back line and the linesman had his flag up. The ref waved play on, and I asked him why later 'You can't be offside from a goal kick'.

Score.

But just to clear up, you can't be offside from a goal kick or a corner.

Yeah but everyone knows all of those....

You can't be offside from a throw in as well.

J-42 wrote:
> You can't be offside in yuor own half.

Your also not offside it ya pass te ball backwards, anywhere on the pitch

Foreman wrote:
> No, Sunderland did it against Middlesborugh on Sunday.

They didn't get behind the ball, they just ran forwards as the player took the free kick. Slightly different.

Blank wrote:
> I've always wondered, when the opposing team have a free kick or
> something, why the entire team don't just get behind the ball.
> Everyone would be offside. Is there some rule against that?

No, Sunderland did it against Middlesborugh on Sunday.

I wish they would scrap the offside rule with freekicks. A freekick is given so that you have an advantage of scoring. Sometimes you'll be given an indirect freekcik with you not able to score, so what advantage do you have when you have to pass it and can be offside?

You can't be offside in yuor own half.

You can't apparently.