The Laws of Association Football Quiz

Answer: 27" to 28"

The match ball should also be spherical, made of leather or a similar approved material, 14oz to 16oz in weight and inflated to 0.6 to 1.1 bar above atmospheric pressure (at sea level).

Answer: Send off the United captain and let a substitute take his place

The United captain is dismissed for spitting at an opponent, however, United can replace him with a named substitute as the match has not yet started. Both teams would therefore start with eleven players. United can not, however, name another player to fill the substitutes place on the bench.

Answer: Send off the United defender and re-start the game with the corner

As the ball is dead at the point of the infringement, then the defender should be dismissed from the field for violent conduct, and play restarted with a corner, as this was the correct re-start prior to the offence and cannot be changed.

Answer: No

A game must consist of two equal halves. It is important as a referee that you take into account at the start of the game, the possibility of having to reduce the duration of the match and inform the two teams of your intentions. In the above example a total time of 80 minutes was only possible, therefore two 40 minute halves should have been played.

Rather than blow full time, the referee can suspend the match and have the final 10 minutes played on another day.

Answer: Dropped ball

This rule was changed in 2019. It's a dropped ball for the goalkeeper.

The old rule -- The referee was considered part of the field of play and therefore it was treated in the same way as if the ball had deflected off a player or the goal post. As the ball touched a City player last (excluding the ref), before it left the field of play over the goal line, then the correct restart under the old rule was a goal kick to the defending team.

Answer: No

Not if he is behind or level with the ball at the moment the ball was kicked forward by the striker (centre forward). Just because the pass is a forward one, doesn't confirm that he must have been in front of the ball. A player can only be classed as in an offside position if he is nearer to his opponents' goal line than BOTH the ball and the second last opponent when the ball was last touched by the striker (when the centre forward kicked the ball).

Answer: Tripping an opponent

Just tripping an opponent in itself does not warrant a caution. Should the referee judge it to be unsporting behaviour, then a caution should be issued to the offending player, but a trip in itself is not a mandatory caution.

Answer: Indirect Free Kick

As the keeper made a save, there is no reason to take the penalty again. However, a corner should not be awarded as the attacking team had committed an infringement. The correct restart is an indirect free kick from the point where the City player entered the penalty area. If a goal is scored in these circumstances, then the penalty is re-taken.

Answer: No

As long as part of each foot is either on the touchline or on the ground outside the touchline, the throw-in is legal.

Answer: Penalty and Caution the City Defender for Unsporting Behaviour

The correct decision is definitely a penalty for handball, however, only a caution is administered as the handball did not prevent a goal scoring opportunity.