Gary Fixter

FIFA Rules

FIFA rules state that the ball is in play when it leaves the field and crosses the goal line or touchline completely on the ground or in the air, unless the referee stops the game.

Gary Fixter There is no difference between the official rules of football and FIFA rules for football, which state that a ball cannot be brought back into play after it has left the field or the touchline of a football match, whether it crosses or not.

The ball is out of play when the umpires stop the play, whether they cross the line or whether it stays on or off the field.
    
The correct way to look at football rules is that a player cannot handle the ball and there is no contact that could benefit the player. If a team has a shot on goal, the opponent must retreat into their own half before the goal is scored.

An offside offence is when a ball is picked up by another player directly from a shot on goal. At Hawthorne School we enforce the offside rule, but there are other rules for players who could benefit from contact, such as players on the ground.

    
Gary Fixter The official football code states that a goal is scored when the entire circumference of the ball crosses the goal line. The Dublin Football Club says: "A goal can only be scored in a football match if a ball crosses the goal line completely."

A pass game is a game in which a goal can be scored, provided that the team that scored it has not previously committed any violation of the rules of the game. In other words, if the ball has completely crossed the "goal line," as mentioned above, then no goal has been scored.  
    
The official football rules are published by FIFA and revised annually. They are called "laws of the game" and can be called "simplified" or "football rules," and they are made available to all players, coaches, referees, officials, players and spectators alike.

Gary Fixter To keep the game clean and organised for everyone, football's rules and regulations are enforced. Breaching those rules will be punished and football's rules will be kept clean, but they are only a small part of a wider set of rules for other sports.