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Team A is awarded a Direct Free Kick (DFK) from outside their penalty area. A Team A player takes the kick but it goes straight in his own net. What is the resulting restart?

-- Anonymous, March 31, 2002

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-- Anonymous, March 31, 2002

I would imagine the restart would be delayed for some considerable time to allow the colleagues of the Team A player to beat him to a pulp for being so bliddy stupid.

-- Anonymous, March 31, 2002

The goal should stand.

-- Anonymous, March 31, 2002

They wouldn't if they knew the rules.

-- Anonymous, March 31, 2002

Try again Jim.

-- Anonymous, March 31, 2002

Corner.

-- Anonymous, March 31, 2002

What do you mean by "resulting Restart?"

Just the result?

Like does the goal stand etc.. or something else.

-- Anonymous, March 31, 2002

jonno's got it.

Jammy sod, I thought it would take a bit longer to guess.

What a stupid rule though, I see no reason why it shouldn't be an own goal.

-- Anonymous, March 31, 2002

It should be an own goal for sheer stupidity and/or incompetence. ;-)

-- Anonymous, March 31, 2002

Yep - corner - the rules (from memory) say something like - Direct Freekick - a goal can be scored against the opposition. I did my refs course in 1978 and the 1st class (1st Div - John Hough) ref who took it didn't spot this until we highlighted it on the course.

I think it has actually happened - in the days of back passes a free kick back to the keeper went in the net when he missed it.

-- Anonymous, March 31, 2002

Yes... a good one that!

there was a case (from the Conference I believe) a couple of years back where a player chipped the ball back to his own keeper... but well wide of him. The keeper sprawled across his box and got his fingertips to it but failed to keep it out. GOAL! Silly begger should have left it but instinct took over.

-- Anonymous, March 31, 2002

April Fool?

-- Anonymous, April 01, 2002

No April fool, just a stupid rule!

-- Anonymous, April 01, 2002