kiam06 said:
Thinking about it I still think I was right, the referee in the OP was correct. The player was still offside as he was gaining an unfair advantage by being ahead of the last defenders even though he was behind the ball, think thats case settled lads.
I give up!!!
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/federation/81/42/36/lawsofthegameen.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affeder ... gameen.pdf</a>
Section 11, page 31:
A player is in an offside position if:
• he is nearer to his opponents’ goal line than
BOTH the ball and the
second-last opponent
So, if he's behind - or level with - the ball he is ONSIDE regardless of the position of the 2nd last opponent.