You can't be offside from.......

[waspish]

A GOAL KICK!

The number of people at the game yesterday in my block (102) that were slating the linesman for offside when a goal kick had been taken by Wolves was unbelievable. Im practically talking half of the block!

When i tried to tell a couple of the people around me that were shouting to the linesman, that you can't be offside from a goal kick, i got the same response from them being 'of course you can be offside from a goal kick!' and then looked at the people sat next to them bemused as though i was the idiot.

I hope fellow bluemooners who didn't know have learnt something.
Thanks
Rant over!

Well I didn't know that! They say you learn something every day!!

 

[bigmalsfedora]

correct,you can not be offside from a goal kick its been that way since offsides were introduced into the game.....check out the laws of the game,available at thefa.com

 

[mad zab]

Of course you can be offside from a goal kick.
That's why defenders push up when one is taken.

If you weren't teams would have players near the oppositions box when taken one.

 

[monkey-trousers]

correct,you can not be offside from a goal kick its been that way since offsides were introduced into the game.....check out the laws of the game,available at thefa.com

I bet Adebayor could test this theory.

 

[spendmorethanerikson]

MadZab

Please,
Please,
Please,
Please,

CHECK THE RULES!!

 

[squirtyflower]

It's never been changed, maybe you didn't know the rules.
There is no offside offence if a player receives the ball directly from:-
a goal kick
a throw-in
a corner kick

i think Dave Ewing is right
back in 'our' day you could be offside from a goal-kick, i think it changed late 80s early 90s

 

[Dubai Blue]

Of course you can be offside from a goal kick.

Trust me, you can't.

 

[conormcfc]

Of course you can be offside from a goal kick.
That's why defenders push up when one is taken.

If you weren't teams would have players near the oppositions box when taken one.

Forget the title, you CANNOT be offside from a goal kick.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGUOxzcrGAk[/youtube]

 

[quiet_riot]

Of course you can be offside from a goal kick.
That's why defenders push up when one is taken.

If you weren't teams would have players near the oppositions box when taken one.

 

[mad zab]

MadZab

Please,
Please,
Please,
Please,

CHECK THE RULES!!

That's always been the rule as far as I have known.

The old Liverpool and Arsenal teams always pushed up high at goal kicks and caught players offside.

If it isn't so why do officials still give offside?
It happened eventually in the second half yesterday.