9. Goal scored with an extra person on the field of play
The provision as it is printed, and everything on Ruleside that turns on it.
If, after a goal is scored, the referee realises, before play restarts, that an extra person was on the field of play when the goal was scored, and that person interfered with play:
the referee must allow the goal if the extra person was:
· a player, substitute, substituted player, sent-off player or team official of the team that conceded the goal
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