Law 9: The Ball in and out of Play
The 10 provisions of this law that Ruleside argues from, in the order they are printed. Each one has its own address and lists every verdict, incident and rules page that turns on it.
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1. Ball out of play
- it has wholly passed over the goal line or touchline on the ground or in the airp101 · 13
- play has been stopped by the refereep101 · 2
- it touches a match official, remains on the field of play and:p101 · 5
- a team starts a promising attack orp101 · 3
- the ball goes directly into the goal orp101 · 3
- the team in possession of the ball changesp101 · 3
2. Ball in play
- The ball is in play at all other times when it touches a match official and when it rebounds off a goalpost, crossbar or corner flagpost and remains on the field of play.p101 · cited by 5 pages
- If, without intending to interfere with play unfairly, a team official, substitute, substituted or sent-off player or player who is temporarily off the field of play (injury, adjusting equipment etc.) touches the ball while it is still in play but when it is clearly leaving the field of play, this is penalised with an indirect free kick; there is no sanction.p101 · cited by 3 pages
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