Anyone know the correct answer to this pub quiz question?

9. In football, imagine the playing conditions are blustery and the goalkeeper takes a goal kick. The ball is blown backwards past the keeper and into his own net. What is the correct referee decision?

Posted By: tudders on August 5th 2009 at 13:22:04

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Anyone know the correct answer to this pub quiz question? (Other Football) - tudders, Aug 5, 13:22:04
- It was bugging me so much I've been reading the rules and this is how it goes: (Other Football) - cookpassbabtridge, Aug 5, 14:39:08
  - Except where it went out of the penalty area before being blown back in. (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 5, 14:53:29
    - except for infringing the law: (Other Football) - cookpassbabtridge, Aug 5, 14:57:08
      - That the ball went into the net doesn't infringe the law, IIRC. (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 5, 15:01:01
  - been meaning to askou, cookpassbabtridge (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 5, 14:51:22
    - Hmm yes that is hilarious. (Other Football) - cookpassbabtridge, Aug 5, 14:59:57
- The beach ball is replaced with a proper football. (n/m) (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Aug 5, 14:04:26
  - Players taken off. (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 5, 14:05:53
- The ref sends off the keeper for being such a gayer. (n/m) (Other Football) - shoddy, Aug 5, 13:57:22
- Somebody quips ' Who farted?' and a slight chuckle rings around the ground (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, Aug 5, 13:54:14
- Delia shouts "tea's ready" and the referee goes "next goal wins" (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Aug 5, 13:51:31
- Corner (Other Football) - caley canary, Aug 5, 13:45:04
  - You can score from the kick-off. (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 5, 14:13:05
    - .............. (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 5, 14:14:40
      - Did my refereeing exams years ago. (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 5, 14:17:24
        
        I've secretly always kind of wanted to be a ref (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 5, 14:20:31
        
        ^^^^ secretly wants to wear a black (leather or PVC) uniform and rule the world (n/m) (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Aug 5, 14:42:15
        
        Well..... (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 5, 14:26:55
        
        sure. But some of those apply as much to anyone else as to you (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 5, 14:35:32
        
        I've reffed a couple of times for juniors.. (Other Football) - Small, Aug 5, 14:43:57
- The ball is replaced with an apple (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Aug 5, 13:44:16
  - and that's when the crowd realise (Other Football) - pants, Aug 5, 13:50:48
    - Smaller net holes for a start (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Aug 5, 13:52:19
- own goal. (n/m) (Other Football) - conkers, Aug 5, 13:40:07
- Somebody on here claims they predicted it would happen (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, Aug 5, 13:38:11
  - haha (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Aug 5, 13:55:40
  - ha ha. SCC would claim he'd bet against it, but then brilliantly laid at the last minute. (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 5, 13:55:21
    - in english? (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 5, 14:00:58
      - What other languages do you post in? (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Aug 5, 14:02:34
        
        none (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 5, 14:08:31
        
        In English then (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Aug 5, 14:12:34
  - lol (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Aug 5, 13:39:47
- It's impossible to answer as critical information is missing (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Aug 5, 13:36:51
- Selwyn goose steps out of carrow road (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Aug 5, 13:36:48
- everybody piles into the bar to celebrate witnessing a freak event. (n/m) (Other Football) - lovely old job, Aug 5, 13:34:20
- Re-take the goal kick (Other Football) - cookpassbabtridge, Aug 5, 13:28:56
  - You can score from a goal kick. (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 5, 14:06:57
- says in the rules, another goal kick, as the ball has to pass the area 1st (Other Football) - pants, Aug 5, 13:27:59
- If ball didn't leave box, (Other Football) - Ipswichnil, Aug 5, 13:26:00
  - Is spot on. (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 5, 14:02:09
    - Combined with (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 5, 14:05:15
  - That was the answer I was given, but wasn't sure at all. (Other Football) - tudders, Aug 5, 13:39:56
  - ^^^I think he's right. I vaguely recall reading that somewhere. I think. ^^^^ (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 5, 13:32:21
  - ^^^ that's it, it's a corner (probably with the bit about leaving the box too) (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 5, 13:28:49
- a re-take, or maybe an indirect free-kick (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 5, 13:25:14
- pelanty (n/m) (Other Football) - malkybarkid, Aug 5, 13:25:09
  - lol (n/m) (Other Football) - Small, Aug 5, 13:53:19
- I would've thought an own goal (n/m) (Other Football) - samcd84, Aug 5, 13:24:34
- I guess it's an oggy. (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Aug 5, 13:23:31

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