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A very common question. The "6", or goal area, is part of the penalty area and has two purposes. It denotes:

1. The area from which all goal kicks must be taken.
2. The area inside which the attacking team cannot take an indirect free kick.

If a foul resulting in an indirect free kick to the attacking team occurs inside the 6, the ball is moved to the point on the long side of the goal area (i.e. the line parallel to the goal line) nearest to where the foul occurred.

In addition to the normal fouls resulting in an indirect free kick, there are special fouls committed by the goalkeeper inside his own penalty area that give indirect free kicks to the attacking team:

1. He holds the ball for more than six seconds.
2. He touches the ball with his hands after giving it up but before another player touches it.
3. He touches the ball with his hands after receiving it from a team-mate by kick or throw-in (headers are OK).

Posted By: essexcanaryOTBC on December 30th 2012 at 00:46:25

Message Thread

The backpass rule - v simple (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Dec 30, 00:30:11
- It's all about the intention, always has been (on both counts) (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Dec 30, 00:39:20
  - and yet being hit by the ball (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Dec 30, 00:48:27
    - If deemed to be an intentional handball (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Dec 30, 00:49:38
- not for me to say (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Dec 30, 00:37:18
  - The FK can't be inside the 6-yard box if I remember correctly (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Dec 30, 00:40:02
  - I think the rule is the fk would be taken on the six-yard line. Sure I've seen one before. (NCFC) - Yellalee, Dec 30, 00:39:46
    - On this I agree with you 100% Mr Lee (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Dec 30, 00:41:09
      - I used to know the laws backwards (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Dec 30, 00:41:57
        
        "where the infringement takes place" (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Dec 30, 00:43:54
        
        Except there is some rule about free-kicks inside the 6-yard box (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Dec 30, 00:45:09
        
        wiki agrees (NCFC) - SCC 28, Dec 30, 00:48:14
        
        I said this ages ago, nice to see wiki and yahoo backing me up for once lol (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Dec 30, 00:50:14
        
        wiki has never been wrong which always helps (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Dec 30, 00:50:39
        
        And if it is, we can just edit it to say what we want, right? (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Dec 30, 00:51:58
        
        you're right. they call it the "goal-area" (n/m) (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Dec 30, 00:47:17
        
        from yahoo (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Dec 30, 00:46:25
        
        I used to be a ref, so we had to learn this sort of stuff (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Dec 30, 00:47:55
- What was he trying to do then? To me, it looks like an over-hit backpass (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Dec 30, 00:31:41
  - Looks the same to me (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Dec 30, 00:40:41

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