a defender is automatically assumed to be active but a forward has to be interfering with play (which a player off the pitch clearly isn't) to be active in offiside terms.
Or at least it is now. Might not have been the case back then...
Might just have been a cock-up by the officials.
Posted By: mr carra, Jun 10, 11:06:12
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