6.

The Equipment
 All players are required to wear a jersey shorts. Shin guard socks and cleats. The socks must
cover the shin guard entirely.
 If the referee deems a player’s equipment unsatisfactory, the player can be sent off until the
issue is remedied.
 The goal keeper is also permitted gloves and different colored jersey for identification purpose.

7. Referee
 The referee adjudicates the match in collaboration with two lines men (properly referred to as
referee’s assistance’s) and a fourth official, situated on the touch line, if necessary.
 The referee’s tasks include in acting as a time keeper (although with advice on the amount of
“injury time” to be added on to the 45 minutes each half to compensator for injuries and other
stoppages) awarding free kicks and penalties and generally dealing with anything requiring a
ruling.

8, Assistant Referees
 Follow play from their respective touch lines and help to decide on throw-ins, corner kicks and
goal kicks along with off side decision (Although naturally the referee has the final say). Can also
draw the referee attention and advise on or alert him/her to any on field activity which can
influence all manner of decisions.

9. Duration of Matches
 The match officially lasts 90 minutes. Split in to two 45 minutes halves with a half-time interval
of no longer than 15 minutes.
 In the knock-out stages of competition. Extra-time is used if there is no winner after 90 minute.
This extra period is 30 minutes. Split in two 15 minute halves if extra time does not find a winner,
and then a penalty shoot-out takes place.
 Where 5 players from each team are selected and alternate shots on goal from the penalty spot
against the opposition goal keeper.
 In that instance, the team with the most successful penalties is declared the winner. It they are still
tied then they will more on to sudden-death penalties. Where each team will take one penalty
until one the sides has scored move than the other after the side aments of spot kicks.

10. Start and Restart of play

 A coin toss takes place just before the game starts. The winner of which will get the choice of
choosing which end to attack or whether to kick-off. Should they choose to kick-off then the outer
captain will be allowed elect which end to attack in the first half.
 Should the winner decide to choose which end to attack then the loser can choose whether to kick-
off in the first or second half? The kick-off is also used after a goal has been scored, the task be
falling the team who has conceded, and for both halves of extra time. At the kick-off player from
 each side must all be in their half of the field. The actual kick-off takes place on the center spot in
the centre circle. The player who kicks-off can’t touch it again until an other player has made
contact.

11. Scoring
 A team can only score, if the whole ball crosses the goal line between the goal posts. The winner
is the team who scores more goals, except in a competition where the away goals rule applies.
The away goal rule is that, if a team scores a goal away from their home stadium. The goal counts
extra.

12. Off Sides

 The perennial problem for new comers to foot ball understands the offside rule. This is made
some what harder by the fact position, and committing an offside offense.
 To be in an offside position is to be closer to the opponent’s goal than the last opposition goal