Interesting Sporting Terms
last update: 10 July 2020
Quiz questions
Which well known English football team has the largest football pitch? Answer - Nottingham Forest with 7,455 square metres (Anfield is 6,868 square metres).
Pitch is a playing field, which usually has a regulation size defined by touchlines/sidelines, and including out of bounds.
Football rules and pitch
Football and football pitch (soccer pitch):-
As indicated, the constraints are tighter for international matches.
An addition spectator restraining line should be set at least 4.5 m (from goal line) and 6 m (from touch line).
You can often see mention of 44 yards, 22 yards, 18 yards and 12 yards, as determined by a measurement known as a "chain" (22 yards).
The penalty arc ensures that all players must be 10 yards from the penalty spot.
Defensive players must also be at least 10 yards away from free kicks and corners.
Stoke City and Wolves have the smallest pitches (6,400 square metres), and Nottingham Forest has the largest (7,455 square metres).
If your player takes a free-kick or throw-in back to the keeper and the ball ends up in the goal it doesn't count as an own goal. Instead, a corner is awarded to the opposing team.
If a keeper’s goal kick doesn’t leave the 18-yard box before it’s next touched, the kick is retaken.
Goalkeepers can only hold the ball for 6 seconds after a catch, more is considered time-wasting and can they can be booked.
If a keeper has the ball in his possession and releases it, he can’t then pick it up again before another player has touched it. If he does, an indirect free-kick is awarded to the opposing team.
A player tries to get around the back pass rule by attempting to pass the ball with another part of their body, but it’s not actually legal.
No goal if ball goes flat on way to net.
A player can still receive a yellow card for illegal celebration even if the goal is disallowed.
A player can receive a red card before the match starts, e.g. kicking a spectator.
Penalty takers in a shootout should be equal for both teams, so if a player has been sent off in one team, the other team must drop a penalty taker.
A match is eligible to start with a minimum of seven players.
This rule was made official in June 2019 and states that the attackers are not allowed within one metre from the wall when the free kick is taken
Goalkeepers are not allowed to shake the posts in penalty situations, because the rulebooks state that before a penalty is taken, the goalpost should be perfectly still.
The Panenka is a technique used while taking a penalty kick.
The Cruyff turn is an evasive dribbling move.
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