It's common knowledge the ref or the lino if not busy can take it.
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See what you make of this….
According to the Laws, who actually takes a throw-in? For every other restart the Laws prescribe who can take it. But for the Throw-In Law it doesn’t.
Now we all “know” a player from the opposing team takes the throw-in, the Laws say it goes to that team. But, according to the Laws am I right to interpret it that anyone can actually take the throw-in? A passer-by, the ball-boy, the manager…… the Laws don’t day otherwise.
https://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/lawsandrules/laws/football-11-11/law-15---the-throw-in
It's common knowledge the ref or the lino if not busy can take it.
Wouldn’t that give the team in possession a one man advantage (vs taking it themselves), if they got someone else to take it?
If someone from the crowd takes it, as soon as he steps on the field of play that would be a pitch invasion and he would be arrested, ejected and banned for life, plus the home team would be heavily fined. Hardly seems worth it really
Did you know that a penalty is taken an inch further away from the goal in metric countries?
(i.e. at 11 metres).
You do not have to enter the field of play to complete a throw-in. That’s the idosyncracy here. The Laws state who takes the other restarts, but not this one.
So according to the Laws you could get away with a 12th person taking the throw-in and all other players being on the pitch.
Some players have no clue how to take a throw in correctly or, more likely, the officials seem to let it slide. Alexander-Arnold took a few shockers in the Cup Final, not a word said.
Interesting spot, but I bet no-one has tried it.
Is there anything in the rule book preventing a player from being lifted up or supported (à la standing on the shoulders) by another?