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