How to play association football, etc

THE LAWS OF THE GAME
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4.—Except as otherwise provided by these Laws, a goal
shall be scored when the ball has passed between the
How a goal
goal-posts under the bar, not being thrown, knocked on,
is scored.
nor carried by any player of the attacking side. If
from any cause during the progress of the game the bar
If bar dis-
is displaced, the Referee shall have power to award a
placed.
goal if in his opinion the ball would have passed under
the bar if it had not been displaced. The ball is in play
If ball re-
bounds from
if it rebounds from a goal-post, cross-bar, or a corner
goal-posts,
flag-staff into the field of play. The ball is in play if it
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touches the Referee or a Linesman when in the field of
play. The ball is out of play when it has crossed the
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goal-line or touch-line, either on the ground or in
out of play.
the air.'
5.—When the ball is in touch, a player of the opposite side
to that which played it out shall throw it in from the point
on the touch-line where it left the field of play. The
The throw-in.
player throwing the ball must stand oil the touch-line
facing the field of play, and shall throw the ball in over his
head with both hands in any direction, and it shall be in
play
when thrown in. A goal shall not be scored from a throw-in,
and the thrower shall not again play until the ball has been
played by another player. This Law is complied with if the
player has any part of both feet on the line when he throws
the ball in.
6.—When a player plays the ball, or throws it
in
from
touch, any player of the same side who at such moment of
playing or throwing-in is nearer to his opponents' goal-
off side.
line is out of play, and may not touch the ball himself,
nor in any way whatever interfere with an opponent, or with
the play, until the ball has been again played, unless there are
at such moment of playing or throwing-in at least three of his
opponents nearer their own goal-line. A player is not out of
play in the case of a corner kick, or when the ball is kicked off
from goal, or when it has been last played by,an opponent.
i Decision of the International Board:—The whole of the ball must have
passed over the goal-line, or touch-line, before it is out of play.