How to play association football, etc

THE OFF-SIDE RULE
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Rule 6 is as. follows:—" 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-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."
It follows that a player is
not
off-side—
(a) if he was behind the ball (that is, nearer his own
goal-line than the ball) when it was last played;
(b) if he had at least three opponents nearer their own
goal-line when the ball was last played.
(c) in the case of a corner-kick;
(d) when the ball is kicked off from goal;
(e) when the ball has been last played by an opponent.