The offside rule ….Frannie

[TG]

A player is in an offside position if:
• he is nearer to his opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the
second-last opponent


A player is not in an offside position if:
• he is in his own half of the field of play or
• he is level with the second-last opponent or
• he is level with the last two opponents

Frannie was at the worst level with the last two opponents irrespective if one of the opposing players momentum took him over the line.

My observations tell me Frannie was marginally further from the opponents goal line than the last two defenders.

What in my opinion compounded the situation was the referee not having the balls to over rule the linesman.

Never in a million years should he have disallowed that goal. 

COYS 

[Sennockian69]

Mr Spain chose the easy option.

[Tstone]

..and it is when the ball is played not when the player receives it, which seems to be the case half the time. However in the defence of the linesmen (some of the time)they can't have their eyes on both the forward and the passer at the exact instant the ball is played - they have to make a judgement call. So much easier to see the action in the main stand.

[ontheup]

Sept 19, 2014 14:57:58 GMT TG said:

A player is in an offside position if:
• he is nearer to his opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the
second-last opponent


A player is not in an offside position if:
• he is in his own half of the field of play or
• he is level with the second-last opponent or
• he is level with the last two opponents

Frannie was at the worst level with the last two opponents irrespective if one of the opposing players momentum took him over the line.

My observations tell me Frannie was marginally further from the opponents goal line than the last two defenders.

What in my opinion compounded the situation was the referee not having the balls to over rule the linesman.

Never in a million years should he have disallowed that goal. 

COYS 

You think he was level with their no 9 when the ball was headed forward (the ball has to go forward for offside to come into play)?