(referees should know all the answers)

January 2002 - You are the ref

1. A player throws the ball in correctly but a strong gust of wind blows it out of play before anyone gets to it. What is your decision? 
   
   
2. Instead of a spot to show the place for the ball at a penalty kick, the groundsman has put a cross. Do you accept it ? (You are satisfied that the centre of the cross is in the correct place).
   
   
3. The goalkeeper takes a short goal kick but an opponent runs into the penalty area, intercepts the ball and kicks it into the net. Do you award a goal? 
   
   
4. At half-time you are called to the home team's dressing room. You arrive in time to see one of the visiting players strike a member of the home team. How do you deal with the situation?
   
   
5. In a penalty shoot-out scores are still level when ten players from each side have had a shot. Team A has had a player sent off so do you allow another player to take the 11th kick?
   

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