Law 12 Association football

[shez owl]

A penalty kick is awarded if a defending team player deliberately handles the ball inside his own penalty area (except for the goalkeeper within his own penalty area).

Deliberate handball means that a player intentionally moves his hand or arm towards the ball, and could have avoided touching the ball, but decided not to. It is unfairly done to prevent an opponent from gaining possession of the ball, because the perpetrator is unable to play the ball in any other way - and therefore stops or deflects the ball by the use of one, or both hands or arms, punches it, or catches it.

You can make your own minds up when you see it.

[wakefieldowl]

A penalty kick is awarded if a defending team player deliberately handles the ball inside his own penalty area (except for the goalkeeper within his own penalty area).

Deliberate handball means that a player intentionally moves his hand or arm towards the ball, and could have avoided touching the ball, but decided not to. It is unfairly done to prevent an opponent from gaining possession of the ball, because the perpetrator is unable to play the ball in any other way - and therefore stops or deflects the ball by the use of one, or both hands or arms, punches it, or catches it.

You can make your own minds up when you see it.

Sounds like the idiot at the notts co game that decided it was in the box even though he was a full 20 yards behind the incident.

Amazing eye sight these refs. They can see things that no one else can

[theowlsman]

A penalty kick is awarded if a defending team player deliberately handles the ball inside his own penalty area (except for the goalkeeper within his own penalty area).

Deliberate handball means that a player intentionally moves his hand or arm towards the ball, and could have avoided touching the ball, but decided not to. It is unfairly done to prevent an opponent from gaining possession of the ball, because the perpetrator is unable to play the ball in any other way - and therefore stops or deflects the ball by the use of one, or both hands or arms, punches it, or catches it.

You can make your own minds up when you see it.

Or, alternatively, concede that what's done is done, forget about it, find something else to do, and get a life.

[Arthur Bach]

If this was on a pig forum you'd all be laughing at it.

[scram]

Many penalty's are given when it's not deliberate handball - it's the times we're in.

I don't think it should need to be deliberate handball either tbh - it should be open to interpretation - which it appears to be and the interpretation has changed.

[Guest totemowl]

If this was on a pig forum you'd all be laughing at it.

Give over. It's not as though hysteria has set in. 6 posts and only 2 making an issue of it.

[BRUCE LEE]

cmon man gerra grip.

[Junglejay]

Appeared harsh to me (just like the one away at Orient) but it was right down the other end if the pitch, so can't be sure.

One thing I do know is that we'd have all screamed the place down if it was the other way round.

[Bluesteel]

All the op did was clarify what the exact rule was, he's hardly lost the plot!

[BIG D]

I've seen it on SKY and though harsh I'm not surprised it was given, Potters arm was not down by his side when the ball hit it.