Leeds V Spurs

[Royal Flush]

who do you support Royal Flush?

Miami Dolphins pal

[Cf]

I got the impression with the Michalik "foul" on Defoe that it probably was a foul, but it would have been extremely harsh to give a red card for essentially just making contact with someone. There was no malicious intent to bring him down. Anywhere else on the pitch that foul gets given. I think it wasn't in this case because he was the last man and the ref would have been compelled to send him off. Had this last man = red card stuff not existed I reckon Spurs would have got the free kick.

[gatso]

Had this last man = red card stuff not existed I reckon Spurs would have got the free kick.

there is no 'last man' rule in footy. where do people get that from? I think it's something that pundits made up

[LeedsRhodesy]

Your in the tin pot cup and you lost the 1st leg,

[Acidmouse]

you can do better than that surley?

[Cf]

Had this last man = red card stuff not existed I reckon Spurs would have got the free kick.

there is no 'last man' rule in footy. where do people get that from? I think it's something that pundits made up

Yeah I'm quite sure it's not an actual rule, but I'm struggling to remember the last time I saw a foul by the last man not result in a red card.

[gatso]

that's because the rule is something like denying a scoring oppurtunity to a player moving towards goal with a foul that would normally result in a free kick and last man offences almost always fit this criteria

[LeedsRhodesy]

Its on the FA website under laws of the game


If you are the last man and stop a goal scoring chance its a red card 

[gatso]

Its on the FA website under laws of the game


If you are the last man and stop a goal scoring chance its a red card 

link? it certainly isn't a fifa rule and I doubt the fa have just made their own rules up but you never know

[LeedsRhodesy]

On my phone so can't like I can copy and paste this

 After a number of high-profile incidents, including one in the 1980 FA Cup Final, the "last man foul"—any offence that denies the attacking player an obvious scoring opportunity—the sport's governing body, the Football League, recommended that such offences would be deemed "serious foul play", and would therefore receive a red card, in order to deter offenders.

The exact punishment for a last man foul is now determined by the situation surrounding the offence. The Laws of the Game state a player who commits an offence which denies an obvious goal-scoring opportunity, should be sent off.[1] If a goal is scored despite this challenge, referees should award the goal but not send the offending player off (unless the referee deems the challenge to be worthy of a caution and that is their second in the same match).

The terminology "last man" is no longer included in the Laws of the Game as there are now situations which are sanctioned as red card offences despite there being more than one man between the player and the goal.