Official Stoke v West Ham Thread

[SepticHammer]

[quote="Dailly___7"

Surely the leading Sports News channel couldn't be wrong about it?

So I looked up the rule.

Apparently, the basic offside rule is that you have to be in front of or level with at least TWO players from the opposing team when you receive the ball. We only think of it as needing to be in front of one defender as we don't think of the goalkeeper (who is usually on his line) as a defender.

Nolan was only level with one defender, and therefore offside.[/quote]

Thanks for that, I missed that part looking at the replay and had the volume off ( Trevor Francis!!). it was still a fackin penalty tho!

[jon15u]

Thanks for that, I missed that part looking at the replay and had the volume off ( Trevor Francis!!). it was still a fackin penalty tho!

thats what i said, hence the goalkeeper reference.