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The Fourth Official 11/10/2011

Steven of Sydney , NsW Australia asks...

Is they Fourth Official now allowed to assistant the referee with any missed infringement of the laws of the game ?...

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The Fourth Official 9/21/2011

Nazeer of Singapore, Singapore Singapore asks...

Is their a specific distance between the 4th Official dugout and the teams Technical Area?...

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The Fourth Official 10/11/2010

Naseem Uddin of Sargodha, Punjab pakistan asks...

Can 4th official sit or take chair during whole of 90-minutes of play and he has to perform duty by standing ?...

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The Fourth Official 4/24/2008

Avery Haskell of Overland Park, KS USA asks...

Is the 4th Official allowed to sit in a chair, perhaps a black foldable stool? I imagine 90 minutes of standing wouldnt feel great....

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The Fourth Official 3/31/2008

jon b of oakton, va us asks...

I watch EPL, what's the job of the fourth ref in the stands?

Why don't high school soccer games in the USA have a 4th ref?...

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The Fourth Official 12/3/2007

Melvin Hagerman of Colorado Springs, Colorado U.S.A. asks...

Time out, Mr. Fleischer: I am asking as a soccer FAN, not as the fourth official. Too many times, when I watch matches on TV, the graphics showing who is in and who went off do NOT come up for subs; all we see is the fourth holding up the sign (whi...

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The Fourth Official

John of Glasgow, Ubkted Kngdom asks...

Hi..I watched a football match on television at the weekend and one of the managers was asked why he made a half-time substitution and he replied " The fourth official gave me the nod and told me that as he had been booked and had commited another co...

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The Fourth Official 10/12/2002

Marc Watson of Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK asks...

I was a reserve official in this match...About half way through the first half, a yellow midfield player stopped right in front of the centre referee, whom was a friend of mine called Tracy Thompson. He knew she was close by and stopped just before s...

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The Fourth Official

Dan of Indianapolis, IN USA asks...

Mr. Ref,..I have noticed that in a few MLS matches, the fourth official uses two sets of substitution signs (one is red for the outgoing player, the other green for the incoming). I was wondering if you could point me in the right direction on where...

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The Fourth Official

Bill Rawlings of London, UK asks...

In a penalty shootout where one team has had a player sent off during the game, what happens after 10 penalties each have been taken and the scores are still level? Can the team with only 10 men continue to take their penalties starting with the firs...

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