Offside Law page 1
Magicziggy 8th January 2012, 09:47 AM This amused me.. Off the Ball (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story/_/id/1004984/off-the-ball:-kompany-lost-for-words,-ribery-to-open-shisha-bar?cc=3436) Offside rule on Olympic 50p wrong The offside rule - now there's a confusing thing. If only there was some kind of pocket-sized guide, in the form of, let's say, an everyday object that one could refer to in times of need. Well want no more! Because now there's a new football-themed 50p coin designed to ease confusion over the changeable law and commemorate the 2012 Olympics. Unfortunately, some boffins from the murky realm of refereeing have pointed out that the helpful coins, half a million of which are now in circulation, have actually got the law wrong and are based on an old version of the rule. The coin depicts a midfielder about to pass to one of two team-mates, with the first player, marked as offside, and the second, level with the defender, not offside. But ...