10 football rules you DIDN'T KNOW existed!

10 rare football rules you didn't know existed - these are some of the most rare rules in football most people don't know about! In this video we make a TOP 10 list of football rules most football players and fans don't know about. Recently, because of VAR, football fans around the world have been discussing the rules and laws of the game every single weekend - and in this video you will learn new rules you probably have never heard of before, even though they do exist! Make sure to watch the full TOP 10 list now to find out the 10 most rare football rules you didn't know existed!
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[@unisport]

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[@arafad1097]

Catas I notice that I didn't see him

[@arafad1097]

Sorry I said it rong

[@mariaalejandrarodriguezgom1231]

3 respond

[@bibulouskuol3797]

@@arafad1097 nnnn. Zc. R3ioiiiiii88iio

[@DJNP577]

Fuck this rules

[@alonsobruni8131]

I knew the "you have to have at least 7 player" rule from Fifa. Yes, I tackle hard

[@jameslaverick2150]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3ucmnyKgs90d7s

[@theunknown2257]

Dls

[@sandrup4279]

Me too😂

[@scottl.1568]

I don't know you, but I know we're spiritually related somehow...

[@africanlyricsworld8208]

@@scottl.1568 😂 😂 😂

[@akriti-drawingsandplants3063]

Number 10: Goalkeeper should not hold the ball for more than 6 seconds Fifa taught me that

[@MrGinja123]

Not that it matters in fifa

[@valorion1188]

@@MrGinja123 it was a joke man stfu

[@tixidk2nd86]

It’s 12

[@amandabradley2488]

@@tixidk2nd86 it's not

[@CancelPanyEditz]

@@amandabradley2488 ITS UNTILL THE ****** ref comes and gives a red card😅😂😂😂😂

[@AzakielRuns]

The GK's hold the ball for more than 6 seconds in almost every game, but I rarely see the opposite team get an indirect freekick because of it.

[@HolyNEvil666]

because noone cares about that rule. and it's so disappointing.

[@patrickmccutcheon9361]

Saw it happen to an Italian goalkeeper in I think the 1996 Euros.

[@damyr]

I really doubt it's so often like you say. As I have a mild OCD regarding particular things, every match I watch, whether on TV or live, I start counting seconds (in my mind) whenever I see a goalie holding the ball. It's just a thing I do. LOL Sometimes it happens they're holding it maybe 6-7 seconds, but very rarely. Few times I saw they overdid it, by few seconds more, the ref was pretty quick to judge an indirect kick. And those few times I saw that happened was in the first few years since the rule was introduced. I think goalies today are pretty aware of that rule and they don't want to risk it.

[@damyr]

@Inigo Montoya Nope. Definitely not when they're holding the ball in their hands and the play is still on. Yellow card happens only when they're reluctant to return the ball into the play during a goal kick, or during a throw-in.

[@pulguinha682]

I think I have seen it happen, but the keeper had the ball for almost a minute before that

[@AnonymousLurker]

3:26 i tried that in fifa because i was bored. 5 of my players had red cards and the game ended automatically. They gave me a message saying your team forfeited due to lack of players. It was wild!

[@um.itsmaka9982]

How was a game of fifa against a bot doing something everyone has done before wild

[@AnonymousLurker]

@@um.itsmaka9982 stop hatin man if you have negativity towards me go take it somewhere else.

[@robinmank3158]

You also have a mode in fifa (kick-off) that you can play 'without rules', so you can tackle as much as you like! No cards given, whatsoever! It's basically a fight with a ball on a field instead of a football match 🤣

[@rockwild737]

Wow. So wild. So wow. Wild.

[@AnonymousLurker]

@@rockwild737 I know right so wild I f**ked your mom

[@justinfernandes5017]

Who knows about the six second rule from FIFA ?

[@altamash8248]

?

[@sabasozashvili6494]

Justin Fernandes i know it from pes😂😂

[@giacomoread6323]

lol the bomb looking thing

[@oxygenroland9762]

Me

[@cristinaarnold700]

Me lol

[@dannywolf8100]

every sunday league player knows the 7 player rule... we had some close calls in the past xD

[@nightfury8440]

Fooking Lenny, always 15 minutes late.

[@frederickedeh8664]

No one ever shows up early

[@reshad3290]

Danny Wolf we lose 5-4 with 7 vs 11 it was the highest Amateur league in my state

[@dannywolf8100]

@@reshad3290 thats a close one as well!

[@reshad3290]

Danny Wolf i retired 2years now

[@Captain_Mckeggor]

Here's one I learned in the 2022 Qatar world cup tournament : a coach can also get a red card and has to sit with the audience in the next match as was the case with the south korean coach.

[@priyaagrahari5330]

Why was the korean coach given a red card?

[@sylvesterlalzahawma5983]

"You can start the game with 7 players". Tell this to Fifa career mode

[@darylthomas7317]

I think everyone knows the 6 second rule because of fifa.

[@TheHitman999]

haha right 😂😂

[@unknown11215]

🤣🤣👍

[@masroorahmadbani1712]

Right

[@Hoop-dd4im]

Yep

[@adam_playz4960]

😅Yup Although the keepers hold it for longer, if it forces me to kick it I give it to my Centre backs and flick it up and head it back to my keeper😅

[@Zikooo29]

Unwritten rule: the two best could never EVER be in the same team.

[@balwan4679]

Oh My Goal posted a video about Messi in Juventus and then deleted it

[@ElyriNL]

Donermeneer je naam is nice

[@Zikooo29]

@@ElyriNL ja toch

[@haydarmat]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lavXlnhnns2UfJY

[@siyabongasayi7570]

😆😆😆

[@enchyxxx]

Recently there was a match somewhere in South America (can't remember the exact country, sorry, if anyone can be bothered to look it up feel free to do so) where a team actually started the match with 7 players because everyone else had the coronavirus. They had to forfeit the match in the 2nd half, when they were losing 3-0 (pretty good result when you're playing 11 vs 7), because one of those 7 got injured and couldn't continue. EDIT: I just checked and it happened at least twice. Once in Colombia, which is the match I was talking about, and once in Bolivia!

[@fellipe.lima02]

river plate had something like this during a Copa Libertadores group stage match the gk was Enzo Perez, he's actually a CM

[@trenkys9327]

In sunday leagues it's more common then you'd think. Best reason I was given was that the guys had a party and overslept. Funniest thing about this rule is that the 4 other players can join at any break in the game, if they are listed as startets before the match

[@Cryolemon]

@@trenkys9327 There was a sunday league game in my home town where a team started with 7 players because some of them thought the game had been postponed due to weather. They managed to get that up to 9 by half time. They still lost 25-0

[@trenkys9327]

@@Cryolemon sunday league is not about winning...it's about playing hard enough to make you thirsty for a pint after the game 🤷‍♂️

[@melonyfbb]

two of the seven players were goalies

[@Filsantos86]

There was a match in Brazilian second division between Gremio and Nautico, in 2005, where four players of Gremio where sent off during the match, so commentators started to explain that if one more player of the team was sent off, the match would have ended. Curiously, Gremio won that match by 1x0, and they scored when the four players were already sent out.

[@AmirBrooks]

There's also the infamous Battle of Bramall Lane where the home team (Sheffield United) had 3 players sent off and then had 2 players injured but they couldn't replace them as they had already used all their substitutes. This meant they ended up with 6 players on the pitch and the ref had to abandon the game. The away team (West Brom) were leading 3-0 at the time, and the league allowed the result to stand.

[@AbhisarRawat]

You forgot the most important! You are more important than anyone if you have brought football!!

[@ayeTobi]

Lmfao

[@justinndamuka6740]

Lol and you don't get subbed...

[@dramirhussainsb986]

Rofl.. 😆😆

[@blackhokage1744]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@friedmiracle9960]

And you decise when the game ends😂

[@Mission_Hope]

If the football is yours, you are the rule (Childhood rules)

[@gamerboyss5310]

you make the rules

[@aimanharith1248]

😂😂🤣

[@cartercartwright6849]

It was the worst feeling when when you brought a football but someone else also did and they say the other kid’s football was better

[@chriscurtain1816]

Jumpers for goalposts.

[@Mariusss100.]

if you are fat you are the goalkeeper

[@Trev359]

Most of these we've know for years. I remember when the six second rule for goalkeepers was brought in. It was widely talked about at the time. Before that goalkeepers could hold onto the ball as long as they liked but could only take four steps. Because they delayed so long the six second rule was brought in and the four steps rule was removed. I remember because I was a goalkeeper at the time.

[@helvete983]

I remember there was a bit of a fuss when it was introduced, and recall seeing Neville Southall punished for breaking it playing for Everton against Leeds at Elland Road.

[@johnjim6793]

The rule was applied during the Euro 1988 opener, as I recall, when Germany scored from a free kick that was given because the Italian goalkeeper held the ball too long.

[@TheBazino]

Yeah the 6 second rule is - unfortunately - almost never enforced. That would totally change the game.

[@ribbonsofnight]

On the other hand have you ever seen it get far beyond 6 seconds since that rule. It has definitely reduced the amount of time goalkeepers retain possession. A time limit for goal kicks would be a much higher priority.

[@seif136]

One more rule: you must wear shinpads during the match

[@j7sportvideo24]

kroos wasn't wearing any vs sweden in world cup wasn't he?

[@maartenclercx4720]

@@j7sportvideo24 small ones, high up his shin. They served no other function then following this rule.

[@bodyer2120]

Jack Grealish of Aston Villa never wears shinpads.

[@seif136]

@@bodyer2120 he does but the smallest posible

[@lewisbeattie2533]

Yep. It doesn't specify material, size or anything else. So there's a famous incident where a Scotland player(Ian Durrant) did not expect to be called off the bench, so he hadn't prepared his shin pads. Well, he got game time and needed them so he grabbed 2 Mars Bars and put them in his socks. Totally legal and within the rules. So for players like Kroos with "no shin pads", they just wear a very small thin piece of material under some tape and call that their shin guard. In all practical sense it isn't a shin guard but according to the rules, it counts.

[@0ookii0]

This is a rule that 99.99% of players don't know: You can't fake an injury to get a free kick.

[@DogeSargeant]

"No shut up, you can't stop me from faking my injury" -Football players, probably

[@finnxc8055]

@@DogeSargeant neymar lol

[@nataliamemo6190]

#neymarfails

[@HolyNEvil666]

It used to be a yellow card... sad to see everyone fakes it nowadays. so disappointing to see them fall because another player breathed in their direction.

[@chriscurtain1816]

Player feels a brush of the arm. Goes down holding his face.

[@dmitriym1153]

Even some pro players forget this rule. When you doing a penalty kick, after you kick the ball you are not allowed to touch the ball again before other player touch it. So if you hit the post from a penalty kick and GK didnt touch it and ball bounce back to you, you are not allowed to touch the ball and score.

[@juliohernanz5871]

Exactly. This is because a penalty is, technically, a free kick and follow the same rules.

[@SangerZonvolt]

Another one for penalties: You arent required to shoot at the goal, only to kick the ball forward. You can technically kick the ball forward 1 meter and someone else coming in from behind can shoot now. Of course this is risky, usually not worth it and rarely used, but there have been examples of this strat being used in pro plays.

[@helvete983]

I don't think they forget the rule I think it's a split second reaction.

[@stylishlyheartless979]

As a ref there weren’t any i didn’t know, but it was interesting, especially getting a refresher for some of the FIFA rules since a lot of them aren’t used in local and state comps that I’m usually involved with. But it was a good video and nice and informative all the same.

[@jaroncadogan4950]

funny how neymar immediatly gets up when he realizes the red card is given 2:02

[@curiouscat9]

It's not even funny, it's a regular occurrence in football. Such cheats should be banned for at least a couple of games, otherwise this farce will never stop.

[@darylthomas7317]

That was a tackle the defender missed, didnt get the ball was too slow, tripped neymar in a goalscoring position. Is he supposed to stay dead? Its abt who gets to the ball first, if he had gotten the ball even if neymar rolled over 50 times he wouldnt get the foul. Stop bitching

[@honsou1978dk]

Unfortunately that's how football have developed because of the insane amounts of money involved: players act like they've been SHOT even when they are barely touched. It's sad.

[@davidjr4903]

divemar

[@Alex-qd7ly]

Cuz he’s a big faker

[@alessandroalbani8793]

im italian and i remember that in the italian minor championship a team named PRO PIACENZA didn’t have money to pay their players, so the players stopped to play for them and they couldn’t play for 3 or 4 games and they had to forfeit all of them. then it was decided that if they missed another match they would have been automatically relegated. And to do not relegate they played with only 7 players, and the players were the sports massagers, the coach and some unknown persons who they paid to play that match😂

[@nimascolari1508]

I remember this.

[@antoooa8664]

😁😁

[@Plectognath]

That’s awesome.

[@revonfyll]

Arent you supposed to have an official license of some sort to be able to play a game? Can a team just assign random unregistered people to play a match?

[@Plectognath]

@@revonfyll According to the laws that the referee is under, all he needs is a roster, and a minimum of 7? players to start a match at any level. I believe the team has two hours before kick off to submit the roster. Now in this case there may have been some sort of insurance thing so they chose to use their own employees as opposed to selecting amateur players.

[@thefoe76]

Strange rule: player has no obligation to be substituted. Player can ignore couch in this matter!

[@damagon123]

Until the wife gets upset at night then he must face the couch.

[@monarkal2924]

This is kepa’s favorite rule

[@flparcj]

Look for Santos x Santo Andre, final match of Sao Paulo State League in 2010. Santos' player Paulo Henrique Ganso refused to be substituted, and just stayed on field. He ended up as the hero of the team in that game.

[@thedictationofallah]

kepa did that

[@smallworld707]

I don't have a couch so the joke's on you...

[@nepsu4775]

I’ve actually played in a match with the other team only having 7 players. It was the last game of the season and we won like 14-0 or something and went from 2nd place to 1st place.

[@user-rc6uq4jb3j]

Win trade?

[@trenkys9327]

I was officiating a U17 match where the visitors arrived with just 7 guys because of 'rona. They lost their previous 2 with a score of 14:0 and 12:0, home team let them borrow 4 of their guys so we could play 11v11, ended up beeing a really nice game, home won 6:1 😂

[@christopherborum6551]

I coached my son's team last year and we played a few with 9 and 8, but never 7. We had to be careful, though!

[@chrisnoskillsexperienceday9421]

Rule 1: a player must put his foot on the ball and say “dead ball” when a car comes up the street

[@pizzariya544]

Mayda Streiff maybe it was meant to be tackling

[@zakyalfarel4004]

Accidently got flashback lolz

[@seanmacguire.]

Where I'm from we just yell out car

[@jacobzosangliana8443]

Rule 2: If a team gets 3 consecutive corner kicks and concede another fourth, it becomes a penalty kick.

[@jackkenefick2696]

hold ball

[@mandilakhemfoboza9432]

In addition to 10 Rules: A player has to change a TORN or BLOODY jersey during the game.

[@noodlesthe1st]

also bleeding must stop before the player can continue. Have had this apply in one or two games.

[@akewlen2888]

I remember the game that gave us that rule. Sweden v England WC qualifier 89. Terry Butcher (suiting name), split his head open, got patched up a bit and kept playing. His shirt was more red than white after the game. Also remember refs made us tuck our shirts in , when I played as a kid.

[@Networth99]

This is an obvious rule. This episode covers rules you never knew existed

[@footyfan569]

Who didn’t know that

[@presentationclass6414]

This is one rule for you because you obviously don't know the game well enough: They aren't faking injury; they're making sur the ref sees they've been fouled. And of course, some will pretend they're fouled when they aren't.

[@davidnelson158]

Yellow card for removing shirt is due to sponsors getting upset players were taking off the shirts when they are likely to get the most tv coverage (straight after a goal).

[@HeiBwitch]

Is that so ? :o I always thought it was about some decency or so...

[@garethcrandon2312]

@@HeiBwitch it is. David just made it up for attention!

[@serathaevistille995]

If that's true then I think it's even dumber than I already thought it was.

[@Life-Sky]

@@serathaevistille995 Players would sometimes use different shirt under with messages or just do innapropriate celebrations without the shirt, I think it's a good rule.

[@brisden]

Denny, I was told it was so the player could be identified by number. When you see the entire team take off their shirts this is a prelude to an all-in brawl!

[@noblezarkon]

Refereeing a junior match I sent off one of the captains for an obscene gesture at the coin toss!! In that circumstance he can be replaced by a substitute.

[@allenescalante2858]

Only Sunday league players know about the 7 player rule😂😂😂😂

[@romiarkan450]

@ZorX 07 Basically if your team don't have a minimum of 7 players on the pitch during the match, you will be declared forfeit. Final score is 3-0 to the winning team.

[@Miraj1006]

@ZorX 07 did u watch the video?

[@avalentin763]

That reminds me my High school team 😂

[@Jivvi]

@@romiarkan450 in FIFA if you get five red cards you lose 2-0.

[@bokicinosmeh]

I've been knowing that the That

[@ali12dbz]

another RULE ; ZLATAN DOESN'T FOLLOW RULES , Rules follow ZLATAN

[@unisport]

*Facts!*

[@hello4280]

😂😂

[@CancelPanyEditz]

Zidan Lmfao

[@CancelPanyEditz]

Now, real madrid folo0ws him. Hes real madrids Manager now

[@setxxet]

No, they dont

[@TheBoxingGuru0o0]

Love ur vids 🔥🔥

[@codingisinteresting6961]

"You can be stopped from playing even before the match starts if you behave like a complete fool." This got me alright.

[@stonebanks6521]

3:04 this actually happened to my opponents's team once

[@unisport]

Crazy! Never experienced that in my career, haha.

[@coleashby2465]

This happened to our social team twice last season🤦🏼‍♂️

[@toapologise825]

Happened to me as well, as it was a 7vs7 game 😁

[@Ialoveslr]

Happens all the time on Sunday league here in the usa

[@sotiris9874]

@@toapologise825 Haha u are very funny 🤦‍♂️ *not*

[@Ixvybobo]

Weird rule: You can’t place 1 hand behind the ball with a throw in, but the referee isn’t allowed to disapprove it.

[@brandonmcandrew4859]

@Robert Owen Nope that is a rule most refs at most age groups will let it slide though

[@Erri_17]

@Robert Owen Also both foot should be on ground, meaning you can't jump while giving a throw-in.

[@delj450]

I've been taught that since I started (2.5 year old) the rules refs may let slide for young kids are stepping over line and lifting foot. At the level I play (high school varsity) as soon as you break one (really rare) other team gets throw in

[@Erri_17]

@@delj450 yes, didn't want to sound angry. Sorry if I did. I just wanted to add something you didn't mention.

[@lukecliffe7096]

@@delj450 that's the same with every senior football, there's no need to brag about how long you have been playing, I've played 10 years and I'm playing with men 7 years older than me but I don't brag. Trust me when people with less experience sometimes tends to know more yet have less experience

[@DerKiesch]

Back in the day when I played football, we actually once started a game with just 7 players, since otherwise we would have had to pay a fine.

[@aryanrose9238]

Love these videos bruh

[@nerdygal-]

3:50 "Number 6. No attacking players closer than 1m from the wall." ... I thought attacking players wasnt allowed in the first place.

[@dfw4866]

Me too

[@masked_kwd5]

It means that it your team has a free kick they shouldn't mingle with the wall

[@MixR700]

@@masked_kwd5 r/whoosh

[@OzanBurada]

Well, they couldstill stand next to wall. Now they can't.

[@danielgagnon2355]

thats why now days refs have those spray cans

[@maugt0567]

Goalkeepers are the only ones that can say "mine"

[@brandonl4914]

Not necessarily true. As long as it isn't used to trick an opponent, it's fine. A keeper can technically get a card for yelling it too, but it is rarely called and a keeper isn't usually doing it to deceive opponents.

[@JoeToebe]

@@brandonl4914 wut, where did you get this information? Players aren't allowed to say mine in any scenario and goalkeepers actually have to, to protect themselves. Speaking from my own experience with referees in my matches btw. Don't know the exact rules.

[@NowImInOverMyHead]

Up until about 2017 - no player is aloud to say or words to the effect of ‘mine’ according the fifa rule book. GKs are no aloud to either in the uk gks are taught to call ‘KEEPERS’ or your name preferably keepers. I don’t know if it’s been changed since then

[@dannyboy4411]

Not a rule

[@richmorton2052]

dannyboy4411 Calling out ‘mine’ is ungentlemanly conduct

[@davey2487]

The third rule actually happened to me once. Got into a fight with one of the opponents during warmup and was sent off. He was sent off too though, for what he said to a teammate of mine (which was the reason for me to get into a fight with him).

[@jennym7649]

You are the best!!!🔥🔥

[@andr392a]

I'm a goalie myself and knew about the 6 second rule. I once played against a team with a keeper who would continuously waste time by holding the ball in his hands. Towards the end of the game I started counting to six loudly and was bookee for unsportsmanlike conduct. I did not know about this rule.

[@pedromata133]

When our team would be down and the opposing keep took long I would count the seconds to try and get a free kick out of him. Lol

[@joeymacpherson5365]

6:48 why does his face look purple

[@vilejakobsson6456]

Thanos

[@129_sohambiswas4]

@@vilejakobsson6456 i was about to reply the same XD

[@kensavage7657]

1:30 - As an addendum, you can also be sent off AFTER the game ends. The authority of the referee begins when he enters the game area and only ends after he leaves. This is why you'll, normally, see referees standing, in the middle of the pitch, at the end of the game. Part of the referee's remit is to ensure the safety of all players. So, they're meant to hang around until both teams have, safely, departed the field of play. During the entire time, they have their full authority and disciplinary powers. In practical terms, we (referees) rarely bother issuing cards for after game incidents. Every red card issued requires a document to be filled in, and submitted, explaining why the red card was issued. We can also fill in incident reports - which is what is preferred when dealing with after game incidents.

[@toddrf]

As a fellow referee, I thought about this as well.

[@larrymorin4841]

Well, the ref might dish out a red card, but he/she cannot "send off" a player after the game has ended. Any negative effect of the red card would have to take place at a later game(s).

[@karlrovey]

When I was in college (no longer playing, but still attended some games), the opposing keeper threw a sucker punch at my college's keeper following a season ending loss. He got a red card, but I don't know if there were even any consequences (this would have been the case if the keeper was in his final season of eligibility).

[@wenguyu]

I'm watching uefa euro final right now. In the 86th minute, Pickford used his hand to hold the ball for more than 6 seconds but nothing bad happened to him.

[@eriknetherlands3678]

Its not that harsh. Its just a way to make sure theres no time wasting

[@Revelian1982]

They rarely enforce that rule. The one about attacking players not being allowed less than a metre from the wall isn't enforced, either. Denmark scored against England in the semi-final doing exactly that.

[@SelvesteSand]

@@Revelian1982 No, Denmark players were a meter in front of the England players. They just looked like they were standing side by side from a head-on angle.

[@Revelian1982]

@@SelvesteSand Fair enough.

[@doguozdemir9789]

7 Players Rule is very well known in Turkey for two reasons. There had been a Derby Match between two archrivals in which one team had to start the game with 7 players and won the game. A more recent incident took place in 2003-2004 season where 5 players of a team were sent off and that caused immediate termination of the game.

[@johnmelton4940]

Hello Doğu, which match is it in the 2003-2004? Can you write it here?

[@TYTHEOWL]

The rulebook states 6 seconds, but as a referee, we're advised to allow anywhere from 6 to a maximum of 13 as long as we take the situation and context into consideration

[@jasonm456]

Why don’t they change the rulebook to say that? This rule seems to never be enforced no matter how long a keeper holds the ball

[@cowboycurtis2229]

@@jasonm456 because if they change the law to say "anywhere from 6-13 seconds", then referees would be advised to allow up to probably 20 seconds. The extra allowance is what we call a trifling offense... it doesn't really impact the game, so we let it go. Of course, it all depends on the context of the match... if it's early on and no one cares since it's 0-0, then we don't insert ourselves into the game. But if it's late in a 1-0 game and it's obviously a time-wasting tactic, then we'll call it, but otherwise, no harm no foul.

[@adams5468]

once i got yellow for counting out loud after goalie caught the ball. clogging the play by holding the ball does influence it by favouring weaker physically team or the team leading

[@kithutchinson6819]

@@adams5468 You should have gotten a yellow card for dissent. Most of the time when players do count aloud, they are counting too fast.

[@kithutchinson6819]

It was put into place to prevent time wasting. If a team is behind, let them waste time. They are only hurting themselves.

[@youngkwokching8379]

Thank you, this is very informative

[@ericedwards3055]

2 additions to these: As for number 3 if you get sent off BEFORE the game then you can not play, but your team does NOT have to play short. You can also get sent off for punching a teammate.

[@trenkys9327]

Yep...also according to the rules you should be booked for insulting your teammates just the same as with the opponent

[@geoffreyhooker9005]

and if he hits you back, you are both sent off

[@superhoney5397]

Fun fact: I got a goal disallowed because one of my teammates was sent off just as I scored

[@BrandonM10]

Foul in the build up play, no goal 🙅‍♂️

[@andrewsmith9174]

Then you didn’t score, there was a foul and play was stopped before you scored. Play cannot resume until the booking is completed. In the case of a fast restart following a cardable offense, the booking is made when play is stopped again.

[@digitalfootballer9032]

I've seen that happen. Happened once to my team when one of our forward players picked an opposing defender and knocked him to the ground right as the shot was being taken.

[@JedForge]

My best goal ever, that I was more proud of than any of the other 3 (I was usually a defender or defensive mid) was disallowed due to one of my teammates getting tangled up with the opposing gk on a corner. It was kind of a late call, though in retrospect the correct call. Of the 3 that counted, my first was one where my first touch was too heavy (ala Lukaku), but as I ran to chase it, the smaller kid on defense was intimidated and didn't play the ball which allowed me to continue and take the shot. The goal keeper managed to get an arm on it but it still went in. Even at that age, I felt bad for the other kid so never really felt like I earned it. My second goal was off a corner where the ball found its way to me. I settled and took the shot, but instead of going directly to the open goal spot, it went through a ton of other players and found the other side of the net. It may have looked good from the sidelines, but wasn't what I had intended and was really lucky to have not hit another player lol. My final goal that counted was more a "clean up goal". My teammate who had the ball on a breakaway steal collided with a defender trying to make a tackle. The ball bounced to me and I took the shot. The goalkeeper got a hand on it, but it had enough power to trickle into the goal. Ah the memories ... and to think I let one bad game make me quit for good (until pickup games in college anyway). One of my biggest regrets.

[@lestermount3287]

how does a player get sent off while the ball is live?

[@Moribax85]

Robbie Fowler taught me that you can't snort the border lines during a game :D

[@karldyke5029]

Do you know the story behind that?

[@iank2615]

@@karldyke5029 Everton supporters were spreading rumours he did cocaine, so when he scored against them he pretended to snort the goal line.

[@MasiKarimi]

Thanks a lot for the info!

[@gabrielthornton4904]

I knew all of these. Under recent UEFA rules because of CoVID-19, you must actually have 13 players in your matchday squad, 2 of which must be goalkeepers, to actually play a match, otherwise you have to forfeit. This was a common case in many UEFA Champions League/UEFA Europa League matches that were abandoned, one of the biggest ones being the UEFA Champions League Preliminary Round Final.

[@truefadi2717]

Who knew rule number 10 from fifa 😂

[@unisport]

Haha

[@riyanrahim2112]

me😂 i ve also commented about that

[@KenzyAD]

Me 😂😂🤣

[@BS-rh7eq]

@@unisport me too😂😂😂

[@stanleyravenhill7359]

Rice is horrible

[@seanpeters5039]

Hehehe when he says “ I’ll give you a bit of time”, with his accent it sounds like “ I’ll give you beat off time”.

[@JoseSilva-qf3my]

1:32 you actually can be sent off at any time as soon the player list for that game is made official. Even after the game is finished you can see a red card. In the Portuguese league it is actually not unusual, after a big derby, too have players seeing a red card by fighting in the tunnels or in the dressing rooms.

[@ruymenezes4940]

number 10: I've never seen a goalkeeper holding the ball for less than 6sec.

[@silviomp]

Some cases are so rare that I had never heard of most of the rules mentioned in this video. Thanks!

[@bryanolsen827]

I knew the 6 second law but I was surprised to hear about it when I did. All of these other laws are laws I didn’t know existed

[@diegoarmandomaradona9881]

Second rule happened 2/3 years ago in Serie A Marek Hamšik broke the corner flag as celebration and got the yellow card, then the goal got disallowed due to offside

[@machelvet9594]

5:28 This is probably the most confusing one, since it had been recently changed to "choosing the side only!" in 2015/16 and now 2019/20 it's changed back to be able to choose the side or the ball. the team that wins the toss of a coin decides which goal to attack in the first half OR to take the kick-off (from Laws of the Game 2019/20) a coin is tossed and the team that wins the toss decides which goal it will attack in the first half of the match (from Laws of the Game 2015/2016)

[@delj450]

machelvet if you win coin toss pick sides because the sun and wind have effects on the game

[@machelvet9594]

@@delj450 In general that would be the wise choice except you know about or have special circumstances. E.g. If you know the opponent's keeper is half asleep at the beginning of the game, or always starts the game at the edge of his penalty area. Or the opposing team has not all the players on the field yet because they are late etc. There are sometimes reasons to choose the ball (in Sunday leagues). But in general I share your sentiment.

[@thomashan4963]

I knew almost every rule except for the own goal -> conor one But i has fun watching it, nice narrating voice and creative/funny dialogues. I love this video.

[@delj450]

Han Myohset you can't score on enemy goals while throwing ball in, someone has to touch it..... So the same thing really

[@dantetbf]

3:13 "If for whatever reason" Yes I know, it has happened several times now

[@roydonhall9901]

Great Video. I thought however that Football had Laws and not "Rules"

[@beebs-257]

Bruh same thing

[@Dr.Reactor]

2:09 That was super

[@shortclips1939]

Well I think every1 know rule 8 5:29

[@Miraj1006]

Not me, what do they mean by attack the goal?

[@juanka96jv]

XMGX basically, you get to decide which goal your team tries to score in the first half.

[@shortclips1939]

@@Miraj1006 it means if you won the toss It's your wish to choose weather you take the ball and start or you give the opponents the ball and choose the side you want to score..

[@rebeccacoleman8161]

i know some of these but thanks for sharing it with us because the other day i scored with a flat ball but it did not count

[@leodona3110]

i love how u explain everything with every little detail

[@adeshmishra3502]

I just wanted to know that if I shout for pass when opponent have the possession and he thinks me as his teammate and passes will it be a foul or just against the spirit and fair play ?

[@davidkwasi2306]

The game will just continue 😂

[@flixmincraft4405]

And then imagine someone on the person with the balls team intercepts the pass and the other guy slide tackles the guy on his team LOL

[@taliyy_]

Its called speech play, ur not allowed

[@kwanare]

It is the same as shouting "leave it!", it is deceit & goes against the spirit of the game. Indirect free kick is awarded to the opposition.

[@dansmolenski2159]

In Law 12. A play must be cautioned for unsporting behavior if they "Verbally distracts an opponent during play"

[@paystation4pro15]

Thank god you put an arrow in the thumbnail. I was so lost before I saw it.

[@RahulPandey-xb6gb]

Welcome

[@chazmaru9583]

Damn, I am old enough to remember when the 6 seconds rule was added and how big of a deal it was at the time. The idea that this would now somehow be an old forgotten rule is quite a kick in the nuts...

[@digitalfootballer9032]

I am so old that rule didn't even exist until after I played. In my day it was the 4 step rule for goalkeepers and handling back passes were allowed.

[@helvete983]

Yeah I remember being at a Leeds game vs Everton and Neville Southall was just taking the piss, so the fans behind the goal started counting, and he got booked.

[@DanteColburn]

#5 happened this year on the Colombian league in a match between Rionegro Águilas Doradas and Boyacá Chicó. Due to the Coof 19, most of the players couldn't attend and Águilas had to start the game with just 7 players.

[@samuelalejandroespinosaolm4532]

Are you from colombia in that case. Me too

[@DanteColburn]

@@samuelalejandroespinosaolm4532 Sí, obvio.

[@lamiahossain2993]

​@@samuelalejandroespinosaolm4532😅😅😅😅

[@franzfriedrich4477]

The 6 second rule is pretty well known as far as I know. There is just no referee that calls it

[@thewaterdraken7836]

It's only called if they hold for a really long time like 15+ seconds but if it's like 7 or 8 it won't get called

[@franzfriedrich4477]

@@thewaterdraken7836 technically it has to be

[@mbw4444]

@@thewaterdraken7836 Or if the Olympic Committee wants to boost their ratings so makes sure the US team benefits from it ; )

[@ericedwards3055]

I've called it as a referee once or twice. It's usually a situation where keeper is taking 8 to 10 seconds or more and it's a really important game and the keeper that's wasting time is winning by a goal or it's tied.

[@my3dviews]

It cost Canada the game against the U.S. in 2012 women's Olympic semi-final. Which resulted in a free kick, which resulted in a badly called hand ball, which resulted in a penalty, which resulted in a goal, which resulted in a tie, which resulted in extra time, which resulted in a U.S. goal, which resulted in the U.S. winning. 😂

[@phantomgold3255]

I didn't know unisport make these kinds of videos, for a second I thought this was *oh my goal's* video

[@theRealFizz_]

I thought KYSTAR Video

[@khaldoonaljerian8452]

Regardless of the content...This guy is confident...like a boss...and his accent...gives authenticity...awesome 😎

[@tenzoorbeta3538]

Jolter thank you, its nice to know them rules

[@yournan8636]

6:33 Is it just me or is his face purple😂

[@ManchesterCityLover]

The one right under u is from almost a year ago and it is the exact same as your one from a week ago idk bout u but it looks like ya copied

[@Spiderman_editz3214]

Oh yeah

[@gillygooly]

There was once a rule that if Manchester United were losing at 90 minutes, the referee added enough time for them to win.

[@kymcharles1179]

Commonly known as Fergie Time.

[@gooddypm]

Very drool

[@gaige8218]

They changed it to Liverpool recently

[@Mothercityguy]

Boring lol

[@adamsalih2084]

So now a days refs must be adding about 10 years right?

[@joselizano7608]

I once watch the first match of our local championship, it was 2 low ranking teams. Through stupidity one team earned 4 red cars and was down 3+ goals. After the last goal, the losing team (C.S Cartagines) did the kickoff and one guy grabbed the ball with his hand, earning the 5th card. Since the match was kind of cancelled, the result ended up being 2 - 0 due to a rule. Sounded like a good move but it had a downside. If they had the same points as another team, they would still be set lower on the chart regardless of goals (I could be wrong about the goals) I never thought I'd learn al much from the worst match I've ever watched. But I didn't know it was because of the 7 player minimum!

[@toshinrahman741]

First like to a good comment

[@tomsmith5584]

3:03 On November 28, 2021, Belenenses started a Primera Liga match against Benfica in Lisbon, Portugal with just 9 players on the pitch because of COVID. The match was abandoned shortly after halftime with Benfica leading 7-0 when three of the Belenenses players left "injured" and no one could substitute for them.

[@lekhaporawithpradipsir9922]

I WANT MORE VIDEOES ABOUT RULES. THANK YOU

[@Shorts-yw6rh]

First:you have to be in a club

[@fireice3805]

🤣🤣🤣

[@akriti-drawingsandplants3063]

And not be on the bench

[@shroomy6532]

Second:You have to know how to touch a ball

[@Longchain69]

Lol ,but the 1st should be you know how to play football

[@Bianchi77]

Nice video, thanks :)

[@youknowwho9203]

It’s hard to believe that the last two are rules, cause they’re never taken seriously and the referees don’t even bother.

[@unisport]

What are the *most hilarious football rules* you know? 💬

[@riyanrahim2112]

offside coz i cant explain it to my gf

[@manikkarmokar5863]

Come at Bashundhara kings

[@ghg4601]

offside I hate that thing

[@amarahmed4931]

If u shoot or pass and ur shoes got off, the other team will be rewarded a foul. That's why every player make sure that he/she has their boots tight on to their legs.

[@ordinarydoge8559]

offside becuase i hate it

[@yohamulugeta]

I think everyone that has fifa know abt the 6 second rule 😂

[@ginaagba4265]

of cause

[@pizzariya544]

gina agba I have to, off* course*

[@zacherypepper4735]

Got to love being a ref XD Re: Also the free kicks are split into direct and indirect with indirect having to touch another player before getting a goal. If goal is scored off an indirect and it doesn’t touch another, it is goal kick. Direct is a goal if it go’s in regardless of touch. But if someone happens to score an own goal off these, it’s a corner

[@SuperLeica1]

At one instance the opposing team only had 6 players. We wanted to play, so we let them borrow our latest recruited guy who was to try out in our team. He smashed us 7-0! That´s talent!

[@christex3143]

Let’s see what I remember from being a grade 7 ref 8 years ago. Edit: did not know the new ones.

[@danielfelix3927]

If you're fouled and get assistance from the medical staff, you have to leave the pitch. However, if the opponent who fouled you gets a yellow card, you can get medical aid without having to leave the pitch afterwards

[@MrMattbiscuits1]

Only if its quick

[@loohpjames]

And if you are a goalkeeper you don't have to leave the field in any chase after a treatment

[@youknowme3311]

I think you leave the pitch only if you get medical aid when the game was not interrupted by a foul. For example, the referee stops the game or the opposition throws the ball out in fair play, just so the player can get medical aid.

[@archieliladocoughty2025]

I am a goalie never knew the last two I thought the penalty one was obvious it would be unfair otherwise. I also knew you can choose which goal to attack or kickoff. Last night in the euros final Harry Kane decided to switch ends not take kick off.

[@lukasbosina301]

In a training I played a teammate scored an own goal from a corner (we trained on a handball pitch). Didn't know that rule back then though.

[@PedroCruz-uu4be]

i wish refs were more strict with the last rule, like in futsal in futsal, if the keeper holds on to the ball for longer than 4 seconds, the refs call it out immediatly and an indirect free kick is given to the opposing team

[@brandonmcandrew4859]

I have never seen a keeper that has not broken the 6-sec rule no you may not want to see that

[@maastomarkku4107]

Who else knew the 8th, because they are a captain

[@akewlen2888]

I knew it because I played in a club as a kid, but it's not a new rule, it's been around for decades. We or the opponents switched sides a lot of the time in the 80s and 90s, mainly to have the wind on our side. Not seeing anyone commenting on that made me feel like I somehow switched to an alternative timeliness, until I asked my dad who said that the rule's been around forever.

[@MrJonny2324]

I know because I watch football. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@RLom]

I don't believe that you have to be a captain. I think anyone who played soccer asks himself why the captains meet the referees before the game starts.

[@paoshangne154]

We self invented this rule and back then there was no Captain when we played as kids. Both teams gathered in circles and watch the toss. Don't ask me "how we selected the team without Captain"? We did lemon/orange 2 by 2... All orange one team, all lemon one team

[@vonskyme9133]

@@akewlen2888 the rule for selecting sides has been around forever, what's new is that the winner of the toss can now choose to take the kickoff, and let the other side pick direction (although why they'd want to is beyond me). Previously if you followed the Law to the letter the side which lost the toss ALWAYS kicked off. At least, in theory - any losing captain who declined to choose direction if the winner offered it was mad!

[@technologyinformation7959]

Very informative

[@gonzalotapia1250]

Before the 6 second rule, the goalie could keep the ball for as long as he wished, but could only make 3 steps. This is the behavior in FIFA 99 and around

[@mille-]

4:44 my home in the background LoL its in denmark

[@blackhokage1744]

wow rily?

[@mille-]

@@blackhokage1744 YEP

[@MadridyRonaldo]

i live in denmark but i’m mostly from russia

[@manueltramarin4111]

5:55 "the goalkeeper must not be moving" Joe Hart in 2016 vs Italy be like

[@vlahell]

They= the net or the post, not he, the keeper. The keeper can move as long as it is on the line. Ready more careful

[@firstpersonwinner7404]

The 6 second rule is enforced in the FIFA video games which is why I know that one. I knew there was a limit to red cards but couldn't remember how many. I thought it was 5 actually, my friend thought it was 3. We were talking about it recently

[@clivethereddevil3178]

5:37 why were the centre spots so big ?