Women Linesmen Giving Offside Premier League

The consensus is that the VAR and offside system is not working after yet another instalment of Premier League drama - but what is the solution? The linesmanwoman makes a call on offside or

The new rule would classify an attacking player as 'offside if their entire body is in front of the opposing team's last defender.' Linesmenwomen are remarkably accurate under the current ruleset - some statistics peg their accuracy at making the correct call at gt93 - and VAR has done a good job at overturning incorrect offsides calls

Sky Sports presenters Andy Gray and Richard Keys were at the centre of a sexism row last night after they questioned whether a female linesman knew the offside rule during a Premier League

When Sian Massey took the sidelines as a lineswoman in an English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and the Wolverhampton Wanderers on January 22, it should have served as an example of how far women have come in the previously male-dominated world of sports. Instead, due to the ignorant

Offside decisions made by linesmen are currently double-checked by VAR officials in Stockley Park, the league's Hawk-Eye system requiring the drawing of lines at the point of ball striking to

Two Sky Sports presenters have sparked a sexism row by claiming that a female linesman had no place in a Premier League football match because quotwomen don't know the offside rulequot.

When an immediate goalscoring opportunity is likely to occur and there is a tight, marginal offside call, the assistant referee should keep their flag down until the passage of play is completed. Once the goalscoring opportunity is complete - either a goal is scored or the chance is gone - the

If they score, VAR will check the offside, if the linesmans call is wrong, then the goal can still stand. But we're just waiting for a day when a player is clearly 5 yards offside, then goes careering into the goalkeeper causing a totally unnecessary petr cech like head injury and it'll all get changed again..

The 202021 Premier League season has brought some new Laws, as well as clarifications as to how the Laws will be applied, and the opening weekend provided some early examples. Former Premier League referee Chris Foy explains further the decisions made. Delaying the flag for offside This is new for the 202021 Premier League.

Watch this linesman's hilarious reaction to giving what was an avoidable offside in a women's football match. It's not a rare occurrence to see players at all levels have moments of madness and make the wrong pass or stand blatantly offside, but this linesman's reaction during a women's match surely cannot be topped.