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From: scogpw@thor.cf.ac.uk (Gordon Walker)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: Pass-to-keeper game situation
Date: 12 Aug 92 13:58:34 GMT
Organization: University of Wales College at Cardiff
X-Mailer: Cardiff Computing Maths PP Mail Open News Gateway

In article <1992Aug11.163334.24226@wam.umd.edu> schwartzman@envnet.gsfc.nasa.gov (Gene Schwartzman) writes:
|In article <1992Aug10.222150.16895@newsgate.sps.mot.com> altizer@chdasic.sps.mot.com writes:
|>
|>Ok, now that you've had several weeks of discussion on the new
|>"pass to keeper" modification to Law XII, consider the following
|>game situation:
    [stufff deleted]
|
|>  C)  Award an indirect free-kick to the attacking team at the
|>      spot where the keeper touched the ball.
|
|	Close.. actually award the  free kick from the 6 yard line directly
|	opposite where the goalie touched the ball...

Is this something I've missed? I don't remember this bit of the new rule
- can anyone confirm this? I thought it was just where the goalie
actually touched the ball. If the above is correct it certainly makes
more sense if the goalie has to touch the ball actually on the goalline,
which would create the farcical situation I suggested earlier. (And
there's me saying the answer was "obvious"..........:-)

gordon
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
From: moynihan_r@apollo.hp.com (Robert Moynihan)
Subject: Re: Reply to Carlos'
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 17:05:58 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Chelmsford, MA

In article <2A8AF9CF.23739@ics.uci.edu> fkhoury@ics.uci.edu (Diego A. Maradona) writes:
>
>>> As a Syrian, I grew up worshiping the Argentenian soccer cuz my whole body
>>> shakes when they are playing.  When watching these guys play, I get the
>>> feeling that a lot of them were born with a soccer ball in their hands.
>>
>>Well that would explain a lot :-) :-) :-).
>>
>>Alan
>
>Well.  Could you further explain what you meant? 
>What does the fact of me being Syrian have to do with me worshipping the
>Argentinian soccer? 

Not a thing.  Let me enighten you on two things, Fuad:

1:  Diego Maradona.  Argentenians born with footballs in their hands.
    The "Hand of God" incident.  Now do you get it?

2:  Many people have a limited time to download newsgroup messages from
    other systems, and most do so at baud rates of 2400 or less.  It is
    considered extremely rude to have .sig files much greater than 4-6 
    lines long.  Your .sig of about 30 lines is far beyond reason.  
    It's okay to be a fan of Argentine football, they have had some
    outstanding teams in recent years.  Maradona is a great player. 
    But you seem to be taking your hero-worship a bit far.  If anyone
    wants to know who was on those teams, they can look it up themselves.
          
-Bob                               Bush/Quayle '92: Just say noe.
 moynihan_r@apollo.hp.com          Go Ipswich Town!
From: t-frans@microsoft.com (Francis Stanisci)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: backpass
Date: 17 Aug 1992 17:43:20 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

You know what's interesting about the US being blamed for this rule 
change, is that people use WC 94 as a reason.

Let's see now.  The rule was based on a similar rule which has been in 
use for over a year now.  And of course there were proposals and 
debates prior to that.

All told, I wouldn't be surprised if the conception of this change took 
place long before the US was given the WC for '94',  in fact it may 
even go back further then that, like before the US even put in a bid.

Hence, the stupidity about the US being responsible for the new ruling.

Now I'm not saying that the rule *definitely* goes back that far, but 
it does go back at least a year, in which case I find it highly 
unlikely the US was in a position to pressure FIFA into establishing 
such a new rule.

What I would like to know more than anything is...

1.  What prompts people to make idiotic accusations that can't be 
backed by facts.
2.  Why pick on the US as the instigator of all evil changes to 
"soccer", like the word "soccer".
3.  Why complain about change when there has been many changes 
throughout soccer's history.
4.  If unsuccessful, rules can be modified or reversed.  Give them a chance.


Soccer was not created by the English, therefore it is not theres.  
Soccer belongs to no *one*, it belongs to the world.  It is for the 
world to share.  And if the majority of the world supports a change 
then so be it.  our only rights as individuals is the right of an 
opinion, which excludes *unfair* and slanderous accusations.

Like every where else in the world, soccer is enjoyed in *great* 
numbers by people of the US.  Unfortunately we do not enjoy the TV 
exposure that is afforded other countries.  It is our hope that, ALONG 
WITH THE SUPPORT OF OTHER COUNTRIES, that WC '94' will re-introduce 
soccer to the US at large, and more importantly, to the broadcast 
system at large so that we may finally enjoy professional coverage just 
as other countries do.

Americans love soccer,  the number of participants proves that.  We 
just need to get the networks and periodicals on the ball (no pun intended).

Francis.
From: larsa@math.chalmers.se (Lars Alexandersson)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Swedish football round-up
Date: 18 Aug 92 23:41:12 GMT
Organization: Mathematics Department, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Since I haven't seen any results from Swedish football lately in this group,
I post this.

************

ALLSVENSKAN, FINAL TABLE

Home         Away                     Total

7 1 1 27- 9  4 2 3 11-10  Norrk"oping 18 11  3  4 38-19 +19 36
5 3 1 20- 7  3 2 4 16-22  "Oster      18  8  5  5 36-29 + 7 29
4 3 2 11-11  3 4 2  9- 9  Trelleborg  18  7  7  4 20-20   0 28
4 2 3 15- 8  3 4 2  9-10  AIK         18  7  6  5 24-18 + 6 27
5 3 1 16- 5  2 2 5  6-11  Malm"o FF   18  7  5  6 22-16 + 6 26
6 0 3 18- 7  1 2 6  7-17  G"oteborg   18  7  2  9 25-24 + 1 23
--------------------------------------------------------------
6 2 1 16- 8  0 3 6 10-24  Djurgaarden 18  6  5  7 26-32 - 6 23
2 5 2 10- 9  2 3 4  7-14  "Orebro     18  4  8  6 17-23 - 6 20
4 3 2 14-11  0 2 7  4-16  V Fr"olunda 18  4  5  9 18-27 - 9 17
2 3 4  8-10  2 1 6  6-22  GAIS        18  4  4 10 14-32 -18 16

The six best placed teams continue to M"ASTERSKAPSSERIEN;
the four trailing teams have to face the winners of four
lower series in KVALSVENSKAN.

************

M"ASTERSKAPSSERIEN (CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES)

	August 16
Malm"o FF - IFK G"oteborg  	2-1
Norrk"oping - AIK	   	2-1
"Oster - Trelleborg        	6-1

Home       Away			  Total

1 0 0 2-1  0 0 0 0-0  Norrk"oping 1 1 0 0 2-1 +1 21 
1 0 0 6-1  0 0 0 0-0  "Oster      1 1 0 0 6-1 +5 18 
1 0 0 2-1  0 0 0 0-0  Malm"o FF   1 1 0 0 2-1 +1 16 
0 0 0 0-0  0 0 1 1-2  AIK         1 0 0 1 1-2 -1 14
0 0 0 0-0  0 0 1 1-6  Trelleborg  1 0 0 1 1-6 -5 14
0 0 0 0-0  0 0 1 1-2  G"oteborg   1 0 0 1 1-2 -1 12

Note: all teams kept half of their points from ALLSVENSKAN
[more correctly: the integer part of (points+1)/2].

************

KVALSVENSKAN (QUALIFICATION SERIES)

	August 2
H"acken - Djurgaarden		1-3
Brage - GAIS			0-2

	August 9
GAIS - IFK Sundsvall		6-1
Halmstad - "Orebro		4-1
Djurgaarden - Brage		1-1

	August 10
V Fr"olunda - H"acken		2-4

	August 11
"Orebro - Brage			0-2
IFK Sundsvall - Djurgaarden	1-4

	August 13
H"acken - GAIS			1-1
Halmstad - V Fr"olunda		4-2

	August 16
Djurgaarden - "Orebro		2-0
V Fr"olunda - IFK Sundsvall	2-0
Brage - H"acken			1-2

	August 17
GAIS - Halmstad			1-2

Home	   Away                      Total

1 1 0 3-1  2 0 0 7-2  Djurgaarden    4 3 1 0 10- 3 + 7 10
2 0 0 8-3  1 0 0 2-1  Halmstad       3 3 0 0 10- 4 + 6  9
1 0 1 7-3  1 1 0 3-1  GAIS           4 2 1 1 10- 4 + 6  7
---------------------------------------------------------
0 1 1 2-4  2 0 0 6-3  H"acken        4 2 1 1  8- 7 + 1  7
---------------------------------------------------------
0 0 2 1-4  1 1 0 3-1  Brage          4 1 1 2  4- 5 - 1  4
1 0 1 4-4  0 0 1 2-4  V Fr"olunda    3 1 0 2  6- 8 - 2  3
0 0 1 0-2  0 0 2 1-6  "Orebro        3 0 0 3  1- 8 - 7  0
0 0 1 1-4  0 0 2 1-8  IFK Sundsvall  3 0 0 3  2-12 -10  0

Note: the first three teams advance to next year's ALLSVENSKAN;
the fourth team gets a second chance against a team coming
from below.
From: spain@galvia.enet.dec.com
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: Arsenal Mural (was Maidstone Utd.)
Date: 19 Aug 92 08:02:44 GMT
Reply-To: spain@galvia.enet.dec.com ()
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation

--
In article <1992Aug18.123300.26399@pyra.co.uk>, maura@pyra.co.uk (Maura Clark) writes:

|>In <0095F459.DB89DE00@vax.nott.ac.uk> ccziec@vax.nott.ac.uk (Stuart Pearce's left foot) writes:
|>
|>>On a totally unrelated subject, I saw on breakfast news this morning that
|>>Arsenal are going to alter their mural, after complaints from many quarters
|>>that there are no black or ethnic minority faces shown in the crowd. There
|>>are probably no away fans shown either.
|>

A colleague suggested they sell it to Everton.  :-)

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

          U.S.A. here we come

          God thinks he's Jackie Charlton

       Gary Spain, DEC, Galway, Ireland   - spain@galvia.enet.dec.com

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Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
From: w2baust@watson.ibm.com (Jostein Baustad)
Subject: Saturday's fixtures (Was Re: English News: gossip, results, fixtures)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 13:06:32 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Followup-To: rec.sport.soccer

In article <12506@ecs.soton.ac.uk>, tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Tim Chown) writes:
[stuff deleted]
|> 
|> Saturday's fixtures:
|> 
|> FA PREMIER LEAGUE
|> 
|>  1 Arsenal          v   Norwich City
|>  2 Chelsea          v   Oldham Ath
|>  3 Coventry City    v   Middlesbrough
|>  4 Crystal Palace   v   Blackburn R
|>  5 Everton          v   Sheffield Wed
|>  6 Ipswich Town     v   Aston Villa
|>  7 Leeds Utd        v   Wimbledon
|>  8 Sheffield Utd    v   Manchester Utd
|>  9 Southampton      v   Tottenham H *
|> 
|>    * all-ticket
|> 
|>     (Pools coupon numbers on left)

What happened to Nottingham Forest v Liverpool and Manchester City v Queen's Park
Rangers? Are they being played on Sunday instead? If this is a part of the new
sponsor deal, I am not sure whether I like it. IMO, all matches in the opening
rounds and final rounds should be played at the same time.

Jostein.

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From: fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars Peter Fischer)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: World Cup 94 - Qualifying Result
Date: 18 Aug 92 03:27:43 GMT
Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, Aalborg University


>>>>> "Harin" == Harinderpal Singh (harin@iti.gov.sg)

Harin> Latvia	vs Lithuania
Harin>    1           2

Note that this was a historic event -- the first international in Riga
since 1939. The field there is not what it could be, but both team is
reported to have played a fine game, and the symbolic value of a WC
game between two baltic *nations* is huge. We live in interesting
times.

/Lars

PS: I guess there is also something symbolic in the fact that my
    spelling checker claims there is no such word as "Riga", hmmm.
--
Lars Fischer, fischer@iesd.auc.dk | It takes an uncommon mind to think of
CS Dept., Aalborg Univ., DENMARK. | these things.  -- Calvin
From: fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars Peter Fischer)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: Aussies are through!!!! (rename this group?)
Date: 15 Aug 92 01:52:49 GMT
Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, Aalborg University


>>>>> "Conor" == Conor McMenamin (mppu3@syma.sussex.ac.uk)

Conor> 	Doesn't football sound better than either of them though?

Could we please stop this silly I-want-MY-name thing once and for all?
The name of a newsgroup serves *one* purpose: to identify the topic
of discussion as well as possible, avoiding misunderstanding wherever
possible. R.s.s. does this very well, we all know what soccer is
supposed to mean, and we do not get gatecrashers believing this is the
place for gladiatorball (posts to inappropriate groups and the
resulting flames are worse than just about anything else).

The creator of r.s.s. had a rare moment of realism and saw this from
the outset. Hence, r.s.s. is named in such a way as to avoid conflict
with another groups and this keeps the noise down. If only people
would stop bitching, things would be even better.

Conor> we should recognise the arrogance of the Americans to think
Conor> they can steal the name of a world game to describe their
Conor> insular 'World Championship' sport, and then try to force it
Conor> down our throats.

Blah blah blah. This issue has been thrashed to death time and time
again. The fact that a number of games around the world have
independently named "football" lead to problems and clashes, but it
does not mean that anyone is stealing or is being arrogant. Actually,
you cannot expect England to get it their way every time. The
Americans got there (i.e., on news) first. End of story.

Maybe we should have a FAQ for r.s.s, explaining this and a few other
details?

/Lars
--
Lars Fischer, fischer@iesd.auc.dk | It takes an uncommon mind to think of
CS Dept., Aalborg Univ., DENMARK. | these things.  -- Calvin
From: michals@fuw.edu.pl (Michal Szleper)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: Soccer in Barcelona 92 - some final thoughts
Date: 17 Aug 92 08:04:03 GMT
Organization: Warsaw University Physics Dept.

fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars Peter Fischer) writes:
>
>Michal> 3. The system on the Olympics is much more logical than on WC,
>Michal>    which especially makes games interesting.
>
>Please explain? How was the "system" different, apart from the number
>of teams?

In WC, after 36 matches 16 teams out of 24 qualify to round 2.
That is, per average 4.5 matches to eliminate 1 team. After that,
every single match eliminates a team (many times just by chance,
as in case of penalty kicks). This is what I definitely dislike.
You can find more discussion in my correspondence with Ferdi.

>    (...) Face it, Polish is quite remote to some of us. We do our
>best, but don't demand perfection. Don't let such things anger you --

For you, the Danish, it really shouldn't be so remote. It is just some
200 kilometers!

I'm glad you agree with most of my other points.
Regards.

---------------

Michal~ Szleper                        My opinions are my opinions.
(michals@fuw.edu.pl)                   Quite predictable.
From: ckna@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: UP
Date: 14 Aug 92 22:15:14 -0300
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Since my last posting on Ghana's bronze medal at the Barcelona Olympics I've
had a lot of private email downplaying my country's football prowess. In the
following paragraphs I recount as truthfully as I can the history of GHANA's
participation in olympics football (I refuse to call our beloved game soccer).

May we remind ourselves that until Barcelona '92 there was no age limit on 
footballers playing for their national teams. As far as I can recollect
Ghana participated in the Tokyo games in 1964 together with Egypt and Morocco
as Africa's representatives --- these are exactly the same teams that 
represented Africa in Barcelona '92. At the Tokyo games Ghana reached the 
quarter finals after beating host nation Japan 3-2, drawing 1-1 with Argentina
and losing heavily by a 5-1 margin to Egypt (then called United Arab Republic).

Four years later, 1968, at the Mexico games Ghana drew 2-2 with the eventual
gold medallists, HUNGARY, during the early rounds. Ghana also drew 1-1 with
El Salvador and lost 3-5 to Israel in a foul tempered match.

On record the Munich games in 1972 has been the most disastrous for Ghana's
national football team. The team lost all three of their preliminary matches
by wide margins: 4-0 to the former German Democratic Republic, 4-0 to Poland
and 3-1 to Columbia.

Barcelona '92 marked an absence of 20 years. Obviously we managed to get our
act together during those years --- winning the continental championships
twice (1978 in Accra and 1982 in Tripoli) and the U-17 championship last year
in Italy.

I hope those who still don't acknowledge Ghana's prowess can bet their last
dime on the Black Stars of Ghana in WC'94. Its the team to watch.
Regards,

christian akuamoah
From: antonio@arezzo.oas.olivetti.com (Antonio Maiuolo)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: *** MARADONA (present & future) ***
Date: 20 Aug 92 16:41:17 GMT
Reply-To: antonio@arezzo.oas.olivetti.com (Antonio Maiuolo)
Organization: Olivetti Research California

Hello World! It's really time to say stop to Maradona. he thinks he's god
because all the money he has. He's been trated like a king from napoli s.s.c.
and, in spite of that, he's been behaving like a jerk outside the field.
So I think Napoli has every right to keep maradona outside the field for all
the time that the contract allows them to do. He's has to understand that
he also has to respect the rules. OK napoli, keep him out!!!!
Antonio
From: 160955r@garnet.berkeley.edu ()
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: reply to Carlos (long, 1.5 pages)
Date: 21 Aug 1992 00:43:15 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.berkeley.edu

If they ever start awarding Oscars for infantile behavior in public this is my
nomination:

In article <2A93D92F.21600@ics.uci.edu> fkhoury@ics.uci.edu (Diego A. Maradona) writes:
>Hey Easy there.  The fact that you don't like Maradona since he is better than
>any player ever born in your country does not give you the right to attack him
>as brutally as you did. 
-- 
Radu T. Tomescu at UCBerkeley
Department of Economics

Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
From: Lars Thore Aarhus <larsaa@ifi.uio.no>
Subject: Norwegian Cup quarter-finals.
Cc: sundsbarm@davidsys.com, warloe@usc.edu, lasseh@seattleu.edu,
    polsen@was.waii.com, finn@fsg.com, w2baust@watson.ibm.com,
    einevoll@SDPHLS.UCSD.EDU, eivind@milton.u.washington.edu, kd@lis.pitt.edu
Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 13:32:50 GMT
Originator: larsaa@huken.ifi.uio.no



 Norwegian Cup quarterfinals:
 ============================

Kongsvinger		Bodoe/Glimt(D1)		4 - 2 (0-1)	4.372
0 - 1 T.Sollied (35)
1 - 1 K.R.Kaasa (58)
2 - 1 T.Bergmann (66)
3 - 1 V.Sanderud (p.k.) (73)
3 - 2 T.K.Staurvik (82)
4 - 2 Kaasa (90)

- KIL defeated the D1-leaders from Bodoe but they were given quite 
  a scare in the first half which B/G dominated.

Rosenborg		Stroemsgodset		7 - 0 (3-0)	14.790
1 - 0 G.Soerloth (33)
2 - 0 T.Henriksen (38)
3 - 0 R.Tangen (p.k.) (45)
4 - 0 K.Ingebrigtsen (56)
5 - 0 R.Strand (68)
6 - 0 Ingebrigtsen (75)
7 - 0 O. By-Rise (p.k) (80)  The goalkeeper !!

- What a sweet revenge for Rosenborg after last years defeat in the final.


Tromsoe			Lillesroem		1 - 2 (0-2)	3.987
0 - 1 M.I.Mjelde (18)
0 - 2 K.Nysaether (25)
1 - 2 S.Nilsen (78)

- LSK were never in any danger after taking an early two-goal lead.


Viking		       	Mjoendalen		2 - 0 (0-0)	5.431
1 - 0 I.Boe (p.k.) (76)
2 - 0 E.Fjetland (77)

- Viking struggled for 75 minutes but two quick goals saved their day.


Draw for the semifinals:

Lillestroem-	Kongsvinger
Rosenborg-	Viking

Regards


+---------------------------------------------------------------+
|  Lars Thore Aarhus                  e-mail: larsaa@ifi.uio.no |
|  Department of Informatics                                    |
|  University of Oslo                   'GO Villa,GO'           |
|                                                               |
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From: c9106863@wombat.newcastle.edu.au (LORD MICK HAS SUMMONED YOU...)
Subject: Ned Zelic?
Organization: University of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 00:36:31 GMT


Can someone tell me how Ned Zelic went for his first game for Borussia?
preferably someone in Germany or someone who watched the game?

Mick
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: a simple question...
From: zxnoueih@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu (...VALENCIA...)
Date: 19 Aug 92 13:43:39 CST
Organization: Wichita State University, Wichita, Ks

In article <Bt8KyA.7q3@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, tjz20735@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Tom Zych) writes:
> While watching my tape of the FA Cup final last night, I realized that there
> is one field marking which I do not understand.  Namely, the arc outside of
> the 18 yard box.  Does this line actually have a purpose, or is it a 
> "traditional" marking which used to have a purpose but no longer does?  As I
> said, a simple question, but one which will bug me until I find out the
> answer...
> 
> Tom Zych   tjz20735@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
> 

It is so that the referee knows what distance the players in the "wall"
have to be in case of a free kick. I think the distance between the penalty
spot and the top of the arc is nine (9) meters.

-- 
Ziad.

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From: michals@fuw.edu.pl (Michal Szleper)
Subject: Re: Australia - Poland Semifinal Result
Organization: Warsaw University Physics Dept.
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 11:57:22 GMT

Mario Smarduch writes (replying to my posting):
>
>The fact that Australia lost to Poland 6-1 does not mean that Australia is
>a 6 times worser team. They pushed the ball forward trying to get even and
>got caught by Poland on counter attacks. Samething might of happen in the
>Poland / Spanish game if Poland managed to score one of the few counters
>early in the second half. You can't judge teams by the score only, I think
>Australia deserves more respect.

I never said Australia was a 6 times worser team and I never
said anything against Australia. Indeed, I liked their
performance at Barcelona 92. But I cannot accept some
statements by our Australian friend, that only Australia played
creative soccer, while Poles just played a "cat and mouse chess game";
that the whole game would have died if it wasn't for the Australians,
or something of the kind.

I apologize if I've been too sharp.

---------------

Michal~ Szleper                        My opinions are my opinions.
(michals@fuw.edu.pl)                   Quite predictable.