Sunday, September 27, 2009

Duration and tie-breaking methods

Duration and tie-breaking methods
A standard adult football match consists of two periods of 45 minutes, known as halves. Each half runs continuously, meaning that the clock is stopped when the ball out of play. There's usually a 15-minute mid-term break between the halves. The end of the game is known as a full-time.

The referee is the official timekeeper of the game, and require compensation for time lost through substitutions, injured players requiring attention, or other downtime. This additional time will be referred to as stoppage time or injury time, and the discretion of the referee. The referee alone signals the end of the game. Orders in the fourth official games, signaled the end of the half the referee how many minutes of stoppage time to add it to plans. The fourth official then informs the players and spectators, by a council in which this number. The additional time may be extended yet to be specified by the referee. [33] Added time was introduced in the wake of an incident that happened in 1891 during a match between Stoke City and Aston Villa. Trailing 1-0 and with only two minutes Stoke were given a penalty. Villa goalkeeper from the ground, and was drafted as the ball again, 90 minutes had elapsed and the game was over

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