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The rule was introduced in ???? to stop the practice of having players hanging around upfield in the hope of getting a ball kicked to them from their team-mates. The original formulation was fairly different from today: The rule was introduced in ???? to stop the practice of having players hanging around upfield in the hope of getting a ball kicked to them from their team-mates. The original formulation was fairly different from today:
* Before ] a player could not be played onside by someone he was in line with. * Before ] a player could not be played onside by someone he was in line with.

====External links====
*http://www.burtrandworld.co.uk/offside-rule.php
* Before ] it took ''three'' players to play a man onside rather than two. * Before ] it took ''three'' players to play a man onside rather than two.



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In football, a player is offside if he is in his opponents' half and has fewer than two opposing players (including the goalkeeper) between himself and the opposition goal (these players would be playing him onside), unless the ball is also between him and the goal. Any players he is in line with can also play him onside.

The offside rule means a player who is offside is committing a foul, unless he is deemed to be not interfering with play. In particular, a goal may be disallowed because a player was offside during set up. The penalty is an indirect free-kick taken from the place the offside player was standing.

In enforcing this law, the referee depends greatly on his assistants (also known as linesmen), who generally try to keep in line with the last defender (not counting the goalie).

The offside rule is often cited in the UK as something women are unable to understand. However, many men also have a shaky grasp of the law.

History

The rule was introduced in ???? to stop the practice of having players hanging around upfield in the hope of getting a ball kicked to them from their team-mates. The original formulation was fairly different from today:

  • Before 1990 a player could not be played onside by someone he was in line with.

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The offside trap

The offside trap is a defensive tactic, for which Arsenal are particularly famed. If an attacking player is making a run up the field with another player ready to kick the ball up to him, then the defenders will move up-field, putting the attacker offside.