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The score of a match cannot be altered after the game, even if later evidence shows that decisions (including awards/non-awards of goals) were incorrect. As the Laws were formulated in England, and were initially administered solely by the four British football associations within IFAB, the standard dimensions of a football pitch were originally expressed in imperial units. The Laws now express dimensions with approximate metric equivalents , though use of imperial units remains popular in English-speaking countries with a relatively recent history of metrication , such as Britain. A game is officiated by a referee, who has "full authority to enforce the Laws of the Game in connection with the match to which he has been appointed" , and whose decisions are final. In many high-level games there is also a fourth official who assists the referee and may replace another official should the need arise.

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The referee may punish a player's or substitute's misconduct by a caution or dismissal . A second yellow card in the same game leads to a red card, which results in a dismissal. A player given a yellow card is said to have been "booked", the referee writing the player's name in their official notebook. If a player has been dismissed, no substitute can be brought on in their place and the player may not participate in further play. Misconduct may occur at any time, and while the offences that constitute misconduct are listed, the definitions are broad.

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The top few teams may be promoted to a higher division, and one or more of the teams finishing at the bottom are relegated to a lower division. The length of the pitch, or field, for international adult matches is in the range of 100–110 m (110–120 yd) and the width is in the range of 64–75 m (70–80 yd). Fields for non-international matches may be 90–120 m (100–130 yd) length and 45–90 m (50–100 yd) in width, provided that the pitch does not become square. In 2008, the IFAB initially approved a fixed size of 105 m long and 68 m wide as a standard pitch dimension for international matches; however, this decision was later put on hold and was never actually implemented.

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The FA's ban was rescinded in December 1969 with UEFA voting to officially recognise women's football in 1971. In many parts of the world football evokes great passions and plays an important role in the life of individual fans, local communities, and even nations. Kapuscinski says that Europeans who are polite, modest, or humble fall easily into rage when playing or watching football games. By contrast, football is widely considered to have been the final proximate cause for the Football War in June 1969 between El Salvador and Honduras.

Rather than stopping play, the referee may allow play to continue if doing so will benefit the team against which an offence has been committed. The referee may "call back" play and penalise the original offence if the anticipated advantage does not ensue within "a few seconds". Even if an offence is not penalised due to advantage being played, the offender may still be sanctioned for misconduct at the next stoppage of play.

It is a quadrennial tournament and is likely the most popular sporting event in the world, drawing billions of television viewers every tournament. See how the Premier League and its clubs work with fans, The FA, EFL, PFA, Kick It Out and the police to tackle discrimination on and off the pitch. Learn about where the names "football" and soccer" come from, and who uses them now. Again, despite anti-racism gestures becoming a regular occurrence on the pitch, we are still a long way off achieving greater equality behind the scenes. Of the 17 Money League clubs which disclosed their board members’ ethnicities 11 (65%) had no ethnically diverse representation and, on average, just 15% of board members were identified as being ethnically diverse.

Each half runs continuously, meaning that the clock is not stopped when the ball is out of play. The referee is the official timekeeper for the match, and may make an allowance for time lost through substitutions, injured players requiring attention, or other stoppages. This added time is called additional time in FIFA documents, but is most commonly referred to as stoppage time or injury time, while lost time can also be used as a synonym.

A foul occurs when a player commits an offence listed in the Laws of the Game while the ball is in play. Handling the ball deliberately, tripping an opponent, or pushing an opponent, are examples of "penal fouls", punishable by a direct free kick or penalty kick depending on where the offence occurred. There are 17 laws in the official Laws of the Game, each containing a collection of stipulation and guidelines.

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Frank Lampard sensationally questioned his players' courage after Everton's thrashing by Crystal Palace and insisted he doesn't have a "magic wand" to fix their problems. Stunning goals from Timothy Castagne and James Maddison gave Leicester a 2-1 home win over Brentford that lifts them into the top half of the table. The FIFA Women's World Cup was inaugurated in 1991 and has been held every four years since, while women's football has been an Olympic event since 1996. Shall be played with a light india-rubber globe, and "pushing" shall be strictly forbidden. Would, be better, if it had been the right time of the year, and we had grass to play on; now it might create suspicion. Days the "fighting face" of the Indian star had often appeared on sporting pages.

Association football, the modern game, also has documented early involvement of women. An annual competition in Mid-Lothian, Scotland during the 1790s is reported, too. In 1863, football governing bodies introduced standardised rules to prohibit violence on the pitch, making it more socially acceptable for women to play. The first match recorded by the Scottish Football Association took place in 1892 in Glasgow. In England, the first recorded game of football between women took place in 1895. An image of an episkyros player depicted in low relief on a vase at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens appears on the UEFA European Championship trophy.

Other markings define the position of the ball or players at kick-offs, goal kicks, penalty kicks and corner kicks. The primary law is that players other than goalkeepers may not deliberately handle the ball with their hands or arms during play, though they must use both their hands during a throw-in restart. Although players usually use their feet to move the ball around they may use any part of their body (notably, "heading" with the forehead) other than their hands or arms. Within normal play, all players are free to play the ball in any direction and move throughout the pitch, though players may not pass to teammates who are in an offside position. Some speculated that this may have also been due to envy of the large crowds that women's matches attracted. This led to the formation of the English Ladies Football Association and play moved to rugby grounds.