Long Sleeves

[supapapa]

I thought Goalkeepers had to wear long sleeves. Casper Shmeichel didn`t for for Leeds this afternoon.

[alexanderd]

Its purely a matter of choice, no strict rule, just like outfield players some wear long sleeves some short

[Buenchico]

The misunderstanding about whether or not goalkeepers are allowed to wear short sleeves probably comes about because they're more likely than outfield players to wear undergarments. Where a vest (or similar undergarment is worn), by any player, the colour of the sleeves of the undergarment must match that of the player's shirt. That's the only regulation relating to shirts under Law 4. ("Players' Equipment").

[Buenchico]

Well it's definitely not referred to in the Laws of the Game, Steve, but I suppose that each league might have its own additional regulations.

[DTCwordfan]

they are all wussies if they wear long sleeves.

[supapapa]

I think steve.5 is on the right track.

[lesblue]

Jaaskelainen always wears short sleeves

[gazzawazza]

I remember there being a questiondoing the rounds years ago, "What can outfield players do that a goalkeeper is not allowed to do?" It went on, "If a goalkeeper does this he will be spoken to by the referee. If he repeats the transgression he will be sent from the field of play."
The answer was given as "roll his sleeves up." So unless there has been a rule change this must have been a load of rubbish, and we didn't have the internet in those days to check!

[joggerjayne]

"whom was actually handling the ball" ?

In relation to the execution of the transitive verb "to handle" I think that the goalkeeper is probably the "subject", because he handles the ball, and the ball itself is the "object", because it gets handled. I think the pronoun "whom" would be applied to the object, rather than the subject, so the referee probably has to determine "who" was actually handling the ball.

I may be wrong.

ps. Hi, Steve x

=0)

[joggerjayne]

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