Can a goalie only handle the ball in his own box

[Snarkey5]

a lot of goalkeepers spend hours a day practasing the punch goal, where they go up for a late corner, and, punch the ball into the oppos goal

 

[oldalbiongirl]

Haha oh my god are you female?

Aww, so sad when someone has not yet encountered a female in ones life, or one would have known that females are all knowing. So it wasnt just that there was no mother, it was an all boys school as well. Tragic.

 

[T soprano]

watching the Oldham Everton game when the Oldham goalie came up for the last corner and jumped with his hands in the air as if by force of habit. Just wondering if he had punched it in would the goal have stood

Yes a goalie can handle the ball in the opposition penalty box but only if he's standing on one leg if the left leg isn't raised at all times then that's deemed as handball

 

[Danny-Boy]

Yes, yes it would. Keepers are allowed to handle it in either box. In fact, had he caught the cross, and dived over the goal line, gridiron-style, that too, would have counted.

I don't bel-ievve it. Surely some keepers would have tried this on.

There have been keepers who have scored late on, the goalie for Carlisle (Jimmy Glass) who kept them up for one. But they were all conventional.

 

[Snarkey5]

just seen the incident, LMAO stupid donkey

 

[Phat Baz 68]

No he can take a throw in !

 

[Mackenzie]

 

[Capricorn]

I can officially confirm that a Goalkeeper can handle the ball in either box, but only with the "half volley" technique mentioned earlier. To clear up any confusion this technique is essentially a catch by the keeper who then throws the ball up for himself and finishes off the effort with a neat punch into the opposing goal.

A little known fact is that only the winning teams keeper is able to utilise this ability. For example if the game is a tie or if the goalkeeper is on the losing team then the goal will NOT stand. Thus, it is rarely used by teams as it is in desperation that the losing team's keeper ventures up the field in search for an equalising or winning goal. Many goalkeepers have voiced their frustration over this.

I hope that clears things up.

 

[Titus]

No he can take a throw in !

Keep up.

 

[W.C.]

A goalkeeper can handle the ball if he leaves his area by walking along the lines of the pitch. In theory he could run all the way down the throw in line, turn at the corner flag, enter the opposition penalty area where he is free to wander around as in his own box. He could then simply throw the ball in the net.

In practice though it's quite easy to knock him off the line with a shoulder to shoulder challenge. Or you can just stand in the way, so you don't see it often.

 

[Medwayseagull]

Yes a goalie can handle the ball in the opposition penalty box but only if he's standing on one leg if the left leg isn't raised at all times then that's deemed as handball

I think you are getting confused with the Freemasons.

 

[Medwayseagull]

Well can he?

Is it really a cricket question - Can a wicketkeeper only handle the ball in his own box ?

 

[Cappers]

Am I missing something here?

 

[skipper734]

I believe in Cricket you are only allowed to handle your own balls in your own box. Putting your hands in other players boxes is frowned on during play.

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I believe in Cricket you are only allowed to handle your own balls in your own box. Putting your hands in other players boxes is frowned on during play.

 

[Notters]

Haha oh my god are you female?

Blimey.

 

[pasty]

Sad fact alert: Goalkeepers used to be allowed to handle the ball anywhere in their own half. A long, long time ago.

Sad fact alert 2: Goalkeepers are obliged to wear gloves, only if wearing a short sleeved shirt.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Well can he?

Well, no. He can handle all sorts of other things there too - his gloves, his cap, towel (you know, they hang it off the netting), and quite often they're allowed to get away with handling opposition strikers, too.