I am referring to Law 8 and in particular these two clauses;
• all players, except the player taking the kick-off, must be in their own half
of the field of play
• a goal may be scored directly against the opponents from the kick-off
It was pretty well documented throughout the world cup, and...
Looks to me like it is about the kick-off rule (that may or may not exist anymore). It's clearly been in our players minds under Hughton as you can see by Norwood having a chat with the linesman in the opposition half after Murray's last minute winner against Birmingham. We also saw it happening...