POST-MATCH THREAD: Charlton Athletic v Stoke City: Wednesday 11th February 2026: KO 19:45

PeterGage said:

Garrymanilow said:

killerandflash said:

If we're going down the offside rule, I sometimes think that a number of our players forget you can't be offside from a throw in. Godden is one of the few who will occasionally move into space beyond the last man to receive the ball.

I think you'll find you can't be offside DIRECTLY from a throw in. What if one of our players took a throw in but then a series of imagined events occurred that meant Godden received the ball while still in an offside position? He'd have to be killed wouldn't he, it's no wonder our other players don't move into that space.

There was a time when you could not be offside from an old fashioned "drop ball". There seems to no longer be a contested drop ball; the ball is now given to the team in possession when the game was stopped, hence the omission from current "Laws of the Game",