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Answer the following in detail.
(a) Write any three duties of the Fourth Official. (b) What decision should the Referee take if a…
(a) Write any three duties of the Fourth Official.
(b) What decision should the Referee take if a defender mistimes a tackle and makes the attacker fall inside the penalty area?
(c) During a game, a player involves in a fight with the opponent outside the penalty area and pulls his jersey. What will be the decision of the Referee?
Answer
Answer
AI(a) Three duties of the Fourth Official in football are:
1. Supervise the substitution procedure, inspecting the substitute's equipment and signaling the substitution with the electronic board.
2. Check and indicate the minimum amount of additional time (stoppage time) decided by the referee at the end of each half.
3. Assist the referee with administrative and disciplinary duties, monitoring the technical area, bench personnel, and notifying the referee of irresponsible behavior or incidents outside the referee's view.
(b) The Referee should award a penalty kick to the attacking team (and caution or send off the defender depending on whether the tackle was reckless or denied an obvious goal-scoring opportunity).
(c) The Referee should stop play, send off the offending player by showing a red card for violent conduct / physical altercation, and restart play with a direct free kick to the opposing team from the location where the jersey-pulling or fight occurred.
From ISC 2026 Physical Education Paper 1, question 7(i).