When was a goalkeeper last penalised for handball during a clearance? The Knowledge
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“When was the last time (if this has ever happened!) in a top-flight league, English or otherwise, that a goalkeeper was penalised for handling the ball outside of the penalty area while kicking the ball back into play?” wonders Robert W Zoellner.
This has happened, Robert, to Liverpool’s Pepe Reina against Bolton in 2006 when the assistant referee spotted him kicking the ball from hand outside of the penalty area. Replays showed that while he had struck the ball outside the area he had actually thrown it (quite legally) from inside. To add insult to injury Gary Speed scored from the resulting free-kick. Continue reading...
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