How To Use Offside In A Sentence

  • A cosmetic change to alter the face of the offside rule Talking point.
  • Drogba has a goal - very similar to Terry's, but from a free-kick on the other side - disallowed for offside.
  • His outlook could hardly have been helped by the cancelling of a perfectly good goal just after the quarter-hour, the linesman flagging for offside.
  • Yet another Italian goal was wrongly disallowed for offside. Calcio: A History of Italian Football
  • The first goal came from route one, then there was a dubious penalty and the third one was offside. Times, Sunday Times
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  • Had Diego Milito's goal in the first leg been correctly ruled out for being sixty-miles offside, or had Barça's totally valid goal not been shambolically dismissed, then Barcelona would have contested the final in Madrid. How do you like your sour grapes, Señor Xavi Hernández? | Richard Williams
  • They were awarded a penalty for offside 10 yards out and Horne scored his fourth try.
  • Tunisia put the ball in Spain's net, but the whistle had long since gone for offside.
  • It is difficult to lose a game of that stature on two offside goals. Times, Sunday Times
  • Ashton had a try under the posts disallowed for offside after he raced onto an Adam Mitchell kick through.
  • He also scored a goal at the death that was disallowed for offside. Times, Sunday Times
  • This is beyond the capacity of the human eye, which may explain why so many offside decisions are controversial
  • He headed way over with the goal gaping, had a goal disallowed for offside and had a good penalty appeal waved away. The Sun
  • But the road was narrow and the offside wheels were on to the grass verge in the brief moment before he regained full control. CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD
  • He also scored a goal at the death that was disallowed for offside. Times, Sunday Times
  • The phraseology might have been a bit offside, though.
  • Canham looked at least a couple of yards offside as he collected the ball on the edge of the Morecambe penalty area.
  • Machester United had a goal disallowed for being offside.
  • Rémy was flagged offside four times in the opening period. Times, Sunday Times
  • The replay is shown over and over again before the video ref decides that Owen was very marginally offside.
  • Both teams were guilty of playing the game at least a couple of yards offside and handling the ball on the floor at almost every breakdown.
  • I was pushing up trying to play offside. The Sun
  • Nelson, like the rest of his Shakers team-mates, was seething at the decision to chalk off his late header because of a debatable offside.
  • Quinn did have the ball in the back of the net at one point, but was adjudged offside.
  • I was wrongly adjudged offside and should have had a penalty. The Sun
  • A host of chances went begging and they had a cracking goal from John Hartless ruled out for offside.
  • Weatherson did have the ball in the net in the 14th minute but was adjudged offside, and Jimmy Thomson went close with a header.
  • As for the anachronism known as offside, experts in physiology say the human eye frequently cannot call offside accurately (try simultaneously tracking the ball and two or more sprinting players separated by 20 to 30 meters). Jonathan Littman: Innovation World Cup Style
  • As it happens, it wouldn't have counted even if Alberto had got it - the linesman had flagged for offside.
  • Running on to it with only Carroll to beat, Gimenez is penalised for being offside.
  • He headed way over with the goal gaping, had a goal disallowed for offside and had a good penalty appeal waved away. The Sun
  • No, just an offside flag - which looked mighty harsh on the replay.
  • The results, as you may expect, showed that teams that score more goals have more disallowed for offside. Times, Sunday Times
  • I could see that Ashley Cole was trying to get back so I knew I wasn't offside and suddenly I had one of those shots where you just get your head down and hit it.
  • Italy get a free-kick wide on the left, from which De Rossi deliberately stands five yards offside.
  • In the opening game, Diouf was a magnificent player who seemed unfortunate to get caught offside a lot.
  • Hoyle headed across goal and Matthew Bland headed home only to be adjudged offside.
  • Shikhar Kafle had put the game back in level terms latching on a pass from Manish Rajitkar but was ruled offside. Undefined
  • The relaxation of the offside law, for example, means players having to cover more ground at a greater pace.
  • When you come to a place like this you do need the officials to do their jobs and the first goal was a yard offside, which is a big disappointment. The Guardian World News
  • Even then, Rovers did not ease back and Burns got the ball in the net again only to be adjudged offside.
  • A lovely ball through from Brian Pennington found Danny Harris who beat the offside trap to lob the advancing goalkeeper and put the home side two up.
  • Coe sneaking back from an offside position was allowed to play the ball and lob it over Bainbridge into the goal.
  • Earlier, Danny Masumba's goal that would have made Celtic take the lead in the first half was disallowed in the 44 minute with the referee signaling it was an offside.
  • Accordingly, he played to drop it offside and went one down. Times, Sunday Times
  • Cricketers cannot defend in numbers, play offside. Times, Sunday Times
  • A stone smashed through an offside window of the vehicle, causing a glancing blow to a passenger.
  • The car collided with the front offside of the lorry after crossing the centre of the road, possibly to overtake.
  • The player in the middle of the goal clearly is offside. The Sun
  • The first goal came from route one, then there was a dubious penalty and the third one was offside. Times, Sunday Times
  • The second one is five yards offside. Times, Sunday Times
  • They have cleared the box so their player is offside. The Sun
  • His distribution was also hit and miss and he had strayed into an offside position when he put the ball in the net with his only shot of the match.
  • Wimbledon were able to reduce the lead with a second penalty from Wilde after a Gosport offside from their centres.
  • Passes were flubbed, unnecessary offsides were infuriatingly common, play was slower and the general skill level was clearly inferior. Globe and Mail
  • Cricketers cannot defend in numbers, play offside. Times, Sunday Times
  • He looked a yard offside for his goal but that does not undermine the finishing power from close range. The Sun
  • The offside rear wheel needs replacing.
  • I was pushing up trying to play offside. The Sun
  • The game was just two minutes old when Hawks were lured offside under their own posts and Bernard Hennessey did the needful.
  • How many times have we seen him waste his pace advantage by mistiming his runs and be flagged offside, even when he was looking along the line?
  • His long-range shot flew in off a post but the linesman saw a player standing in an offside position.
  • Clove Lloyd looked helpless, when despite having 7 fielders on the offside, Vishy was still able to play his royal square-cut.
  • Even so, they could have been two up when he had the ball in the net only for the linesman to flag for offside.
  • They'd start shouting for offsides or a penalty claim.
  • When York kicked off by booting the ball straight out and then giving away a first-minute penalty for offside, things looked bleak.
  • It's one of those momentous days alongside changing the offside law. The Sun
  • His first effort, five minutes before the interval, was controversially disallowed for offside. Times, Sunday Times
  • The forward got on the end of a goal kick, beat the offside trap and slotted home. Times, Sunday Times
  • He headed way over with the goal gaping, had a goal disallowed for offside and had a good penalty appeal waved away. The Sun
  • But essentially these days, a player is offside if the referee's assistant says so. Times, Sunday Times
  • When the ball did eventually make it into the Aberdeen goal, the assistant referee had flagged for offside.
  • It was chalked off for a marginal offside although that didn't stop him playing up to the away fans beside the goal with a celebration dance.
  • On the catwalk Lester moved around from the off side, sat back against the tank, put the crosshairs on Billy's left earhole and with no more forethought than you'd give a dumpster rat touched off a 125 grain copper point that made hardly a mark going in and removed the offside of his skull coming out. The Warden
  • Then referee Presley deemed Smith offside a yard from his own corner with the ball heading the other way - a decision which was harsh at best.
  • What would happen if a ref called offside but was reversed on review? The Volokh Conspiracy » Getting it Right
  • At the other end of the scale we have the option of removing the offside law altogether.
  • Defensive tackle Matt Conrath was called offside for lining up in the neutral zone, a five-yard penalty that afforded Duke a first down. 'Day-one, self-inflicted' penalties haunt Cavaliers
  • His first effort, five minutes before the interval, was controversially disallowed for offside. Times, Sunday Times
  • Sutcliffe was desperately unlucky to see a further effort disallowed for offside on the intervention of the touch judge but West's were looking dangerous at only
  • The trailer came to rest tilted on its offside wheels, the nearside wheels raised off the road by about two feet.
  • The player in the middle of the goal clearly is offside. The Sun
  • The results, as you may expect, showed that teams that score more goals have more disallowed for offside. Times, Sunday Times
  • Sadly he had strayed a couple of yards offside. The Sun
  • Replays showed the striker was offside as Huth played the ball on in a crowded penalty area, leaving the Derby County manager, Nigel Clough, to bemoan his luck. Stoke City's cup concentration pays dividends at Derby County
  • He is played through one-on-one, unaware the linesman has his flag up for offside.
  • The third goal was so blatantly offside I don't even know what to say about it.
  • When Halifax were penalised again for offside he didn't let a second attempt through his grasp, kicking the goal with ease.
  • The referee overruled his linesman's offside flag.
  • He said he saw the Sierra approaching at speed and saw the offside and then nearside wheels leave the road.
  • The match's key moments were 6 minutes in when George Smith was penalised for offside as Lions drive forward from a line-out.
  • That was a neat strike by Mendez, but it's disallowed for offside.
  • Any righteous indignation on the part of the Americans at that stage was undermined by replays which suggested the offside decision was marginal.
  • While they were working their magic, Costa was strolling back from an offside position as if he knew what was going to happen. Times, Sunday Times
  • Learning his lesson, when Gerrard puts through another ball to him, he simply doesn't bother to chase it, so far offside is he. Bolton Wanderers v Liverpool - as it happened!
  • Whenever his Wanderers team were awarded a free-kick in Leicester territory he placed two players in what can only be described as wildly offside positions inside the penalty area.
  • Robinson added the extra two and a further penalty when the visitors strayed offside.
  • They screamed for an offside flag which never came.
  • Shearer beat the offside trap and squared the ball for Mitchell to tap in. 3-1 to Town.
  • He motors into the box and shoots over, just after the linesman has raised his flag for offside.
  • County were first to score, their opening pressure forcing a penalty for offside to allow their full-back the easiest of pots at goal for three points.
  • The goal was disallowed because Wark was offside.
  • Sadly he had strayed a couple of yards offside. The Sun
  • The quid pro quo on this should be that the goalkeeper is allowed to punch the (would-have-been-offside) striker in the face. New Offside Rule Proposal « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog
  • In the second half Esholt thought they had equalised with ten minutes remaining only to have the goal ruled offside.
  • Sadly he had strayed a couple of yards offside. The Sun
  • Meanwhile, Ray and the woman grabbed their bags and raced along the offside of the train towards the right carriage.
  • Yet another Italian goal was wrongly disallowed for offside. Calcio: A History of Italian Football
  • Better, said Blatter, to allow an offside goal than to disallow a good one.
  • An offsider is hauling together the thousands of different legal advices and papers published on the web.
  • He said Fowler was definitely onside for the first goal and neither he nor his players had any offside issues at the time with either of the other two goals.
  • After 34 minutes Selby were caught offside in front of the posts.
  • After 15 minutes the unwieldy but effective Adam Pilling outwitted the Worcester goalkeeper, only to have his effort ruled out for offside.
  • If the teammate touches the puck, offsides is called and the faceoff is held outside the blue line. USATODAY.com - Answers: Goalie penalties and two-line passes
  • … Chris Myers, on Fox's NASCAR prerace coverage Saturday, to Fox NFL analyst Michael Strahan who was in for a cameo: "You look so fit you could go back out on the field and jump offsides all the time. ESPN hires ex-Lions boss Millen as football analyst
  • I think you'd best let your offsider know that we'd rather pay the disposal fees than risk public exposure for dumping equipment.
  • When he drove through the offside, it was as vigorously as anyone had in this match, but it was the way he cut and pulled that rendered the spinners ineffective.
  • Offside lay : The side lay opposite the operating side of a press . See Lay , Nearside Lay.
  • When people talk about teams being organised at the back, most of it is because they know how to play offside. Times, Sunday Times
  • After three minutes, Riordan sprang the offside trap but his dangerous cross was acrobatically clutched by Stillie.
  • In particular the rear offside brake was leaking brake fluid and the inside of the brake drum was coated with thick black grease which was a combination of brake fluid and brake shoe dust.
  • Often this is seen by both players and fans as the assistant ref not knowing what offside is.
  • He was offside, says the linesman, and for once in this tournament, the replay agrees.
  • Partick thought they had scored, but it was declared offside and it was never going to spark a comeback or probably even dam the flood of Livingston attacks.
  • It affects what the defender does but the actions of the attackers in the offside positions in this situation are not covered in the law. Times, Sunday Times
  • In their three games, four Italian goals had been wrongly disallowed for offside and one for a supposed foul on the goalkeeper. Calcio: A History of Italian Football
  • After hammering away through ruck after ruck, an Eric Miller surge caught the English offside and Humphreys kicked the precious points.
  • They have cleared the box so their player is offside. The Sun
  • Arbroath were denied an opener 12 minutes into the match when George Rowe netted after picking up the rebound when Bayne hit the left post, only to have his effort ruled offside.
  • Their only success was another quick penalty when Dinnington were finally adjudged offside.
  • The ref gave him offside when it looked exactly the same as the previous incident.
  • He was involved in a first-minute move that climaxed with Healy heading past Davis, but was frustrated to see the effort ruled out for offside.
  • I gather there was a defender on the goal line so Strachan couldn't have been offside at all.
  • Woodson recovery of Toomer fumble is negated by an offside penalty on Cowboys 'Stewart to New York 37 USATODAY.com
  • Helder Postiga has a header rightly disallowed for offside, but for a horrible split-second it looked like it was a good goal.
  • The second one is five yards offside. Times, Sunday Times
  • The strike was ruled out for offside but television pictures later confirmed the Arsenal player had received the ball in an onside position.
  • Missed a sitter in the first half but was offside anyway. The Sun
  • Missed a sitter in the first half but was offside anyway. The Sun
  • An offside flag spoilt that party, but not for long. Times, Sunday Times
  • As he was bending down speaking to them, one man got out of the rear offside door and another came out of the nearside front door.
  • The laws of supply and demand are as rigid as the offside law.
  • The striker had spent most of his evening failing to dodge the offside flag.
  • Free kick from the right, and the Swiss comically attempt to play the Croatians offside, the result of which is most of the Croatian team left most definitely onside and with only Stiel to beat.
  • The second one is five yards offside. Times, Sunday Times
  • ITV cameras missed it but luckily not the linesman who flagged for offside. The Sun
  • Threats to sue the Football League and create a new competition with no offsides or draws were just farcical.
  • I was wrongly adjudged offside and should have had a penalty. The Sun
  • Robinson added the extra two and a further penalty when the visitors strayed offside.
  • The forward tried to rectify matters by turning and drilling the ball over the line, but by then the flag had been raised, penalising him for straying offside.
  • The nearside trailer wheels of the articulated lorry lifted six inches from the road surface and the load leaned to the offside and into the next carriageway.
  • Ahmed, who loves slicing or cutting the ball through the offside, hit 26 off 11 Carruthers deliveries and the duo looked to be taking Baildon to victory.
  • He claimed to understand the offside rule, but admitted he would not like to explain it.
  • Cardiff's first points came in the 22nd minute when promising young centre, Lee Thomas, punished a Glasgow offside with a penalty.
  • A player is offside if he receives a forward pass from a teammate in the opponent's half of the field, with fewer than two opponents between himself and the goal.
  • Apparently both goals were offside. The Sun
  • Tunisia put the ball in Spain's net, but the whistle had long since gone for offside.
  • The defect in the rear offside brake was obvious and should have alerted a trained mechanic that the vehicle was unroadworthy.
  • As coach, he dragged players who ignored his leads, even if they were kicking goals, and put many players offside.
  • He nodded the ball into the back of the net, only for the assistant referee to flag for offside.
  • The two men died instantly as the offside of their car collided with the trailer before finally coming to rest more than 440 yards further down the road.
  • Enniscorthy rucked and mauled up field and they were awarded another penalty in the 60th minute when Port strayed offside.
  • The nearside trailer wheels of the articulated lorry lifted six inches from the road surface and the load leaned to the offside and into the next carriageway.
  • Trezeguet is caught marginally offside as Henry plays the ball through to him.
  • If he is nearer the centre line than the last defender then attacking players nearer to him may appear offside and players further away may appear onside, and vice versa.
  • He planked a solid header behind him, but it was just a shade offside and the referee was quick with the decision.
  • A stone smashed through an offside window of the vehicle, causing a glancing blow to a passenger.
  • It's one of those momentous days alongside changing the offside law. The Sun
  • It had accident damage to all four corners, including a front offside wing that looked like it had been virtually ripped off. The Sun
  • I thought both times they had players offside and the officials felt the same.
  • Still vibing off of their CBC Big Break win, Montreal hip hop group Offsides are gearing up for another party at the Vatican this Sunday, July 21.
  • Some swine had bashed the offside rear three-quarter in a very clumsy attempt to park behind me.
  • Atkinson's failure to send off Chelsea's David Luiz for a glaring second bookable offence and the dismissal of Arsenal's Robin van Persie for going through with a shot after the whistle had blown for offside were too grievous to dismiss with platitudes. Hardline defence of referees is a symptom of failure | Paul Hayward
  • Replays proved inconclusive, but there were suspicions of an offside as well. Times, Sunday Times
  • He does so, prompting the linesman to semaphore the word ‘offside’ with his arresting flag.
  • A minute later, Houston thought they had made it 2-1 with a Jason Garey header from about 10 yards out in the middle that went inside the near post, but Garey was called offsides. The Seattle Times
  • The offside lamp pointing forward should be covered with a handkerchief, to diffuse the light and cause less refraction from the fog in front. To Drive a Motorcar | Edwardian Promenade
  • One was Mr Pringle, the second one was his offsider.
  • Flood's clever kick turned the defence and, though Ashton was lucky not to be called offside in hacking it on, it was his presence of mind that set up the next phase for the replacement hooker, Dylan Hartley, who ran on to a pass from good charging distance for the try. Martin Johnson's emerging England taught lesson by ruthless All Blacks
  • But the road was narrow and the offside wheels were on to the grass verge in the brief moment before he regained full control. CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD
  • But the road was narrow and the offside wheels were on to the grass verge in the brief moment before he regained full control. CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD
  • Two own goals, a marginal offside tap-in and an overlooked penalty appeal by Theo Walcott helped Blackburn off the foot of the table and eased the pressure on their manager Steve Kean. Arsenal's major flaws have Arsène Wenger too choked for rallying cry
  • Using his exceptionally nimble footwork, he scurried away to the leg side and swatted the ball into the empty offside field.
  • The attackers had looked offside but the try stood and the conversion levelled matters.
  • And I would like the abolishment of the offside rule.
  • On one occasion he turned a yellow card into a red one by needlessly hoofing the ball away after being flagged offside.
  • Trezeguet taps in the rebound but he was offside when the shot was hit.
  • However, to the dismay of the home-support a marginal offside decision went United's way.
  • Unfortunately for the home side both Howey and Dunne, and a least two others, were yards offside.
  • He headed way over with the goal gaping, had a goal disallowed for offside and had a good penalty appeal waved away. The Sun
  • In the book The Sign of Four, Holmes notices a particular ‘reddish mould’ on his offsider Watson's instep.
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  • Replays proved inconclusive, but there were suspicions of an offside as well. Times, Sunday Times
  • For any offside offence, the referee awards an indirect free-kick to the opposing team to be taken from the place where the infringement occurred.
  • This sluggish play up front was emphasised by the large number of unnecessary offsides given.
  • But the goal was called offside, just as Maurice Edu's late goal was disallowed against Slovenia last week, a score that would have given the Americans a victory. USA Advances In World Cup With Epic Goal In Final Minutes
  • Rémy was flagged offside four times in the opening period. Times, Sunday Times
  • An offside room had been rigged as an inquisitory. Operation Luna
  • And Dean Windass, who had a goal scrubbed out by a marginal offside, is also on the banned list after collecting his fifth booking.
  • As the club's manager succinctly put it: 'Either you are offside or not.'

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