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Also known as The Throw-in, 15th Law of association football

thumb|A player taking a correct throw-in during a game.

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Encyclopedic overview

24 sections
Contents
  • Award
  • Procedure
  • Offences
  • History
  • Before 1863
  • The FA laws of 1863
  • Subsequent developments
  • Unity with Sheffield rules
  • Unity with Scotland
  • Scoring a goal from a throw-in
  • Offside from a throw-in
  • Position of thrower's feet
  • Manner of throwing
  • Position of opponents
  • Double touch
  • Defunct requirements
  • Punishment for violations of the throw-in law
  • Name
  • Summary
  • Unusual throw-ins
  • Long throws
  • Flip throws
  • References
  • External links

thumb|A player taking a correct throw-in during a game.

A throw-in is a method of restarting play in association football when the whole ball passes over the touchline. It is governed by Law 15 of the Laws of the Game. In Scotland, it is known as a shy.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “throw-in” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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