10 men...

Are you allowed to start a match with 10 men by choice, or does it have to be 11?

Not really general Watford, but to be honest it is 1:15 and I'm tired and bored and I'm sure nobody is particularly bothered at this moment in time.

 

as long as you have 8 players the game can start

i've played eough times on a sunday morning with 10 players. We did it really well once, winning 1 - 0 till two of our players decided to have a fight and got themselves sent off about 5 minutes before half time

we lost 14 - 1 in the end !

 

I thought that if you had 7 or more you could play

 

Do you remember many year back when we beat Brizzle City at home 5 - 3, when they had 3 players sent off. They spent the last 20 minutes trying to get a 4th playe sent off so the game would be abandoned.

We were also 5 - 1 up when they were reduced to 8 men !

somethings don't change

 

Some leagues specify 8 men as the minimum required to start a game of football.

However, according to Law 3 of the Laws of Association Football, 7 is the minimum.

 

I hope Aidy's reading this.

I think we should play 4-2 against Brizzle Rovers.

 

oy canut - since when have you been on first name terms with Buddharoyd?

 

It was 5-2, not 5-3.

Memory like a bleedin' sieve some people!

 

also the sheffield united v WBA game, where sheff utd had 3 players sent off and 2 players faked injury. WBA were winning 3-0 and the FA kept the result and sheff united were fined.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZDsjY3uFdE

 

In professional football you have to name 11 starting players, nominate a substitute goalkeeper and another 4 nominated substitutes around an hour before kick off. However, if for any reason only 9 turned out for the kick off the referee wouldn't wait for the other two.

 

So has a proffessional level game ever started with a side having less than 11 players?

 

What would happen if a team had 5 players sent off, would the game have to be abandoned, or would it just be their tough shyte?

 

It'd get abandoned. I believe the side that hasn't had 5 men sent off gets the 3 points.

 

What if a team had 5 men sent off during a fight, but were leading at the time ?

I don't see why they should lose the points

 

The game is abandoned due to fact that one team would have less than the 7 players required to play a game. However, the decision of the result or whether to replay the game is up to the competition i.e. Football League to decide.

 

Started? Not sure. But I seem to remember a Chelsea (?) game from last season where one of their players strolled out for the second half a good 30 seconds after play had resumed.