2006-06-21 05:25:48 · 9 answers · asked by Joel R 1 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ FIFA World Cup (TM)
The referee is the official timekeeper for the match, and it is part of his duties to make allowance for time lost through substitutions, injured players requiring attention, cautions and dismissals, sundry time wasting, etc. When making such an allowance for time lost, the referee is often said to be "adding time on"; the added time is commonly referred to as stoppage time or injury time. The amount of time is at the sole discretion of the referee, and the referee alone signals when the match has been completed. There are no other timekeepers, although assistant referees carry a watch and may provide a second opinion if requested by the referee. In matches where a fourth official is appointed, towards the end of the half the referee will signal how many minutes remain to be played, and the fourth official then signals this to players and spectators by holding up a board showing this number.
Note that there is often semantic debate as to whether the referee is "adding on" time to the end of a half, or rather treating time during stoppages as though it never existed as part of the match time; this distinction has little bearing on the practical conduct of a game, however it may be noted that the pre-1997 wording of the laws stated that the referee "shall ... allow the full or agreed time adding thereto all time lost through injury or accident" (Law V), and later FIFA guidelines regarding the annotation of goal scoring times suggested that time is indeed "added-on" to the end of the agreed half period.
2006-06-21 06:02:40 · answer #1 · answered by striker23 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's time added on to the end of the half to make up for the time missed during injuries, substitutions, fouls, etc. They don't stop the clock for some reason in soccer, so they add time at the end of the half. It's by no means exact though.
2006-06-21 12:28:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When a penalty is givin or the game has to stop for some reason the time wasted setting up the free between play is made up at the end of the game this is known as Injury Time
2006-06-21 12:28:21 · answer #3 · answered by davemo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any time that is wasted on the field due to carrying off players, or giving out fouls, they just add it on at the end to make it equal to 45 and 90 minutes.
2006-06-21 12:28:58 · answer #4 · answered by Southpaw 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time that was added on to make it a full 90 minutes of playing time, from injury's, substitutions, and the like.
2006-06-21 13:09:33 · answer #5 · answered by snow_sweetie* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time added at the end to take into account, time wasting, substiutions and time tending with injuries.
2006-06-21 12:29:11 · answer #6 · answered by brogdenuk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its time that is usually added on after regular time because of stopages for fouls. substitutions etc.
2006-06-21 12:28:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
all the time that was wasted due to fouls and what not. they add it on to the end.
2006-06-21 12:27:19 · answer #8 · answered by rafal_4 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hahahahaha.
2006-06-21 12:33:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋