asking in a separate thread so as not to bog down the other one.
red fly hack on.
blue chase back
blue 7 reaches ball but under pressure. He deliberately HEADS the ball past the onrushing opponent who runs past everybody, and red oppo falls over and stays there.
blue 7 falls over his own feet and doesn't move any more for the duration of this convuluted scenario.
Blue 9 is chasing back and is "in front" of blue 7 (ie red side of him).
Blue 9 runs past the ball.
Blue 9 runs past blue 7.
Blue 9 stops, turns run back upfield and gathers the ball just before thye next red can get there
Is blue 9 offside?
Im pretty sure I know the answer to this one but I want to check!