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Originally Posted by Shadow Demon UK
So it's up to the referee to go through every single player on the two teamsheets to make sure they are clear to play in the half an hour before kick off when the team sheets are given in? I think the officials have better things to do, like prepare for the match.
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The ref can check each players' boots before the match starts if he wants to. If a man gets on the pitch with spikes instead of studs on his boots then although he will get punished by the FA, the ref will get it in the neck for missing it.
Unless the rules have changed in the last 5 years. That very thing happened in a sunday league match in Swansea.