DO YOU KNOW LAW 13?

If you were silly enough to pass a direct free kick towards your goalkeeper and he makes a mess of his control (remember he cannot use his hands due to the pass back Law) and lets the ball through his legs into the goal without touching it, its a CORNER. Law 13 says so.

On December 27th 1983, at Plough Lane, Wally Downes of Wimbledon, playing against Millwall, took a direct free kick towards his own goalkeeper, David Beasant, who let the ball into the net. Maybe Beasant knew the intricasies of the law and dare not touch it.

The referee, John  E Martin, awarded a goal rather than a corner. 4-2 up before the free kick, the Crazy Gang found themselves only 4-3 up with minutes left. Downes may have been having joke, since he was regarded as a bit of a lad and fortunately his team hung on to win.

Downes argued that the referee didn't know his rules and was absolutely right in his criticism.

*If your indirect free kick is passed back towards your own goal and goes into the goal without anyone touching it, the result is a corner to your opposition.
If the goalie happened to get a finger on the ball and then it goes into the net it must be an own goal.

*If the opponents indirect free kick goes straight into your goal then a goalkick should be taken.
If the indirect free kick from an opposing player is hit towards your goal and the keeper tries to save it but touches it into the net, then that's a goal.
*(Shouldn't the decision be a "retake" because the ball must be touched twice from an indirect free kick to be "in play"?)