1
A) This Competition shall be designated the Lancashire Amateur Football
League and shall consist of not more than 44 clubs who shall be Full Member
Clubs.
All such Member Clubs
must be affiliated to an affiliated County Football Association and their names
and particulars shall be returned annually by the appointed date on the Form
'D' to the appropriate County Football Association. The area covered by the
Competition Membership shall be Lancashire and Cheshire.
This Competition shall apply annually
for sanction to the Lancashire Football Association and the constituent teams
of Member Clubs may be grouped in divisions, each not exceeding 16 in number.
Member Clubs
shall not enter any of their teams playing in the Competition in any other
Competitions (with the exception of F.A. and County F.A. Competitions) except
with the written consent of the Management Committee of the Competition.
B) At the Annual
General Meeting or a Special General Meeting called for the purpose, a majority
of the delegates present shall have power to decide or adjust the compilation
of the divisions at their discretion. When necessary this Rule shall take
precedence over Rule 12.
2
A) All applications by clubs for admission to this competition or the
entry of an additional team(s) must be made in writing to the secretary and
must be accompanied by an Entry Fee of £50 per team which shall be returned in
the event of non-election.
At the discretion of a majority of
accredited voting members present applications, of which due notice has been
given, may be received at the Annual General Meeting or a Special General
Meeting. The Entry Fee shall apply.
When Rule 12 (B) is applied and a
team seeks a transfer or is compulsorily transferred to another division no
Entry Fee shall be payable.
B) The Annual Subscription shall be
£50 per team payable on or before the 20th August each year.
C) Each club shall within 7 days of
election pay a Deposit of £50 which shall be returnable to clubs on leaving the
competition provided they have fulfilled their fixtures and complied with all
orders
of the Management Committee.
D) A Club may not participate in this
competition until the Entry Fee , Annual Subscriptions and Deposit have been
paid.
E) Clubs must advise annually the
Secretary in writing by 20th August of its County Football
Association affiliation number for the forthcoming season, failing which they
shall be fined £50.
Clubs must advise the Secretary in
writing, or in prescribed form, of details of its Headquarters, Officers and
any other information requested by the Competition.
3 The Officers of the Competition shall be the President, Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Registration Secretary, Referees Secretary and Assistant Referees Secretary to be elected annually at the Annual General Meeting. (N.B. Auditors are not Officers).
4 A) The Competition shall be governed in
accordance with the Rules and Regulations of The Football Association by a
Management Committee comprised of the Officers and 14 members who shall be
elected at the Annual General Meeting.
B) Retiring Officers shall be eligible to become candidates for re-election without nomination. All other candidates for election as Officers or Members of the Management Committee shall be nominated to the Secretary in writing, signed by the Secretaries of two Member Clubs not later than 8th May in each year. Names of the candidates for election shall be circulated with the notice of the Annual General Meeting. In the event of there being no nomination in accordance with the foregoing for any office, nominations may be received at the Annual General Meeting
C) The management committee shall meet
as often as necessary to deal with the business as it arises. On receiving a
requisition signed by two-thirds of the Management Committee the Secretary
shall convene a meeting of the Committee.
D) Except where otherwise mentioned all
communications shall be addressed to the Secretary who shall conduct the
correspondence of the Competition and keep a record of its proceedings.
E) All communications received from
Clubs must be conducted through their nominated Officers.
5 A) The Management Committee may appoint
such other subcommittees as they may consider necessary and may delegate such
of their powers as they deem necessary to such committees. The decisions of all
such committees shall be reported to the Management Committee for ratification.
B) Subject to the permission of the
Lancashire County Football Association having been obtained the Management Committee
may order a match or matches to be played each season, the proceeds to be
devoted to the funds of the Competition and, if necessary, may call upon each
Club (including any Club which may have withdrawn during the season) to
contribute equally such sums as may be necessary to meet any deficiency at the
end of the season. (See Rule 6(e)).
C) Each Member of the Management
Committee shall have the right to attend and vote at all Management Committee
Meetings and have one vote thereat, but no Member shall be allowed to vote on
any matters directly appertaining to such Member or to the Club so represented.
(This shall apply to the procedure of any sub-committee).
In the event of
the voting being equal on any matter, the Chairman shall have a second or
casting vote.
D) The Management Committee shall have power to apply, act
upon and enforce the Rules of the Competition and shall also have jurisdiction
over all matters affecting the competition, including any not provided for in
the Rules. Except where these Rules provide for the imposition of a set penalty
on any Club, Official or player alleged to be in breach of a Competition Rule
must be formally charged in writing and given the opportunity to present their
case before the Management Committee. All breaches of the Laws of the Game,
Rules and Regulations of The Football Association shall be dealt with in
accordance with F.A. Rules.
E) All decisions of the Management Committee shall be binding subject to
the right of appeal to the Board of Appeal in accordance with Rule 16.
Decisions of the Management Committee must be notified in writing to those
concerned within 7 days.
F) 10 members of the Management Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business of the Management Committee and 3 members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by any sub-committee of the Competition.
G) The Management Committee, as it may deem necessary, shall have the
power to fill in an acting capacity, any vacancies that may occur amongst their
number.
H) A Club having tailed to comply with an order or instruction of the
Management Committee, or failing to satisfactorily attend to the business
and/or the correspondence of the Competition, shall be liable to be fined or
otherwise penalised at the discretion of the Management Committee.
I) All fines and charges shall be paid within 14 days of the date of
posting of the written notification. Clubs, Officials or individuals committing
a breach of this Rule will incur such penalties as the Management Committee may
impose.
J) A member of the management Committee appointed by the Competition to attend a meeting or match may have any expenses incurred refunded by the Competition.
K) The Management Committee shall have the power to fill any vacancy that may occur in the membership of the Competition between the Annual General or Special General Meeting called to decide the constitution and the commencement of the Competition season.
6
A) The
Annual General Meeting shall be held not later than the 30th June in
each year. At this meeting the following business shall be transacted provided
that at least 30 Members are present and entitled to vote.
(i) To receive and confirm the
Minutes of the preceding Annual General Meeting.
(ii)
To
consider any business arising therefrom.
(iii)
To
receive and adopt the Annual Report, Balance Sheet and Statement of Account.
(iv)
Election
of Clubs to fill vacancies (as recommended by the Management Committee).
(v)
Constitution
of the Competition for ensuing season.
(vi)
Election
of Officers and Management Committee
(vii)
Appointment
of Auditors
(viii)
Alteration
of Rules, if any ( of which notice has been given)
(ix)
Fix the
date for the commencement and conclusion of playing season.
(x)
Other
business of which due notice shall have been given and accepted as being
relevant to an Annual General Meeting.
B) A copy of the duly audited Balance Sheet, Statement of Accounts and
Agenda shall be forwarded to each Club at least fourteen days prior to the
meeting, and to the Lancashire County Football Association.
C) A signed copy of the duly audited Balance Sheet and Statement of
Accounts shall be forwarded to the Lancashire County Football Association within
fourteen days of its adoption by the
Annual General Meeting.
D) Each Full Member Club shall be entitled to send two delegates to an
Annual General Meeting. Each Club shall be entitled to one vote only. Not less
than seven days notice shall be given of any Meeting.
E) Clubs who have withdrawn their Membership of the competition during
the season being concluded or who are not continuing in Membership shall be
entitled to attend but shall vote only on matters relating to the season being
concluded.
F) All voting shall be conducted by a show of voting cards unless a
ballot be demanded by at least 20 of the delegates qualified to vote or the
chairman so decides.
G) No individual shall be entitled to vote on behalf of more than one
Full Member Club.
H) Any continuing Member Clubs failing to be represented at the Annual
General Meeting without satisfactory reason being given shall be fined £25.
I) Officers and Management Committee members shall be entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting.
AGREEMENT TO BE SIGNED
7. The Chairman and the Secretary of each club shall complete and sign the following agreement which shall be deposited with the competition together with the application for membership for the coming season, or upon indicating that the club intends to compete.
“ We, of (chairman) and of (secretary) of the Football Club have been provided with a copy of the rules and regulations of the Lancashire Amateur Football League Competition and do hereby agree for and on behalf of the said Club to, if elected or accepted into Membership, to conform to those Rules and Regulations and to accept and abide by and implement their decisions of the Management Committee of the Competition, subject to the right of appeal in accordance with Rule 16.
Any alteration of the Chairman and/or Secretary on the above Agreement must be notified to the County Football Association to which the Club is affiliated and to the Secretary of the Competition.
8. (A)
Contract Players as defined in Football Association Rules are not permitted
in this Competition.
(B) A registered playing member of a Club is one who, being in all other
respects eligible, has:
1. Signed a fully
and correctly completed Competition registration form in ink, countersigned by
an Officer of the Club, and who has been registered with the Registration Secretary
48h prior to playing. The player shall not be eligible to play again until the
completed registration counterfoil has been received by the Club.
(C)
A player is not eligible to play in the competition who receives any form of
payment for playing, other than for expenses as per clause 1, 2 and 3 of
Article 2 of the FIFA Regulations Governing the Status and Transfer of Players.
(D)
A player having taken part in matches for any Club affiliated to any County
Football Association shall not be allowed to join, be transferred to, or sign
for a club in the Competition without first proving to officials of the intended
Club that the player has discharged all reasonable financial liabilities to the
previous Club or Clubs, and a Club official may not accept such player’s
signature without first ascertaining whether such claims have been discharged
to the satisfaction of the Club, or Clubs, for which the player last played.
(F)
A fee of 50 pence shall be paid for each player registered at 1st
February each year.
(G)
The Management Committed shall decide all registration disputes.
In the event of a
player signing a registration form or having a registration submitted for more
than one Club priority of registration shall decide for which Club the player
shall be registered. The Registration Secretary shall notify the Club
last applying to register the player of the fact of the previous registration.
(H) It shall be deemed misconduct for a player to -
(i) Play for more
than one Club in the Competition in the same season without first being
transferred.
(ii) Having
signed for one Club in the Competition, sign for another Club in the
Competition in that season except for the purpose of a transfer.
(iii) Submit a signed registration
form for registration that the player had wilfully neglected to accurately or
fully complete.
(J) (i) The Management Committee shall have power to accept the
registration
of any player. The Management
Committee shall have power to refuse, cancel or suspend the registration of any
player or may fine any player at their discretion proved guilty of registration
irregularities. (Subject to Rule 16).
(ii) The
Management Committee shall have power to refuse or cancel the registration of
any player found guilty of undesirable conduct and to disqualify the player in
question from participating in all games in the Competition. (Subject to Rule
16).
(Note: Action under Clause (2) shall not be taken against a player for misconduct on the field of play until the matter has been dealt with by the appropriate Association, and then only in cases of the player bringing the Competition into disrepute.)
(K) Subject to The Football Association Rules dealing with players
without a written contract when a player desires a transfer, the Club the
player wishes to transfer to shall submit a transfer form to the Registration
Secretary.
Such transfer shall be referred by
the Registration Secretary to the Club for which the player is
registered. Should this Club object to the transfer it should state its
objections in writing to the Registration Secretary and to the player
concerned within seven days of receipt of the transfer form. Upon receipt of
the Club's consent, or upon its failure to give written objection within seven
days, the Registration Secretary may, on behalf of the Management
Committee, transfer the player who shall be doomed eligible to play for the new
Club from such date.
In the event of
an objection to a transfer the matter shall be referred to the Management
Committee for a decision.
(L) A player may not be registered for a Club nor transferred to another
Club in the Competition after 1st March in each season except by
special permission of the Management Committee.
(M) A Club shall keep a list of the players it registers and a
record of the games in which they have played, and shall produce such records
upon demand by the Management Committee.
(N) A register containing the names of all players registered for each
Club, with the date of registration, shall be kept by the Registration Secretary
and shall be open to the inspection of any duly appointed Member Club representative
at all Management Committee meetings or at other times mutually arranged.
(O) A player shall not be eligible to play for a team in any special championship, promotion or relegation deciding match (as specified in Rule 12(A) unless the player has played 3 games for that team in this Competition in the current season.
(P) (i) Any team playing an unregistered or otherwise
ineligible player or players may have the points gained in the match
deducted from its total and may be fined and/or otherwise dealt with at the
discretion of the Management Committee.
(ii)
In addition the team may have points deducted from its total at the discretion
of the Management Committee and may be dealt with in any further manner which
is thought fit.
(iii) The Management Committee in exceptional circumstances
may, at its discretion, award any points deducted from a Club under this Rule
to the opponents in the match in question, subject to the match not being
ordered to be replayed.
9. (A) Every Club must register the
colour of its shirts and shorts with the Secretary by 20th August
who shall decide as to their suitability. Goalkeepers must wear colours which distinguish them from other players
and the referee.
No
player, including the goalkeeper, shall be permitted to wear black or very dark
shirts. Any team not being able to play in its normal colours as registered
with the Competition shall notify the, colours in which they will play to its
Opponents at least 2 days before the match.
If, in the opinion of the referee, two Clubs have the same
or similar colours, the home team shall make the change. Any team not
having a change of colours of delaying the kick-off by not having a change
shall be fined £20.
The Secretary of the Competition may request shirts to be
submitted if complaints are received as to lack of distinguishing colours, and
the Management Committee may refuse to permit any shirts or shorts as they
think fit. Shirts in first team games must be numbered.
(B) Any Club wishing to change its name and/or colours
must seek permission from its affiliated County Association and from the
Management Committee.
10 (A) The Annual
General Meeting shall determine the commencing and concluding dates for the
ensuing season which shall be in accordance with Football Association Rules. No
Club shall be compelled to play after the concluding date. Original fixtures
arranged by Fixtures Secretary, or at a meeting specially convened for
that purpose, to be held no later than 20th April, must not be
arranged for a date later then seven days preceding the concluding date
determined by the Annual General Meeting.
(B) All matches shall be played in accordance with the Laws of the
Game as determined by the International Football Association Board.
Clubs must take all reasonable precautions to keep their
grounds in a playable condition. All matches shall be played on pitches deemed
suitable by the Management Committee. If through any fault of the home team a
match has to be replayed. the Management Committee shall have power to order
the venue to be changed.
The Management Committee shall have power to decide whether
a pitch and/or facilities are suitable for matches in the Competition and to
order the Club concerned to play its fixtures on another ground.
All matches shall have a duration of 90 minutes unless a
shorter time (not less than 60 minutes) is mutually arranged by the two
captains in consultation with the referee prior to the commencement of the
match, and in any event shall be of equal halves.
The times of kick-off shall be fixed by the A.G.M. or the Management Committee. Any Club
failing to commence at the appointed time shall be fined a sum not
exceeding £20 or be otherwise dealt with as the Management Committee may
determine.
Referees must order matches to commence at the appointed
time and must report all late starts to the Competition.
The home team must provide at least two footballs fit for
play and the referee shall make a report to the Competition if the footballs
are unsuitable. Goal nets must be used.
(C) Except by permission of the Management Committee all matches must be played on the dates originally fixed but priority shall be given to The Football Association and all relevant County Association Cup Competitions. All other matches must be considered secondary. Clubs may mutually agree to bring forward a match with the consent of the Fixtures Secretary.
(D) The Secretary of the home Club
must give notice of full particulars of the location of, and access to, the
ground and time of kick-off to the match Officials and the Secretary of
the opposing Club at least 48h prior to the playing of the match.
Any Club failing to comply with this Rule shall be liable to
a fine of £20.
(E) Every Club shall play its best available qualified team
or teams in all matches in the Competition.
In
the event of a Club playing in any match with less than 7 plavers they may be fined for each missing
player. A minimum of 7 players will constitute a team for a Competition match.
(F) Home and away matches shall be played. In the
event of a Club failing to keep its engagement the Management Committee shall
have power to inflict a fine, deduct points from the defaulting Club, award the
points to the opponents, order the defaulting Club to pay any
expenses incurred by the opponents or otherwise deal with them except the award
of goals. Not withstanding the foregoing home and away provision, the
Management Committee shall have power to order a match to be played on a
neutral ground or on the opponent's ground if they are satisfied that such
action is warranted by the circumstances.
Any
Club with more then one team in the Competition shall always fulfil its
fixture, within the Competition, in the following order of precedence.- First
Team, Reserve Team, A Team. Clubs in breach of this requirement shall be fined
a sum not exceeding £20 or otherwise dealt with by the Management Committee.
Notice
of postponement of any match must be given without delay by the postponing Club
(or notice of a Club being unable to fulfil any match must give a minimum of 48
hours prior to the match by the Club) to the Fixtures Secretary,
Competition Referees Secretary, the Secretary of the opposing Club and the
match officials.
Any Club failing to comply shall be dealt with by the Management Committee who may inflict any penalty it may deem suitable.
In
the event of a match not being played or abandoned owing to causes over which
neither Club has control, it shall be played in its entirety on a date arranged
by the Fixtures Secretary.
The
Management Committee shall review all abandoned matches and in a case where it
is to the advantage of the Competition and does no injustice to either Club
shall be empowered to order the score at the time of the abandonment to
stand. In all cases where the Management Committee are satisfied that a match
was abandoned owing to the conduct of one team or its Club member(s) they shall
be empowered to award the points for the march to the opponents and/or
take what other action they may deem necessary. In cases where a match is
abandoned owing to the conduct of both teams or their Club members, the
Management Committee shall take such action as they consider appropriate. Such
action is subject to any disciplinary action taken by the appropriate County
Association.
(G) A Club may at its discretion and in accordance with the
Laws of the Game use 3 substitute players in any match in this Competition who
may be selected from 3 players.
The referee shall be informed of the names of the substitutes not later then 5 minutes before the start of the match: A player who has been selected, appointed or named as a substitute before the start of the match but does not actually play in the game shall not be considered to have been a player in that game within the meaning of Rule 8 of this Competition.
(H) The half time interval shall not exceed fifteen
minutes The half time interval may only be altered with the consent of the
referee.
11. (A) The Discipline Secretary must
receive within 7 days of the date played, the result of each Competition match
in the prescribed manner. This must include the forename(s) and surname of the
team players (in block letters). The Referee markings required by Rule 13
should be sent to the referee’s assistant secretary. Failure to do so
will incur a fine of £10 and/or the Club being dealt with as the Management
Committee decide.
(B) The Home Club shall telephone the result of each
match to the person appointed at the commencement of the season within one hour
of the completion of the game.
(C) The match result notification, correctly completed, shall be signed by a responsible member of the Club. The Management Committee shall have power to take such action as they deem suitable against a Club which submits an incomplete form or incorrect information.
DETERMINING CHAMPIONSHIP
12. (A) Team rankings within the Competition will be decided by points with 3 points to awarded for a win and one point for a drawn match. The teams gaining the highest number of points in their respective Divisions at the conclusion shall be adjudged the winners. Matches must not be played for double points.
In the event of two or more teams being equal on points team rankings shall be decided by goal difference. In the event of a tie the Management Committee shall determine the outcome.
(B) Automatic promotion and relegation shall be applied for the first two and the last two in each Division except as provided for hereunder, subject to the provisions of Rule 1(b).
13. (A) Registered Referees and Assistant Referees for all
matches shall be appointed in a manner approved by the Management Committee and
by the sanctioning Association(s).
(B) In the event of the non-appearance of the appointed Referee
the appointed senior Assistant Referee shall take charge and a substitute
Assistant Referee appointed by the competing Teams. In cases
where there are no officially appointed Assistant Referees, the Clubs shall
agree upon a Referee. A Referee thus agreed upon shall, for that game, have the
full powers, status and authority of a registered Referee. The non-arrival of
an officially appointed referee shall not be grounds for not playing any
fixture.
(C) The Management Committee may, if they consider it
desirable, or upon applications from two competing Clubs, appoint Assistant
Referees, if available, to any match. Where Assistant Referees are not
appointed each Team shall provide a Club Assistant Referee. Failure to do so
will result in a fine being imposed on the defaulting Team according
to the schedule of fines. The club assistant referee shall not be a substitute
or team manager.
(D) The appointed Referee shall have power to decide as
to the fitness of the ground in all matches and the decision shall be final.
(E) Match Officials appointed under this Rule shall be entitled to charge standard class public transport expenses or private car expenses and any other permitted expenses actually incurred together with the match fees as outlined in Appendix I.
The Home Club shall pay the Officials
their fees and expenses immediately after the match.
(F) In the event of a match not being played because of
circumstances over which the Clubs have no control, the Match Officials, if
present, shall be entitled to full fee plus expenses. Where a match is
not played owing to one Club being in default, that Club shall be ordered to
pay the Officials, if they attend the ground their full fee and expenses.
(G) A Referee not keeping
his engagement, and failing to give a satisfactory explanation as to his
non-appearance, may have his name removed from the list of Referees and the
fact reported to the Association with which he is registered.
(H)
Each Club shall submit to the Assistant Referee’s Secretary within 7 days of
each game, marks awarded to the referee for each match. The name of the referee
and the marks awarded shall be submitted to the competition on the prescribed
form (LAL6). Marks should be in accord with the F.A. guidelines from 1-10.
Clubs failing to comply with this Rule shall be liable to be fined or dealt
with as the Management Committee shall determine.
The Competition shall keep a record
of the markings and, on the Form provided by the prescribed date each season,
shall submit a summary to The Football Association County Association.
(J) The Referee shall submit a report Form, supplied by the Competition
(LAL4), giving the result of the match, the number of players in each team and
the time of kick-off to the discipline secretary within two days of the march.
The home team shall have the obligation of handing to the referee prior to the
commencement of each game the completed referee’s report form (LAL4).
(K) Referees and Assistant Referees shall be supplied, each Season, with a copy of the competition Rules free of charge. Where reference is made to match officials with the pronoun “he”, this will also refer to female officials.
Continuation of
Membership or Withdrawal of a Club
14.
(A) After 31st
December in the current season a club intending to withdraw a team from the
Competition on completion of its fixtures and fulfilment of all other obligations
to the Competition must notify the secretary in writing by 31st
March each season or be liable to a fine not exceeding £100.00.
(B) A Club shall not be allowed to withdraw any or all of its teams from the Competition after the arrangement of fixtures for the following Season. Any Club infringing this Rule shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £50.00 per team and shall also be liable for its share of any call which may be made under Rule 5(B).
(C) In the event of a Member club which is an un-incorporated association withdrawing and/or disbanding it shall be immediately liable to discharge all its financial and other obligations to the Competition.
In the event
that any such obligation remains undischarged after a period of twenty one (21)
days then such obligation shall be met by the then current Club Members,
excluding those under the statutory school leaving age. Until a Member’s pro
rata obligation is discharged in full the Member shall not be allowed to
participate in the Competition, which may apply to the Club’s parent County
Association for a suspension order.
15.
(A)(i)
All questions of eligibility, qualifications of players or interpretations of the
Rules shall be referred to the Management Committee
(ii) Objections relevant to the dimensions of the pitch,
goals, flag posts or other facilities of venue will not be entertained by the
Management Committee unless a protest is lodged with the Referee before the
commencement of the match. Any Club lodging such a protest and not preceding
with it shall be deemed guilty of a breach of this Rule and shall be dealt with
by the Management Committee
(B) Except in cases where the Management Committee decide that
there are special circumstances, protests and complaints (which must contain
full particulars of the grounds upon which they are founded) must be lodged in
duplicate with the Secretary within 5 days (excluding Sundays) of the match or
occurrence to which they refer. A protest or complaint shall not be withdrawn
except by permission of the Management Committee. A Member of the Management
Committee who is a member of any club involved shall not be present (except as
a witness or representative of his/her Club) when such protest or complaint is
being dealt with.
(C) Any dispute occurring between Clubs in the Competition
shall be referred for determination by the Management Committee whose decision
shall be binding upon all parties subject to Rule 16.
(D) No protest of whatever kind shall be considered by the
Management Committee unless the complaining Club shall have deposited with the
Secretary a sum of £50.00. This may be forfeited in whole or part in the event
of the complaining or protesting Club losing its case. The Competition shall
have the power to order the defaulting Club or the Club making a losing or
frivolous protest or complaint to pay the expenses of the enquiry or to order
that the costs to be shared by the parties.
(E) All parties to a protest or complaint must be afforded
an opportunity to make a statement when the protest or complaint is being heard
and must have received 7 days notice prior to the hearing, together with a copy
of the submission. When dealing with a protest or complaint the Management
Committee shall take into consideration the possession by the protesting or
complaining Club of any information which, if properly used, might have avoided
the protest or complaint.
16. Within 14
days of the posting of written notification of any decision of the Management
Committee or the Competition a Club, Official or Player against whom action is
taken may appeal against such decision by lodging particulars in duplicate with
the Secretary of the appropriate County Football Association, including a fee
of £35.00, for adjudication of a Board of Appeal. The grounds of appeal shall
be in accordance with FA Rules. The
Board of Appeal may order the appeal fee to be forfeited and shall decide by
whom the costs of the appeal shall be borne. The decision of the Board of
Appeal Is final and binding on all parties concerned.
EXCLUSION OF CLUBS.OR TEAMS MISCONDUCT.
CLUBS, OFFICIALS, PLAYERS
17. (A) At
the Annual General Meeting. or Special General Meeting called for the purpose,
Notice of Motion having been duly circulated on the Agenda, the accredited
delegates present shall have the power to exclude any Club or Team from further
membership upon a majority of two-thirds of the votes cast. Voting on this point
shall be conducted by ballot.
(B)
At the Annual General Meeting, or at a Special General Meeting called for the
purpose, in accordance with the provisions of Rule 19, the accredited delegates
present shall have the power to exclude from further participation in the
Competition any Club whose conduct has, in their opinion, been undesirable upon
a majority of two-thirds of the votes cast. Voting on this point shall be
conducted by ballot. A Club whose conduct is the subject of the vote being
taken shall be excluded from voting.
(C)
Any official or member of a Club proved guilty of either misconduct, other than
field offences, or of inducing or attempting to induce a player or players of
another Club in the Competition to join them shall be liable to expulsion or
such penalty as a General Meeting or Management Committee may decide, and their
Club shall also be liable to expulsion in accordance with the provisions of
Clauses (A) and (B) of this Rule.
(D) Any Club or Team failing to
complete all of its fixtures in any season shall (unless the conditions are
beyond their control, or the accredited delegates present at the Annual General
Meeting or a Special General Meeting decide otherwise by a majority off
two-thirds of the votes cast] be debarred from membership the following season.
TROPHY:- LEGAL OWNERS, CONDITIONS OF
TAKING OVER. AGREEMENT TO BE SIGNED. AWARDS.
18. (A) A
Competition Cup or Trophy shall be vested in the Association sanctioning the competition
as Trustees. If a competition be discontinued for any cause the Cup or Trophy
shall be returned to the Donor, if the conditions attached to it so provide, or
otherwise dealt with as the Association may decide.
The following
agreement shall be signed on behalf of the winners of the Cup or Trophy
'We
A and B , the Chairman and
Secretary of
FC, members of and representing the Club, having been declared winners
of Cup or Trophy. and it
having been delivered to us by the Competition, do hereby on behalf of the Club
jointly and severally agree to return the Cup or Trophy to the Competition
Secretary on or before 1st May. If the Cup or Trophy is lost or
damaged whilst under our care we agree to refund to the Competition the amount
of its current value or the cost of its thorough repair.'
19. Upon
receiving a requisition signed by two-thirds of the Clubs in membership the
Secretary shall call a Special General Meeting.
The
Management Committee may call a Special General Meeting at any time.
At
least 7 days notice shall be given of either meeting under this Rule, together with
an agenda of the business to be transacted at such meeting.
Each Full
Member Club shall be empowered to send two delegates to all Special General
Meetings. Each Club shall be entitled to one vote only. Not less then 7 days
notice shall be given of any Meeting.
Any
continuing Member Club failing to be represented at a Special General Meeting
without satisfactory reason being given may be fined £30.00. Officials and Management Committee members
shall be entitled to attend and vote at all Special General Meetings.
20.
Alterations
shall be made to these Rules only at the Annual General Meeting or a Special
General Meeting specially convened for the purpose called in accordance with
Rule 19. Any alteration made during the playing season to the Rule relating to
the qualification of players shall not take effect until the following season.
Notices of
proposed alterations to be considered at the Annual General Meeting shall be
submitted to the Secretary by March 31st in each year. The proposals,
together with any proposals by the Management Committee, shall be circulated to
Clubs by May 30th and any amendments thereto shall be submitted to
the Secretary by June 7th. The proposals and proposed amendments
thereto shall be circulated to Clubs with the notice of the Annual General
Meeting. A proposal to change a Rule shall be carried if a majority of those
present and entitled to vote are in favour.
A copy of the
proposed alterations to Rules to be considered at the Annual General Meeting or
Special General Meeting shall be submitted to the sanctioning Football
Association 7 days prior to the date of the meeting.
Any
alterations or additions decided upon at any meeting shall not become operative
until the approval of the Association issuing sanction shall have been
obtained.
21. Each
Member Club shall be deemed to have given its assent to the foregoing Rules and
agreed to abide by the decisions of the Management Committee subject to Rule 16.
Each Member Club must abide by any issued Football Association Code of Conduct
(Appendix _).
22. (A) The
Management Committee shall determine with which bank or other financial
institution the funds of the Competition will be lodged.
(B)
All expenditure in excess of £200.00 shall be approved by the Management
Committee. Cheques shall be signed by at least two Officers nominated by the
Management Committee.
(C)
The financial year of the Competition will end on May 30th
(D)
The books, or a certified balance sheet, of a Competition shall be prepared and
shall be audited annually by some suitable person(s) who shall be appointed at
the Annual General Meeting.