New Teams must also lodge a £75 bond/deposit. This deposit is refundable to teams withdrawing from the league providing they have fulfilled their fixtures and complied with all the orders of the League Management Committee. (Refer to Rule 2(c) in the league handbook) Should a team pay a bond/deposit, be accepted as a member team, and then not compete within the league, for whatever reason, the fee is forfeit.

Deposits and Bonds, held by the Solihull & District Oakbourne Football League are returnable to clubs at the conclusion of any season should they then wish to withdraw from the league. As these Deposit Fees have varied since their original introduction, a listing of actual payments by each member team is held by the League treasurer.

The figure held by the league treasurer as a ‘deposit fee’ will be returnable to the team withdrawing from the league assuming that they have completed all of their league and cup fixtures in the current season, and have complied with all of the League Councils directives. Further, all teams withdrawing from the league must follow the directives laid down for doing so (including the pitch payments and the Birmingham County Football Association Fines – directive 33) and must also clear any team debts they may have with the league.

Deposits / Bonds are returned at the conclusion of the season. Any particular season is declared concluded at the closure of the League Annual General Meeting in the season following acceptance of accounts for the period by the member teams present. The League Annual General Meeting is generally held in June or July of each year.