9(a) THE MANNER IN WHICH THESE FORMS ARE SENT IN TO THE LEAGUE REGISTRATIONS SECRETARY IS MOST IMPORTANT. The new forms are A4 size cards. Wherever possible the league request that they remain unfolded. However if they have to be folded to go through the postal system, THEY MUST ONLY BE FOLDED ONCE to reduce them to A5 size and, therefore mailed to the league in an envelope designed for A5 size materials.

As these forms being submitted have to be filed, by the league for reference, any that arrive being folded more than once in order to be sent in small envelope WILL NOT BE PROCESSED

9(b) FURTHER NOTES ON REQUIREMENTS

The form must show :-
(i) The name of the member club.
(ii) The player surname.
(iii) The players correct Christian names.
(iv) The players current address, including postcode.
(v) A home or Mobile contact number for the player.
(vi) The players correct date of birth.
(vii) Clubs played for during previous season. (excluding the member club itself)
(viii) Other Clubs signed for in the season of application.

Further, the player must sign (his normal signature) within the confines of the box available on the form. NOTE: If the player signature is not within the space provided, the registration will not be acceptable and a new form will be required.

The player signature must be witnessed by a club official who must sign, enter their name and signify their position within the club. Should the witness not be registered within the league, the registration form will not be acceptable and a new form will, again be required.

9(c ) PLAYER PHOTOGRAPHS

(i) The player photograph must be passport sized and passport quality. It must be a head and shoulders picture. The player must not be wearing a hat of any description. The photograph must be a recent one of the player applying for registration. Scanned images will not be accepted but, by an arrangement with the registrations secretary, digital images may be transmitted via email and will be accepted providing they meet the required quality criteria.

(ii) If the player photograph is submitted, together with the registration form, it should be adhered to the form in the space provided. The use of a glue stick is recommended as use of sellotape, and a multitude of other products, will damage and, therefore also, distort the image making it unacceptable.

(iii) Each team should be issued with an information sheet about player photographs that shows examples of acceptable and not acceptable pictures. (These examples are also shown below)

Please note that if the photo submitted is deemed to be not acceptable, the registration
of the player will not be processed.

(iv) With regard to all the player photographs already held within the league records. Existing member teams, within the Solihull & District Oakbourne Football League, season to season, will be issued with a listing of players for which the file picture is still acceptable. If a picture is deemed required for a player who has previously been registered with the team, the club must send a new current photograph with the new form for the current season or the registration of the player will not be processed.

FURTHER: Teams who may have younger players, whose features change a lot within a particular season would be well advised to submit a recent one even if they have not been requested to do so. Any council member who, on inspection of ID cards, feels that a photo is "out of date" can report the matter to the registrations secretary who will request a current, new, photograph of the player such reported. This player would then become ineligible to play for the team until the photograph is received and a new ID card issued to the member team.

Player photographs may, if the member teams desire, be updated at any point within the actual season. Should the team wish to update a picture they should arrange this with the registration secretary. Players having their photos updated in this manner, and not by direction from the league, would still be eligible to play for the team using their existing ID card. When the updated photograph is processed, and a new ID card is available, the team will be issued with the new ID card in exchange for the old one.

THE FOUR  PICTURES SHOW BELOW ARE ACCEPTABLE IN CONTENT & QUALITY

&   PICTURES SHOWN BELOW ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR REASONS INDICATED