League Directives
Season 2008-2009
(DIRECTIVE 15) .. MATCHES AND EVENTS OCCURING

Any Club failing to keep an appointment for a scheduled league or cup fixture will be issued with a fine not exceeding £50.00. Decisions on points, and matches, being then awarded to teams will be made by the League Council, at their next scheduled meeting.

Any Club failing to have, or causing a game to be delayed by not having, a change of colours will be issued a fine of £20.00

Any Club having kit with no visible shirt numbers will be issued a fine of £20.00

Any Club being responsible for a match not starting at appointed time will be issued a £20.00 fine. unless special circumstances, being agreed by a league council official or referee, are accepted.

Any Club failing to provide a completed match form 10 minutes before the kick-off time to the appointed referee will be issued a fine of £15.00

Any Home club not having a suitable match ball available for a specific match, or not presenting it to the referee prior to the match, will be issued a fine of £20.00

Failure of a Club to exchange Player Identity Cards in the prescribed manner. (As in Directive 16) or not having Player Identity Cards available at a match will result in a fine of £30.00 being issued against the club and the incident immediately referred to the Management Committee for consideration.

This consideration in the case of Identity Cards not being available at a match will deal with the possible ineligibility of players for the offending team and may result in the offending team loosing any points gained, being removed from a cup competition, having further points deducted or being suspended from playing within the league for a specific period of time.

Teams thus suspended forfeit all the matches scheduled for them whilst serving the suspension. If the issue surrounds a league fixture, points gained may be awarded to the offending teams opponents. In the case of cup competitions, the offending teams opponents may be deemed to "walk over" into the next round of the competition.

Any Club playing an ineligible player, for whatever reason, will be issued with a fine of £50.00 for each player judged to be ineligible. In all cases, points won by the team in a game where any ineligible players have featured will be lost and awarded to the opponents should the offending team have won the fixture.

In all cases in a cup competition fixtures where “ineligible players” have featured the offending team, assuming that they actually won the fixture, will be removed from the competition and their opponents will be deemed to have "walked over" into the next round of the said competition.

The matter will be further referred to the Management Council who may take further action as they deem fit.

In the event of BOTH teams fielding an ineligible player, or ineligible players, in a cup competition fixture, BOTH teams will be removed from the competition. If this should happen in a Semi-Final match, the League Council will then convene to discuss the matter and decide the outcome.

 
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