Wednesday, 20th August 2008
8. Qualifications of Players
- Contract players, as defined in Football Association Rules,
are permitted in this
Competition.
No player registered with a F.A. Premier League or Football League
Academy will be
permitted to play in this Competition. A player registered with a
Centre of Excellence may
only play in this Competition subject to the Regulations of the Program
of Excellence.
- A registered youth playing member of a club is one who,
being in all other respects
eligible, has:-
- Signed a fully and correctly completed Competition
registration form in ink,
countersigned by his/her parent or guardian and by an Officer of the
Club, and who has
been registered with the (Registrations) Secretary two days prior to
playing together
with S.A.E. and whose completed registration counterfoil has been
received by the Club
prior to playing. The registration document must incorporate any known
serious medical
conditions of the player and emergency contact details of the players
parents or
guardians. These details must be available at matches and training
events the player
attends within the management of the Club or Competition.
- Signed a fully and correctly completed Competition
registration form in ink on a
match day prior to playing, countersigned by an Officer of the Club and
witnessed by an
Officer of the opposing Club, and submitted to the (Registrations)
Secretary within three
days (Sunday excluded) subsequent to the completed counterfoil. A
maximum of Two players
may be registered in this way. The registration document must
incorporate a current
passport-size photograph of the player seeking registration together
with proof of the
player’s date of birth.
Under 13 - the player must be under the age of 13 as at midnight on
31st August in the
playing season.
Under 14 - the player must be under the age of 14 as at midnight on
31st August in the
playing season.
Under 15 - the player must be under the age of 15 as at midnight on
31st August in the
playing season.
Under 16 - the player must be under the age of 16 as at midnight on
31st August in the
playing season.
Under 18 - the player must be under the age of 18 as at midnight on
31st August in the
playing season. In accordance with the foregoing qualifications a
player under the age of
14 as at midnight 31st August in the playing season must not play in a
match where any
other player is older or younger by two years or more.
(The above qualification dates are subject to the provisions contained
in F.A. Rule C.4
(a)(vi).
- A player is not eligible to play in this Competition who
receives any form of payment for
playing, other than for expenses as per clauses 1, 2, and 3 of Article
2 of the FIFA clauses,
which are as follows:
- Players who have never received any remuneration
other than for the actual expenses
incurred during the course of their participation in or for any
activity connected with
association football shall be regarded as amateur.
- Travel and hotel expenses incurred though involvement
in a match and the costs of a
players equipment, insurance and training may be reimbursed without
jeopardising a
players amateur status.
- Any player who has ever received remuneration in
excess of the amount stated under
clause 2 in respect of participation in or an activity connected with
association
football shall be regarded as non-amateur unless he re-aquired amateur
status under the
terms of Article 10. 1.
- 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.
- A fee shall be paid for each player registered.
Registration forms shall be obtained from
the Registrations Secretary on prepayment of £60.00 Under18/16 and
£50.00 Under 15/14/13 per
form.
- The Management Committee 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 (Registrations) Secretary
shall notify the Club
last applying to register the player of the fact of the previous
registration.
- It shall be deemed misconduct for a player to:
- Play for more than one Club in the Competition in the
same season without first being
transferred.
- 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.
- Submit a signed registration form for registration that
the player had wilfully
neglected to accurately or fully complete.
-
- The Management Committee shall have the power to accept
the registration of any
player.
- The Management Committee shall have the 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). This may also
apply to parents who bring the Competition into disrepute. Their son’s
Registration may
be cancelled, subject to the right of appeal.
(Note: Action under Clause (2) shall not be taken against the 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).
- All Clubs must take the game registration counterfoils and
produce if requested by
another Club. Registration checks may take place at any time by
instruction of the Chairman
or Chief Executive and carried out by any officer.
- Subject to The Football Association Rules dealing 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 (Registrations) Secretary accompanied by a fee of £10.00.
Such transfer shall be
referred by the (Registrations) Secretary to the Club for which the
player is registered.
Should this Club object to the transfer it should state it’s objections
in writing to the
(Registrations) Secretary and to the player concerned within seven days
of receipt of the
transfer form.
Upon receipt of the Club’s consent, or upon it’s failure to give
written objections within
seven days, the (Registrations) Secretary may, on behalf of the
Management Committee,
transfer the player who shall be deemed eligible to play for the new
club from such date or
Seven days after receipt of such transfer. In the event of an objection
to a transfer the
matter shall be referred to the Management Committee for a decision.
- A player may not be registered for a Club nor transferred
to another Club in the
Competition after 31st March except by special permission of the
Management Committee.
- 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.
In the event a Club has more than one team in an age group, each team
must be clearly
designated “A” and “B” etc. In some cases, players will be registered
for one team only. A
player so registered will be allowed to play for his Club in a younger
or older age group
within the provisions of Rule 8 (B).
- A register containing the names of all players registered
for each Club, with the date of
registration, shall be kept by the (Registrations) 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.
Registrations are valid
for one season only.
- 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 Three
games for that team in this Competition in the current season.
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- Any team playing an unregistered or otherwise
ineligible player or players may have
the points gained in the match deducted from it’s total and may be
fined and/or otherwise
dealt with at the discretion of the Management Committee.
- In addition the team may have Three points deducted
from it’s total at the discretion
of the Management Committee and may be dealt with in any further manner
which is thought
to be fit.
- The Management Committee in exceptional circumstances
may, at it’s 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.
- (The following Clause
applies to Competitions involving players in full-time secondary
education):-
-
Priority must be given at all times to school and school organisations
activities.
- The availability of children must be cleared with the
Head Teachers (except for
Sunday Competitions).
- Children under 14 shall not play in a team involving
players more than 2 years
older.
(Note: For players under the age of 18 provisions contained in Football
Association
Rules will apply).
- All communications to the Registration Secretary must
enclose a stamped addressed
envelope. Any Club failing to comply shall be fined £10.
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