BYE LAWS & CONDITIONS OF ENTRY TO THE LEAGUE COMPETITIONS. - Updated A. All Clubs/Teams MUST have Public Liability & Personal Accidents Insurance. B. All Registration Forms must incorporate a squad number. All Registration Forms must be laminated, the League’s Registration Secretary will offer this service for 50p per sheet. C. Registration forms MUST be exchanged with the opposing Manager/Secretary before the commencement of the game, and returned after the conclusion of the game. A game must not commence until these requirements has been completed. Any team who does not have the registrations available to swap with the opposition shall be referred to the Management Committee and shall be dealt with as the Management Committee decide. D. All pitches to be roped off, this is the home teams responsibility. Mini Soccer & 11 a side pitches to be roped off no more than two yards from both goal lines. E. Clubs must ensure that all players placed under suspension by their respective county FA return the players Registration form to the Registration Secretary before the suspension begins and collect the said form when the suspension ends. F. All Teams must have an adequate first aid kit on the touchline at all games, containing a minimum requirement as prescribed from time to time by the Management Committee. G. Any Member of the League Management Committee must be given access to team sheets registration forms, and first aid kits at all times. H. Squad Sizes, Mini-soccer Under 7’s & Under 8’s 10 players, U9’s & 10’s 14 players & 11 a-side U11’s to U17’s, 16 Players. Teams of mixed gender are allowed in the age ranges under 7’s through to and including under 11’s. Girls are also allowed to play in mixed U12’s, 13’s and u14’s teams with a maximum of 4 girls per squad in the U12’s to 14’s age ranges. I. Mini-Soccer: Home teams must provide both goals & corner posts for all home games. All home teams in 11 a side must provide two correct sized match balls to the relevant age group fit for play, both goals, nets and corner posts. J. Under 7’s, 8’s & 9’s to play Saturday or Sunday with kick off times of either 12.00 noon, 1.30pm or 2.30pm, u10’s to play Saturday or Sunday with kick off times of either 10.30am, 12 noon, 1.30pm or 2.30pm. u11’s, u12’s, u13’s, u14’s, u15’s, u16’s u17’s and u18’s shall play Saturday with kick off times of 10.30am, 12 noon, 1.30pm or 2.30pm. Additional kick off times may be introduced by the Committee after consultation with Halton Borough Council. K. Home team to confirm match day officials by 8.00pm on a Tuesday for a weekend game and 8.00pm on a Friday evening for a mid week game. Referee’s fee for Mini Soccer will be £10 and for 11 a side £20 L. For all games both teams will share referees & officials fees. M. All players must sign the team sheets before entering the field of play except for under 7’s, under 8’s and under 9’s who‘s Manager would sign for them in ink. Players name and team name may be pre-printed or copied on to the team sheet. Player signatures MUST be original, not pre-printed or copied, and signed in any dark colour ink EXCEPT black. Any players name entered on the team sheet without signing will be deemed to have played in the game. Failure to comply with the above shall result in a fine and they may also have any points won deducted from its score. Any club/team with children who sign for schools of excellence must provide a letter from the director of the school of excellence to show they give permission for that child to play within their guidelines. (Stating what day and games allowed). This MUST be given to this League (League Secretary & Registration Secretary) at the time of registering with the League, or if they sign for school of excellence after us then a letter MUST be sent immediately to us for that chid to play. If a player is found to be playing whilst this League are not in receipt of a letter of permission the club will be liable to such action as the management committee decide fit, and any game they have played in may result in points being deducted. Clubs must register 11 players for 11 A-side and Mini-soccer, Under 9’s & 10’s 7 players and for Under 7’s & 8’s 5 players by the 21st August failure to do so may result in your club/team not playing their fixtures, please note registered means fully completed by yourselves and then signed by the registration secretary with the specified date or earlier on the registration form, any forms not deposited by 2pm on the 20th August with the registration secretary will not be stamped 21st August. You must telephone the registration secretary to arrange all deposits and collections of laminates, de-reg forms and transfer forms at all times. N. All clubs new and existing must become or have applied for the FA Charter Standard by their relevant county before the season begins. Failure to do so shall result in not being able to play in the league at the start of the season. O. A team may request a break in its fixtures, or the re-arrangement of a fixture, only if a school or club tour or trip has been arranged. Such requests must be made by submitting a fully completed form HDJFL9 at least 21 days before any tour or trip is due to take place. It is therefore the responsibility of team managers to ascertain the dates of any such tour or trip well in advance. This privilege may only be used twice in a season and only if a team falls below 8 players for Youth Football or 6 players for Mini Soccer. Letters of confirmation must be supplied to the league from either the school or tour operator. P. All Teams must carry with them to all matches & training, documentation incorporating any known medical conditions of the player/s and emergency contact details of the player/s parents/guardians. Q. All players must register in their respective age groups. If at any time the League does not operate with single age leagues then players may register with either their own age group or as Rule 8b allows. R. The league committee shall have the powers to make Bye Laws as they from time to time deem expedient. S. All Managers and Assistants Registration identifications must be worn during a game, only two officials are allowed at any one time on the pitch side during a game, this includes the linesman whether he/she is a team official or League appointed linesman. T. All completed Registration Forms cannot be collected from the Registration Secretary until 14 days prior to commencement of the playing season. Registration Forms must be collected from the registration secretary at least 48 hours before the kick off time. U. All clubs are to ensure a delegate is present at a League meeting, failure to be represented will result in a fine of £10.00, it is the clubs responsibility to enquire as to the meetings business if they do not attend. If a club is not present for 3 meetings they will be asked to come before the Management Committee as to why. V. If a club has outstanding monies owing to the League that are not paid by the date given will result in the withdrawal of fixtures and the relevant County being informed to be asked for a suspension to be put in place until all monies owed are paid in full. Any fixtures not played as a result of this may not be reinstated. If a County FA suspends any club and we are notified of these suspension dates at the start of the week or midweek than any fixtures for the forthcoming weekend / midweek game will not take place until the County FA lifts that suspension and then you will provide the relevant document to show it has been paid. Any fixtures falling within these suspension dates that are not played will not be reinstated and will result in such action as the management Committee deem fit. W. Clubs will be responsible to ensure any spectators who bring along their dog/dogs to a game MUST ensure that the dog is always on a leash and well away from the sidelines, this is to ensure the children’s safety whilst playing, in breach of this will be asked to remove the dog from the playing area by the Referee or League Committee. X. Any club in breach of any of the aforementioned Bye Laws or conditions of entry shall be fined £10 and be subject to such action as the management committee shall decide. Y. Any club / team disciplines will be shown on minutes. Any club / team who are constant offenders will be brought before the committee, and it may result in further action under rule 17b. Z. The League’s website (www.hdjfl.org.uk) provides all official forms needed to lodge complaints regarding Referee’s scores and team/clubs conduct please submit any complaints on these official forms, along with any fee that may be required under rule 15. All correspondence regarding complaints/protests and appeals must come through the club Secretary to the League Secretary. Please Note: League Officers and Committee members will not accept call’s after 8.00 pm.