Guidance for Club Secretaries & Referees
Always ensure you post the match card within two days of the match
Home clubs are responsible for pitch marking, erection of posts and goal nets and supplying two regulation matchballs. Pegs must be used to restrain nets at ground level.
Each club is responsible for providing a linesman, who will act under instruction from the match official.
Home club secretaries must hand the referee the fully completed match card at least five minutes before kick off. Only substitutes named on the match card will be allowed to take any part in the match. Each club secretary's name and address must be entered on the card.
On the match card each club must enter the name of the referee, indicate all goal scorers and give the referee a mark out of 10.
In the event of a colour clash the away team must change.
- Information relating to fixtures please contact Fixtures Secretary Nick Blackburn 07799 354769
- Information relating to registrations please contact Registrations Secretary Ellen Farrow 07946 646045
- Information relating to referees please contact Referees Secretary Nick Gibbons 07974 215960
- Information relating to finances please contact Treasurer Adrian Robinson 07722 045499
- For any other matters contact League Secretary Andy Palombo 07540 884796
Please note that Sunday morning fixtures are scheduled to kick off at 11.00am. Midweek fixtures are scheduled to kick off at 6.15pm.
All knockout competition ties shall be decided on the day of the match. If scores are level at the end of normal time the tie will be decided by penalties as per referees chart, there will be no extra time played.
If a match is postponed at late notice due to unforseen circumstances, it is the duty of the club responsible for the postponement to inform their opponents, the referee and the Fixtures Secretary.
Secretaries please note rule 13 re the non attendance of the appointed referee. You must carry a spare whistle to all matches.
All referees appointed to matches in this league must be registered with a county FA.
No telephone calls to be made to management committee members after 9.00pm please.
Clubs are responsible for ensuring officials, players and supporters do not contravene league rules, copyright, or disparage any league or match officials or players, on any website. Clubs wishing to run their own website must have approval in writing from the management committee and all areas of the site must be accessible to the management committee, including password protected areas - the password must be provided to the management committee. Any club not complying with this guidance will be dealt with under rule 5H - failing to comply with an order or instruction of the management committee.