8. (A) Contract players, as defined in Football Association Rules, are permitted in this Competition.

(B) A registered 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 an Officer of the Club, and such form having been received by the Registration Secretary no later than 18.00 hours on the day prior to playing. Forms may be submitted by post, email, fax or hand delivered, the Registration Secretary shall acknowledge receipt. The player having played under this condition shall not play again until the Club is in possession of his completed counterfoil. Where email or fax is used the original Registration form must be received by the Registration Secretary within 3 days subsequent to such email or fax and the player shall not play again until the Club is in possession of his completed counterfoil.

C) A team shall not include more than four players who have taken part in any Senior Competition matches during the current season unless a period of fourteen days has elapsed since they played.

For the purpose of this Competition a Senior Competition(s) is as defined by the Hampshire FA Ltd.

(D) 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 the 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.

(E) Registration forms shall be downloaded from the League Web Site and returned completed to the Registrations Secretary. At least 15 players per team must be registered before August 1st. Clubs shall be invoiced at the end of September, December, and April for forms returned at a rate of £1.50 per Registration. Payment shall be made within 14 days of invoice.

(F) 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.

(G) It shall be a breach of Rule for a player to: -

(i) Play for more than one Club in the Competition in the same season without
first being transferred.

(ii) 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.

(iii) Submit a signed registration form for registration that the player had wilfully
neglected to accurately or fully complete.

(H) The Management Committee shall have power to:-
(i) Accept the registration of any player.

(ii) The Management Committee shall have power to refuse, cancel or suspend the registration of any player or may fine any player, except those under 18 years of age, at their discretion who has been charged and found guilty of registration irregularities. (Subject to Rule 16),

(iii) The Management Committee shall have power to refuse or cancel the
registration of any player found guilty of undesirable conduct (subject to Rule 16).
Undesirable conduct shall mean an incident of repeated conduct, which may deter
a participant from being involved in this Competition.

(Note: Action under Clause (iii) shall not be taken against a player for misconduct until the matter has been dealt with by the appropriate Association, and then only in cases of the player bringing the Competition into disrepute.)

(I) Subject to The Football Association Rules dealing with players 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 £20.00. 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 its 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 its failure to give written objection 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 as stated by the Registration Secretary on the returned consent form.

In the event of an objection to a transfer the matter shall be referred to the Management Committee for a decision. Only one transfer is permitted by a player in any one season.

(J) A player may not be registered for a Club nor transferred to another Club in the Competition after 28th February in any one season except by special permission of the Management Committee.

(K) 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.

(L) 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.

(M) 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 ten games for that team in this Competition in the current season.
A player shall be eligible to play if he has played a minimum of ten games for either the first team or the Reserve team of the same Club or a combination of both in this Competition.

(N) A player who has been placed on suspension from all football activities by any recognised County Football Association (i.e. general suspension) may not register with any Club/Team until his liabilities incurred in the suspension have been fully met. He must then produce proof of this by receipt or notice of release from the suspension when submitting a correctly completed registration form. He will then be allowed to play if he is otherwise eligible. Likewise a player who having been placed on an aforesaid suspension and is already a registered player with the Competition shall have his registration held in abeyance until such time he produces proof of his release and can then re-commence playing if he is otherwise eligible. In all cases the proof must be presented to the Registration Secretary.

(O)(i) Any team playing an unregistered or otherwise ineligible player or players may have the points gained in the match deducted from its total and maybe fined £50.00 and/or otherwise dealt with at the discretion of the Management Committee.

(ii) In addition the team may have three points deducted from its total at the discretion of the Management Committee and may be dealt with in any further manner which is thought to be fit.

(iii) The Management Committee may, at its discretion, award the points available in the match in question to the opponents, subject to the match not being ordered to be replayed.

(The following Clause applies to Competitions involving players in full-time secondary education): -

(P) (i) Priority must be given at all times to school and school organisations
activities.

(ii) The availability of children must be cleared with the Head Teachers (except
for Sunday Leagues).

(iii) To play open age football the player must have achieved the age of 16

(Note: For players under the age of 18 the provisions contained in Football Association Rules
will apply.)

(Q) Any player sent from the field of play by the Referee for misconduct, must immediately retire to the dressing rooms and it shall be the responsibility of his Club as to his conduct thereafter.

CLUB COLOURS. CLUB NAME

9. (A) Every Club must register the colour of its shirts, shorts and socks with the Secretary by 01st June who shall decide as to their suitability.

Goalkeepers must wear colours, which distinguish them from other players and the referee.

No player, including the goalkeeper, shall be permitted to wear black or very dark shirts.

Any team not being able to play in its normal colours as registered with the Competition shall notify the colours in which they will play to its opponents at least five days before the match.
Where two Clubs have the same or similar registered playing colours the AWAY Club shall play in some different or distinctive colours

If, in the opinion of the referee (on a match day), two Clubs have the same or similar colours, the home team shall make the change. Any team not having a change of colours or delaying the kick-off by not having a change shall be fined £20.00

The Secretary of the Competition may request shirts to be submitted if complaints are received as to lack of distinguishing colours, and the Management Committee may refuse to permit any shirts or shorts as they think fit. Shirts must be clearly numbered 1 – 16 (or 17 where 13 is not used) and there shall be no change of numbers with the exception of a change of goalkeeper. The size of the numbers shall be approx. 10” high.
Failure to comply may result in a fine of £25.00.