PDFL handbook 2015 2016

Team Colours. Where the colours of the two competing teams are similar, the home team must change. Goalkeepers must wear colours which distinguish them from other players and the Referee. All shirts must be distinctly numbered on the back. Teams failing to comply will be dealt with by the League Board. Where colours clash in a Final both teams shall provide a second strip. (Refer To League Rule 9a) Qualification of Players. A player eligible is one who is a bona-fide registered playing member of a Club (League Rule 8b & 8c refers) In any competition a player shall not play for more than one competing team in the same season. A player may not return to a lower competition having played in a more senior competition. Semi-Final and Final: No player shall be allowed to play in a Semi-Final or Final unless he has played at least 8 times for that team in a PDFL competition, during the current season, unless special permission is granted by the League Board. Match Day Results. Both clubs shall send in the result in the normal League manner within 30 minutes of the end of the match. A late result may leave clubs liable to a fine of £10. (Refer To League Rule 11c) Failing to Fulfil Fixture. Any club refusing to play or failing to play, on or before the fixture date may be struck from the competition and liable to a fine of £70. (Refer to Rule 10f) Powers of the League Cup Committee. If the League Board should subsequently discover that any rule or spirit of the results has, in their opinion, been violated by mutual agreements or otherwise. It shall be in the power of the League Board to disqualify one or both Teams/Club from further competing in the competition, or order the match or matches to be replayed and to im- pose such other penalty as it may think fit without any protest having been laid by either or any Club. The League Board reserves the right to re-instate any club to a competition. All questions of eligibility, disqualification of players, interpretation of the competition Rule or failure to comply with the Laws of the Game, as well as other matters in dispute, shall be referred to the League Secretary and thereafter to the League Board, whose decision shall be final. Venues & Appurtenances to the Game. In all Cup Matches, except Finals the Club drawn first shall have the choice of ground. The League Board reserves the right to change the venue of any match if deemed necessary. The League Board will advise each club of the name of the team it has been drawn against, along with the Referee and, where applicable Assistant Referees and the time and date on which the match is to be played which shall be decided by the League Board. The Secretary of the home club shall notify their opponents no less than 5 days before the match, particulars in- cluding location, directions and club colours. The home club is required to provide suitable changing facilities for opponents and Referees, including washing facilities. The home team must provide goal nets and corner flags. In the event of a match being postponed for two consecutive weeks due to the non-availability of the designated pitch, the League Board shall have the power to order the match to be played at the away teams ground. A barrier must be in place on all “designated spectator side(s)” of the pitch for all League Cup Semi-Finals. This is the responsibility of the home team The Finals of all Competitions shall on grounds selected by the League Board who shall have direct control of all the arrangements in connection with the matches. Team Sheets. Shall be filled in as per League Rule 11a

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