Build up to first week of season gets underway

With the season less than a week away, we provide secretaries and referees with information for the week ahead.

Confirming of matches

The first secretarial duties of the season fall upon the home team secretaries of teams playing next Sunday who must make contact with opponents and appointed match officials by Tuesday at the latest. You need to confirm the venue being used, any relevant parking information and shirt colours (in case of a clash).

For the benefit of any new secretaries this season, take a look at our very useful Secretary Diary which gives a Monday-Sunday breakdown of what is expected of a club secretary in a match week.

Kick-off times

Please be aware that all kick-off times this season are 10.30am, except where inclement weather is about, in which case a referee can delay kick-off by 30 minutes on safety grounds.

Referees are not expected to wait beyond 15 minutes where kick-off is delayed by the actions of one or both sides.

Player registrations

Thank you to those clubs who have already submitted player registrations. These will be processed this week and will appear on your club’s page in the Clubs Directory once processed and accepted. If the player does not appear on this list, they are NOT eligible to take part in fixtures so please enquire with the Registrations Secretary if you have any queries.

If you have not submitted player registrations and have a game next Sunday, forms must be with the Registrations Secretary by this coming Friday at midnight for them to be eligible to take part.

Repeated (roll-on, roll-off) substitutes

For those new to the League, please be aware that repeated substitutions are allowed within both league and league cup matches. Five substitutes can be named and all five can be used on a rolling basis. A player substituted becomes a substitute themselves and can re-take the field later in the match.

Referees

We welcome onboard our match officials for the season ahead, without whom, we would not be able to complete any fixtures. All of our registered referees this season will receive e-mail instructions and guidelines this week with regards to submitting match reports electronically.

If you do not receive an email from us by the end of the week, please get in touch with us.

Calling in match results & submitting of result e-cards

In league and league cup matches, the HOME team must call or text in the result of the match by 4pm on the day of the match to the Results Secretary on 07771 617384. In outside competitions (charity and county cup ties), BOTH sides must call in their results.

All club secretaries will be receiving logins this week for the website portal which you will need to submit your result e-cards which provide us with appearance and goalscorer information along with markings for your referee and the pitch/facilities. If you do not receive an email from us by the end of the week, please get in touch with us.

Anything else?

If there is anything else you are not sure of, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the league’s management committee who will always endeavour to give you an answer to your question.