Introduction
This briefing sheet is provided to allow member clubs, Managers, Coaches etc be aware of the rule changes proposed for the 2019/2020 season which are to be approved or otherwise at the League AGM meeting in August 2019.
The majority of rules remain unchanged from the 2018/2019 season with the following exceptions to be noted (new/revised rule text shown in italics): Rule 2c Background – to ensure member clubs have an acceptable distance to travel for matches the committee propose to change the radius of the geographical area the league will accept applications to become member clubs from 40 miles to 20miles.
The geographical area covered by the Competition membership shall be a 20 mile radius of St Peters Hill Grantham.
Rule 4a, 4b, 4c and associated rule supplements.
Background – the league has traditionally required club and team entries to be made and paid for by 31st May. Other local leagues require club and team entries to be made by 1st May. The committee proposes to change to 1st May for club and team entries to be made and paid by 1st May to match the other leagues.
Rule 5a
The majority of current committee members are likely to step down from fulfilling committee roles over the next two years. The committee is anxious to bring new committee members on board to ensure the sustainability of the league. Despite a number of requests, no new committee members have come forward therefore a more formal approach to ensure the sustainability of the league is necessary. To get more people on the league committee below is the revision to rule 5a. New text shown in italics. The Management Committee shall comprise the Officers of the Competition and up to 12 members who shall all be elected at the AGM. Member clubs are required to nominate 1 person per club who will attend committee meetings as called by the League Committee. The person nominated shall be a member of the club they represent and be associated with a team that plays in GYFL. Committee members may be co-opted as necessary.
Rule 5d – new Supplement to Rule 5d. Background – there have been a number of communication problems with messages not getting to the people who need to be informed. To alleviate this problem the committee, propose to revise this rule as follows:
ns. See the proposed 2019/20 rules for details of Powerplay.
To facilitate improved communications between the league and clubs the communications protocol shall be: All Governance issues will be Club Secretary to League Secretary and vice versa. For all Football issues the Team Manager may contact the relevant League Official and vice versa with Club & League Secs copied if necessary.
Rule 8 and associated supplemental rule. Background – there have been a few instances whereby Managers wished to play at times out with the existing rule and the committee were aware that some clubs were not able to play on certain days in accordance with the existing rule. To provide as much flexibility about kick off times and the days matches take place, the committee propose the following supplemental rule to rule 8. Matches will normally be played Sunday mornings or afternoons with kick off between 09.30 and 14.30 depending on pitch availability and travel time of the teams involved. However, if the Team Managers mutually agree before the match, the match can be played anytime over the weekend it is programmed to be played. If a KO time/day cannot be agreed, then the KO will default to 10.30am Sunday or as close as possible to that time considering pitch availability. Note that matches cannot be moved to be played on different weekends to those programmed unless approved by the League Committee.
Appendix 8 Note No 14
Background – the committee are aware that in some instances Managers are agreeing between themselves to field a different number of players than the maximum number of players as specified in the league rules. All Clubs are reminded that the specified number of players must be fielded and Appendix 8 Note 14 sets out the rule requirements:
The number of players on each team must not exceed the permitted number of players for each team for any game within the relevant age group. 5v5, 7v7, 9v9 etc must be played as such with the exception of ‘Powerplay’ where permitted.
Appendix 12 – NEW – Power Play option. Background – the FA introduced the ‘Powerplay’ option for all clubs/teams as specified and this was introduced to the league in January 2019. This new appendix sets out the Powerplay option and is similar to the briefing sheet issued in January 2019 with a few minor text revisions. See the proposed 2019/20 rules for details of Powerplay
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