FTL Futbol Hellenic League | Membership Playing Of Matches

8.2 All matches shall be played under the Rules and Regulations of The FA and in accordance with the Laws of the Game as determined by the International Football Association Board.

8.3 All matches shall be of ninety minutes’ duration. Any match not complying may be ordered to stand as a completed match or replayed for the full period of ninety minutes, or the match awarded to the Club not at fault, as the Board may decide, on such terms as the Board shall decide. The half-time interval in all matches shall not exceed 15 minutes.

Where a match is abandoned for reasons over which neither Club has control, the home Club shall retain the gate receipts of such uncompleted match and the Board shall decide the terms upon which any replayed match shall be played.

Where a match is abandoned before half time the home Club will issue a voucher to spectators valid for free admission on the date of the rearranged match. Where a match is abandoned after half time for whatever reason no voucher will be issued.

Where a match is abandoned because of the conduct of one team or its Club members the Board shall be empowered to award the match to the opponents and fine them in accordance with the Fines Tariff. Where an abandonment is caused by the conduct of both teams or their Club members the Board will take such action as they consider appropriate and both shall be fined in accordance with the Fines Tariff.

In the event of a match having to be postponed for any reason due to problems arising from one of the Clubs involved their prospective opponents shall be compensated by them. In the case of the visiting Club, should it have undertaken all or part of the journey, travelling expenses and meal allowances may be claimed, based on the total mileage involved on the whole journey. In exceptional circumstances expenses for overnight accommodation for up to a maximum of eighteen persons are claimable and if the Clubs fail to agree a figure the Board will have absolute discretion in the matter. No claim in excess of £15 per person will be acceptable.

All claims for compensation shall be received by the Competition Secretary within 14 days of the date of the match to which the claim relates.

8.4 In the event of the match being postponed, not completed or abandoned, the home Club must immediately telephone or facsimile the Competition results service, the Competition Secretary and, in the case of a match postponement, the Appointing Authority, the visiting Club and the Match Officials. When a postponement occurs in any FA or County Cup competition the home Club, if two Clubs are playing the tie, or the Club if the match involves a team outside of the Competition must also follow this procedure. If a match is not played due to bad weather or unplayable ground conditions, the Home Club must submit a form P1 to the Competition Secretary, detailing the reasons for the postponement, showing a post mark within 3 days of the fixture. In matches that are postponed for any other reason a form P2 must be submitted within the same timescale.

8.5 Each Club must take every precaution to keep its ground in good playing condition and amenities (including floodlights) in good working order throughout the Playing Season.

8.6 Where a match has been postponed for any reason the Competition Secretary shall determine the new date.

Any Club without just cause failing to fulfil an engagement to play a Competition match on the appointed date shall for each offence be liable to expulsion from the Competition and/or such other disciplinary action the Board may determine, including the deduction of up to a maximum of three points from the offending Club’s record, any expenses incurred by their opponents, and a fine in accordance with the Fines Tariff.

In the event of a club being in breach of the previous paragraph of this Rule then the Board may award points to the club not at fault as if the match had been played and the League table shall reflect the position as if the match had been played with the result awarded by the Board.

8.7 The postponement of matches due to ground conditions must be carried out in accordance with Rule 15.2.

8.8 All Clubs must have a facsimile machine, a mobile telephone and an email address, operational at all times. These will be listed in the Competition Handbook unless a Club requests otherwise.

8.9 Each Club shall be prepared to kick off at the scheduled time unless a satisfactory explanation is offered. Any club commencing a competition match with less than 11 (eleven) players may be subject to a fine in accordance with the fines tariff. Each team participating in a match shall represent the full available strength of each competing Club.

8.10 When a Club obtains the consent of the Board to postpone a fixture because of an epidemic, affecting the availability of their players, that Club shall be liable to pay any direct expenses incurred, if any, to the opposing Club. The amount of claim will be at the discretion of the Board. Requests for the postponement of a match for any reason will not be considered more than forty-eight hours before the scheduled time of kick-off.

Medical certificates for those players affected, signed by the players’ own doctor, must be forwarded to the Competition Secretary within [fourteen days] of the postponement, along with a full list of contract and non-contract players currently registered by the Club at the date of the match which was postponed, giving full reasons against each name for the player’s unavailability.

8.11.1 Each Club must hand copies of a list of name(s) of players taking part in a match (including the name(s) and number(s) of the nominated substitute(s) to the Referee and a representative of their opponents in the presence of the Referee at least forty five minutes before the scheduled time of kick-off. The players’ numbers (in accordance with Rule 7) and the colours of the playing strip must be clearly stated. Any Clubs in breach may be fined in accordance with the Fines Tariff.

8.11.2 Any Club altering its team selection or numbering after team sheets have been exchanged may be fined in accordance with the Fines Tariff. A player who is named on the team sheet exchanged under Rule 8.11.1 may be replaced without fine if he is injured warming up after exchange of the team sheet. Any subsequent changes must be notified to the referee and to a representative of the opponents before the actual kick-off.

The name of the Medical Personnel in attendance (in accordance with Rule 26) must be entered on the Team Sheet in the appropriate space provided.

8.12.1 The home Club shall advise the visiting Club and the Match Officials of the date and time of kick-off of each match, to be received at least five days prior to the match and the visiting Club and the Match Officials must acknowledge receipt to be received at least three days before the match.

8.12.2 Where a match is re-arranged or cancelled after the officials have been appointed, it is the duty of the home Club to notify the officials of the cancellation of their appointments immediately. Clubs in default of this Rule may be subject to any action decided by the Board.

8.13 Unless mutually agreed by the Clubs concerned, the time of kick-off shall be:

Saturday matches – 3.00 pm

Midweek matches – 7.30 pm unless a Club notifies the Competition Secretary in writing before the commencement of each Playing Season to state that it wishes all its home midweek matches to kick off at 7.45pm

Official bank holidays and Sundays – 3.00pm unless agreed otherwise by the two Clubs and the Board; application shall be made to the Competition Secretary by both Clubs at least 21 days before the relevant date. All agreed changes to time of kick-off to be notified to the Board immediately for confirmation.

All Competition midweek fixtures will be scheduled for Tuesday or Wednesday Evenings, 7.30 pm Kick-Off.

To re-schedule a midweek fixture for an evening other than a Club’s usual midweek night will require written agreement of both Clubs and the Competition Secretary.

The Competition Secretary reserves the right to amend scheduled fixtures and kick-off times to meet television requirements as necessary. Notification will be provided by the Competition Secretary in writing to both Clubs for fixtures so rescheduled.

Clubs in division one and the reserve section who do not have an acceptable floodlighting system, the kick-off shall be: 2pm in December, 2.15 pm November & January, 6.30 pm (evening matches) and 3 pm all other matches.

8.14 All matches shall be played on the home and away principle and the Board shall determine how the fixtures shall be arranged. Such fixtures shall take precedence over all competitions in which a Club may engage, with the exception of:

· The FA Challenge Cup/Welsh Cup.

· The FA Challenge Trophy/Vase Competition.

· The Senior Cup Competition for which the Club is eligible, of the County Association to which it was first affiliated.

Clubs playing in the F.A. of Wales Challenge Cup, or a County Senior Cup Competition which allows the option to play the tie mid-week, must arrange the match to avoid interference with Saturday fixtures, providing the opposing club drawn at home has suitable floodlighting. This applies to ALL Clubs who play in a League competition, which forms any part of the National League System of Football outside the Football League.

Scheduled Saturday fixtures must not be re-arranged without permission of the Competition Secretary. This excludes F.A. Cup, and F.A. Vase matches. Clubs may be ordered to re-arrange outstanding matches, at the discretion of the Board, and where necessary their prospective opponents instructed accordingly. Clubs with open dates on Saturdays may be instructed to play any outstanding Competition fixture on such date. A minimum of six days’ notice will be given in respect of any such re-arrangement.

8.15 A Club may not enter its first team in any outside competition, other than those listed in Rule 8.14, without the prior permission of the Board. The Competition Secretary must be informed of all fixtures, postponements and results of all matches played in any other competition.

8.16 The Board shall determine the Policy of the Competition for the issuing of Match Day Passes.

8.17 The Board may change any Competition fixtures during the season to suit the overall interests of the Competition and shall have the power to decide whether a ground is suitable for Competition matches and to order a Club whose ground is deemed unsuitable to play its home matches at alternative suitable ground.

8.18 Two weeks’ notice is required from Clubs wishing to re-arrange a Saturday match to Friday evening or Sunday. A request made in less than this period of time will only be considered by the Board in exceptional circumstances and granted at their discretion.

8.19 All Competition matches shall be arranged as soon as practicable. The copyright in all lists of arrangements of such fixtures shall be vested in the Company.

8.20 The home Club shall be responsible for notifying the Competition immediately following the conclusion of each home Competition match the result of that match together with the attendance, the times of all goals scored in the match and the scorer of each goal. In any FA or Affiliated Association Competition the HOME CLUB if two Member Clubs are playing the tie, or the Member Club, if the match involves a team outside of the Competition, must also follow this procedure.

8.21 The home Club is responsible for publishing a full match programme acceptable to the Board for each of its Competition matches. A team sheet will not be considered sufficient to comply with this Rule, other than in a Reserve Section fixture.

The visiting Club must send in writing to the home Club details of the proposed team they plan to field together with their Club history and up-to-date pen pictures of their current players registered with the Competition for the season at least five days before the scheduled date of the match between the two Clubs.

The home Club programme must include the details sent by the visiting Club in the match day programme and a copy of each match day programme shall be sent by the home Club to the Competition Secretary within 3 days of the match with the relevant match report form.

Clubs will be responsible for all comments in their match day programme in respect of the Competition, the Company or other member Clubs, notwithstanding any disclaimers to the contrary. No part of a Club’s programme issued for a match in any competition shall, in the opinion of the Board, bring the Competition or the Company into disrepute.

All Clubs will be responsible for their official website or similar computer related information system, which is within the public domain. Nothing shall be included on the website which in the opinion of the Board brings the Competition or the Company into disrepute.

8.22.1 In all Competition Matches, the number of Clubs players and officials seated on the team benches, in the designated technical area, must not exceed 11 unless the team bench facility provides more than 11 individual seats.

8.22.2 Only one person at a time has the authority to convey tactical instructions to the players during the match. This person shall be the team manager or the team coach. He is allowed to move to the edge of the technical area to issue instructions to his team but then must return to his position on the bench immediately after giving these instructions.

8.22.3 All team officials and substitutes seated on the bench shall be listed on the official team sheet when it is submitted to the Match Officials. Only those persons listed on the official team sheet shall be permitted in the technical area.

8.22.4 The occupants of the technical area must behave in a responsible manner at all times. Misconduct by occupants of this area will be reported by the Referee to The FA, who shall have the power to impose sanctions as deemed fit.

8.22.5 With the exception of the team manager, the team coach and any substitutes who are warming up or warming down, all other personnel are to remain seated on the trainer’s bench. The team manager or team coach is allowed to move to the edge of the technical area to issue instructions to his team, but must then return to the trainer’s bench.

8.22.6 All occupants of the technical area must wear the corporate bench kit supplied to each Member Club. Failure to wear the bench kit will result in a fine in accordance with the fines tariff. The only exception would be the Team Manager who will be allowed to wear suits and overcoats not displaying any sponsorship logos. (N/A)

8.22.7 In all matches that teams from the Reserve or Veterans Section compete; it shall be the responsibility of each Club to provide a Linesman who is not listed on the official team sheet as a player. In the event of either Club failing to provide a Linesman, the Club in default shall be liable to a fine as set out in the Fines Tariff.