South East Counties Women's Football League

Michael Selle, 16 Beatrice Close, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 3PB

Tel/Fax: 01983 562329

Angela Bennett (Vice Chairman), 23 Eley Crescent, Rottingdean, Brighton. BN2 7FE

Tel: 01273 302661 (not after 9pm)

Chairman's report/info will appear here.

Wayne Cook. 113 High Street Lenham, Maidstone, Kent. ME17 2LB

Tel: 01622 858137 (not after 9pm)

Amy Phillips (Assistant Secretary), 8 Dayspring, Guildford, Surrey. GU2 9QN

Tel: 07980 651987

News Bulletins

Secretary's report/info will appear here.

Michael Selle, 16 Beatrice Close, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 3PB

Tel/Fax: 01983 562329

CHANGE OF EMAIL ADDRESS
Contact address is now michael.selle@btinternet.com

2008/09 REGISTRATION FORMS
These are now available for download via the link below. Please note that from this season players must be aged 16 or above on the date of registration.

EMERGENCY FAXED REGISTRATIONS
These will be accepted up to 4pm on Fridays with the following provisos:

1)The club must be in credit with the Registrations Secretary.

2) Clearance forms must accompany registrations for any player who has played for a prior club, subject to FA Rules.

3) Original forms (and photos where relevant) MUST accompany the Match Return Form in which the player first appears.

4) Emailed forms/photos will not be accepted under any circumstances.

Any deviation from the above will result in the player being deemed ineligible.

PLAYERS SIGNED FROM PREVIOUS CLUBS
Any player having previously played for another club must be cleared with her previous club who should sign a copy of the downloadable form below.

INTERNATIONAL PLAYER CLEARANCE
If you are signing a player who has previously played for any club outside England, you must get International Player Clearance before that player can be registered with the League. The contact at the FA who deals with this is Dawn Keleher. Her email address is Dawn.Keleher@the-fa.org and her phone number at Soho Square is 0207-7454630.

Downloads

Player Registration Form 2008/09	Download (in Acrobat format)
Player Transfer Form	Download (in Acrobat format)
Player Clearance Form	Download (in MS Word format)

Greg Petts, 7 Gregory Close, Sittingbourne, Kent. ME10 2UD

Tel: 01795 474275

Fixtures and results: will be available on the STATS page and on the FIXTUREBLOG.

Please ensure all results are phoned through to Greg within 2 hours of the final whistle.

Postponements: If a league game is postponed due to a cup match, could the club involved please make the other club they were due to play aware of the postponement, as well as Jen Pearson. Most clubs are doing this already and it is a great help.

Double Header Rules:

These are played as two seperate games of 30 minutes each way. The first game counts as the "host" club's home game, therefore a different match return form must be filled in for each game, with players not featuring in the first game's squads able to take part in the second game, subject to the usual league rules on player qualification. Match return forms should still be exchanged before kick off of each game, but this can be done at any time until kick off.

The host club should pay the referee the normal match fee+travelling expenses with the visiting club responsible for the match fee only for the second game. The host club also has responsibility for provision of refreshments between games and at the conclusion of the second game. Half time breaks for each game should be minimal, but 15-20 minutes between games should be allowed for team talks and administration of the Match Return Cards.

Angela Bennett (Appointments), 23 Eley Crescent, Rottingdean, Brighton. BN2 7FE

Tel: 01273 302661 (not after 9pm)

Jenny Pearson (Match Cards), 2 Lysander Road, West Malling, Kent. ME19 6TT

Tel: 01732 872761

CODE OF CONDUCT ON MATCH DAYS

At the Management Committee meeting of 8th December concern was expressed both at the number of letters received from clubs containing derogatory remarks about referees and reports from referees themselves concerning the conduct of club officials on match days. The Committee feels that a zero tolerance policy will be adopted towards breaches of the Code of Conduct which will be enforced with immediate effect.

1) Where there is a technical area, the following will apply:

i. A maximum of SEVEN people (manager, physio and five substitutes) are allowed to occupy the technical area.

ii. All occupants must stay within the confines of the tech area and remain seated. Only one person has the authority to convey technical instructions at one time and return to their position after giving instructions.

iii. The Coach and other officials must remain within the technical area, except in special circumstances (eg. when a referee allows a physio to enter the field of play to treat an injured player).

iv. THE COACH AND OTHER OCCUPANTS OF THE TECHNICAL AREA MUST CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER.

(iv) above applies even if there is no technical area on a park pitch.

Referees are being instructed to take a hard line and any Club offending will be reported to their County Association.

2) Clubs are reminded of their responsibility for the behaviour of their spectators at all times.
Reports of abuse received from referees will result in heavy fines.

3) Club officials found guilty of breaches of the code of conduct will receive lengthy bans IN ADDITION to any punishment meted out by their County FA.

4) Clubs consistently receiving low sportsmanship marks will receive a warning, and if their average does not improve they will be fined.

GAMES WITHOUT AN APPOINTED REFEREE
If we are unable to find a referee centrally able to do your game, you must try to get your own. The guidelines are as follows:

When appointing a referee, the referee MUST NOT be associated with the club in any way, ie. not a relative of any player or officer of the club, or any past or current member of the club. The appointed referee must also be a current registered member of a County FA.

If the only person you can find willing to officiate fails to meet the above criteria, you MUST inform both the opposition and Referees' Secretary.

NEW REFEREES
Would ALL clubs (especially those in Kent) try to supply the name of at least one referee willing to do games in our League. Names of those already refereeing regularly for us are not required. Easiest way to do this is to call a few refs in your area when you receive your County Handbook. Clubs with home draws in the FA Cup also shouldn't miss the opportunity of talking to the appointed match officials if they're not refs who regularly do our games.