Joint Handbook 2022 2023

any Club or the Official or Player of any Club; or any Club, Official or Player receiving or seeking to receive any payment or other form of inducement from any other person or organisation to win, lose, or draw a Match under the jurisdiction of the Competition or in which the Club participates by reason of membership of the Competition shall be deemed guilty of misconduct. (c) Any person charged and found guilty of bringing the Competition into disrepute and any Club, Officer or Member charged and found guilty of misconduct as defined by the Board or of inducing or attempting to induce a player of another Club to join his own Club shall be liable to such penalty as the Board shall deem appropriate. 18. TROPHY The Company shall present to the Winners of all divisions in the Competition eighteen souvenirs. In addition, a Competition championship trophy and Flag will be presented as and when the Board determine. The Clubs concerned will also receive a permanent souvenir. The trophies and Flags are the property of the Company and may never be won outright. A trophy presented to the Competition shall be vested in the Association sanctioning the Competition as Trustees. If a trophy is not required for any cause, it shall be returned to the Donor if the conditions attach for it so provide, or held in trust, or otherwise dealt with as the Association may decide. A run ners ’ up trophy and medals may also be awarded at the discretion of the Company. The recipient Club shall be responsible for engraving their details on the trophy before returning same. The following agreement shall be signed on behalf of the winners of the trophies and Flag: “ We, A.B. the .……… of ………………………………… Football Club, C.D. and E.F members of and representing the said Club, having been declared winners of the [ ] Trophy and Flag and the same having been delivered to us by the said Competition, do hereby on behalf of the said Club, jointly and severally agree to return the same to the Competition Secretary, on or before 1st February next in good order and condition, suitably inscribed, in accordance with the Rules of the Competition and if the said Trophy or Flag is lost or damaged whilst under our care, we agree to refund to the Competition the amount of its current value or the cost of its thorough repair. ” Any Club not returning the Competition trophy or Flag by the due date, returning them in poor condition or without being engraved will be fined in accordance with the Fines Tariff. 19. ALTERATIONS TO RULES No alteration to the Rules shall be made until they have been approved by The FA. Alterations to Rules shall be approved at a general meeting of the Company. Proposals for alterations to Rules, together with the name of their proposers and seconders, shall be received by the League Secretary not later than 30 th November prior to the date fixed for the Annual General Meeting of the Company in each year or not later than eight weeks before the holding of an Extraordinary General Meeting called for the purpose of amending the Rules. 20. ADMISSION CHARGES The minimum charge for admission to all matches shall be determined from time to time by the Board. Admission charges, must be the same for home and visiting supporters at Competition matches. for equivalent accommodation. If there is no equivalent accommodation, the Board may in its absolute discretion consider the charges set by the home Club and determine a reasonable equivalent admission charges for visiting supporters, which shall be implemented by the home Club until the end of the current Playing Season Clubs may, with the written permission of the Board, have a maximum of three Competition Match days each Playing Season during which they can vary general admission charges for adults including allowing free admission Concessionary admission charges or pricing policies for disabled people and their carers/helpers, senior citizens, students, children, unemployed, armed forces etc, if available for home supporters, must be offered on a similar basis to visiting supporters. 21. LONG SERVICE