Joint Handbook 2023 2024

the League office, but you MUST retain the original document, and these must be available upon request by the League. The half time interval shall be of 10 minutes ’ duration, but it shall not exceed 15 minutes. The half time interval may only be altered with the consent of the referee. The Teams taking part in a Competition Match shall identify a Team captain who shall wear an armband and shall have a responsibility to offer support in the management of the on - field disci pline of their teammates. Saturday Premier Division Clubs Assistant Referees must wear the Rain Jackets or Black Polo that were supplied to all Saturday Premier Clubs. Clubs failing to observe this Rule will be fined in accordance with the Fines Tariff. Saturday Division One to Five teams must wear the League Assistant Referee bibs. Failure to comply will result in a minimum fine in accord ance with the Fines Tariff In addition, Premier Division Clubs must ensure that they meet the current Football Association National League System Step 7 minimum Ground Grading requirements. Two covered trainers ’ boxes clearly marked "Home" and "Away" must be provided, portable covered trainer boxes are permitted and must be securely fixed when in use. Ideally, they should be on the same side of the pitch either side of the halfway line, equidistant from it, and, ideally, a minimum of 3 metres apart and provide an unobstructed view of the playing area and be able to seat eight. Home clubs must provide refreshments at half time for opponents and match officials. Premier Teams to provide food after every home game, away teams must stay or notify home team with confirmation of fixture if they can ’ t stay. Any breach of this rule must be reported to the Secretary by the Match Referee. Failure to comply with this rule will make the Club liable to a minimum fine in accordance with the Fines Tariff. REPORTING RESULTS The Competition Secretary must receive within 2 days (excluding Sunday ’ s) of the date played, the result of each Competition Match in the prescribed manner (submit results and statistics in cluding referees ’ scores and respect marks of the match played on FA Full Time system). This must include the forename (s) and surname of the Team Players (in block letters) and also the ref eree markings required by Rule 23, or any other information required by the Competition. Failure to comply with this Rule will result in a fine in accordance with the Fines Tariff. Any Club knowing ly submitting incorrect information shall be liable to a fine in accordance with the Fines Tariff. The Referee markings as required by Rule 13 (1 – 100) or any other information required by the Compe tition, Failure to do so will incur a fine in accordance with the Fines Tariff and/or the club being dealt with as the Board decide. A letter of explanation must be sent to the League Office, and signed by the club secretary within 4 (four) days of the date of the match when marking of 60 or below Failure to comply will result in a minimum fine in accordance with the Fines Tariff Both Clubs shall use SMS via Full Time System as directed by the Competition to notify the result of each Competition Match within 30 minutes from the end of the match. Each Club playing in the PDFL, PDFL Cups, FA/County Cup, and any PDFL club playing an FA/County match away to a non PDFL opposition must submit match results by SMS text message to the FA Full - Time sys tem, within 30 minutes from the end of the match. Failure to comply with this Rule will result in a fine in accordance with the Fines Tariff. The match result notification, correctly completed, shall be signed by an Officer of the team, or as prescribed by the Competition. Failure to comply with this Rule will result in a fine in accordance with the Fines Tariff. DETERMINING CHAMPIONSHIP Team rankings within the Competition will be decided by points with three points to be awarded for a win and one point for a drawn Competition Match. The Teams gaining the highest number of points in their respective divisions at the end of the Playing Season shall be adjudged the winners. Competition Matches must not be played for double points. In the event of two or more Teams being equal on points at the end of the Playing Season, rankings shall be determined by goal difference (where the goals scored against each Team shall be deduct ed from the goals scored by that Team and the Team with the most favourable goal difference shall

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