UCL Handbook 2017 2018

Reserve Division(s) and Under 21 Division(s) Rules

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. 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. 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 (L) In matches involving Reserve and Under 21 Teams, Clubs must provide tea/coffee at half time for Clubs Officials (there is no requirement to provide sandwiches or other similar light refreshments unless the visitors have in- formed the Home club at least 5 days before the game of the numbers of officials for whom the home club need to cater) All Clubs must provide liquid refreshments for match officials at half time and full time, and prior to the match on request. In addition, sandwiches and tea/coffee, or other similar light refreshments, must be provided at the end of all matches. Failure to Provide Adequate Refreshments for Match Officials / Club Officers will result in a fine in accordance with the Fines Tariff

(M) There is no requirement to produce a programme or team sheet for Reserve Division or U21’s matches.

11. REPORTING RESULTS

(A) The Registration Secretary must receive within 3 days of the date played, the result sheet of each Competition match and any outside competition match in the prescribed manner. This must include the forename(s) and sur- name of the team players (in block letters) and also the Referee markings required by Rule 13, or any other infor- mation required by the Competition. 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. (B) All Reserve Division(s) and Under 21 Division(s) Clubs playing in League, League KO Cup, FA/County Cup Compe- titions, and the UCL Club if away to non UCL opposition, must submit match results by SMS text message to the FA Full-Time system, within 30 minutes from the end of the match.

(C) The match result notification, correctly completed, shall be signed by a responsible member of the Club.

12. DETERMINING CHAMPIONSHIP

(A) 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 match. The teams gaining the highest number of points in their respective Divisions at the conclusion shall be adjudged the winners. Matches must not be played for double points. In circumstances where two or more teams are equal on points team rankings shall be determined by goal differ- ence where the goals scored against by each team shall be deducted from the goals scored by that team and the largest positive difference shall be placed the highest. In the event of the goal difference being equal the highest placed team shall be the team which has scored the most goals. In the event that two or more teams have the same goal difference and have scored the same number of goals then the highest placed team shall be the team which has won the most matches. In the event of the two teams still being equal the team which has the better playing record against the other team in their head to head Competition matches during the Season will be the highest placed team.

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