FA RULES

[Avinalaff]

I thought this subject might be worth it's own thread so you can use it as a reference in the future.

 

The Rules of The Football Association[/b]

 

 

 

FA Rules Season 2011-12 (download PDF)

 

The FA Handbook 2011-12

• FA Rule A - Constitution and administration of the Association
  
• FA Rule B - Sanctioning of associations, competitions and matches
  
• FA Rule C - Rules relating to players*
  
• FA Rule D - International and other representative matches and call-ups
  
• FA Rule E - Conduct
  
• FA Rule F - Powers of inquiry
  
• FA Rule G - Disciplinary powers
  
• FA Rule H - Appeals to the Appeal Board
  
• FA Rule I - Financial records
  
• FA Rule J - Rules, regulations and laws of the game
  
• FA Rule K - Arbitration
  
• FA Rule L - Fair play in football
  

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6.4 TRANSFERS

6.4.1 The transfer of the registration of a contract Player from one Club to another must be in

writing, on the Competition transfer form, duly signed by the contract Player and the two

Clubs and forwarded to the Company for approval and registration. Such contract Player

does not become a bona-fide Player of the Club seeking his transfer until that Club has

received from the Company a certificate of registration or the provisions of Rule 6.3 have

been complied with. The registration of a contract Player whose contract is cancelled by

mutual consent shall be automatically cancelled upon receipt by the Company of a copy of

the relevant FA form.

Where a Club cancels the registration of a Player, contract or Non-Contract, for any reason

whatsoever, the Club must notify the Competition Secretary immediately, in writing and

such notification must be signed by an authorised signatory of that Club to be valid.

STANDARDISED RULES 501

A Non-Contract Player whose registration for a Club is cancelled or transferred for any

reason whatsoever, cannot return to his original Club until a minimum of fourteen days has

elapsed from the date of the cancellation or transfer without the consent of the Board.

6.4.2 Should a Club wish to register a Non-Contract Player who is registered by another Club,

both Clubs if in agreement must sign the standard Competition transfer form applicable to

Non-Contract Players.

If a Non-Contract Player also registers for a club not in membership of the Competition, his

registration for the Competition may be retained by the Club.

6.4.3 A Club cannot register the transfer of a Contract or Non-Contract Player unless that Player

has been registered with the transferor Club for at least 14 days unless that Player is a

goalkeeper.

In the event of a Player changing his status with the same Club either from a Contract

Player to a Non-Contract Player or from a Non-Contract Player to a Contract Player then

that Player must sign a new registration form and be reregistered. In default the Player

reregistering will be ineligible to play in a match under the jurisdiction of the Company

and Rule 6.8 will be applied in such circumstances where a Club is found guilty of playing a

Player who has changed status without reregistering.

6.4.4 Short Term Loan Transfers – Loans of Contract Players shall be allowed to or from clubs in

membership of:

• The FA Premier League Limited

• The Football League Limited

• The Football Conference Limited

• The Isthmian Football League Limited

• The Northern Premier Football League Limited

• The Southern Football League Limited

• Any other Leagues which have been authorised by The FA as shown in Appendix [ ].

on such terms and conditions as shall be mutually agreed by the two clubs and the Player.

For transfers between Clubs in the same Competition the transfer must be completed on

the National League System Temporary Transfer Form and for transfers between Clubs in

different Competitions the transfer must be completed on FA Form H3.

The Competition shall not approve more than TWO short term loan transfers to or from any

one club including FA Premier League or Football League clubs at any one time.

A Club can have up to a MAXIMUM of 12 Players on short term loan during the season. The

minimum period of a short term loan transfer must be 28 days with a maximum of 93 days

in any one season.

Short term loan transfers which become permanent before their expiry date shall not count

against a Club’s quota of days or Players.

A Player whose contract registration is cancelled by mutual consent and immediately reregistered

by the same or a different Club on a Non-Contract basis shall not subsequently

be registered as a contract Player for the same Club within three months of the date of the

cancellation except with the consent of the Board.

On completing the National League System Temporary Transfer Form or FA form H3, a Club

must send the top copy to The FA, one copy to the Company and the third copy to the

secretary of the league with which the Player is registered.

To extend the period of any short term loan transfer a further National League System

Temporary Transfer Form or FA form H3 must be completed, with copies sent as provided

above.

502 STANDARDISED RULES

The Player being taken on short or long term loan must sign a Competition contract

registration form, which will be valid for the full period of the loan, including any extension to

the loan period. The standard Competition cancellation form must be used to prematurely

end the temporary transfer period.

The short term transfer of a Player to a Club must be completed and registered with the

Company at least [ ] hours before the scheduled time of the kick-off of the first match in

which the Player is required to play.

If the short term loan transfer is extended, only the Club for whom the Player was originally

registered will be allowed to cancel the agreement at any time within the extension period.

In the case of a goalkeeper, Clubs may mutually agree, if they so wish, to include a recall

clause in the agreement to enable the Club for whom the Player was originally registered to

recall the Player at any time during the loan period. Players, other than goalkeepers, may

NOT be recalled within the first month (i.e. 28 days) of any loan period.

Any short term loan transfer which may terminate after the last day for registrations (Rule

6.5) may be extended for a further period.

The short term loan transfer of a Player must be continuous. If the same Player is taken on

loan at a later date, this second loan period will count against the permitted number of short

term loan transfers.

A Player cannot play for a Club on a short term loan for more than 93 days in any one

Season.]

6.4.5 Long Term Loan Transfers shall be for a Playing Season or from the commencement of the

Playing Season to 31st December or from 1st January (the January Transfer Window) to the

end of the Playing Season. The Board may approve loans between Clubs in membership of

the competitions referred to in Rule 6.4.4 in respect of Players aged 24 and under on or

before 30th June prior to the commencement of the Playing Season and provided the loan

is registered by four (4) hours before the Club’s first fixture of its Playing Season or from

any date between the commencement of a Membership Year to the 31st August in that

Membership Year to any date between 1st and 31st January following or from any date

between 1st and 31st January in a Membership Year to the end of that Playing Season

relative to the Club taking him on loan.

A Player on long term loan may not be recalled except for a goalkeeper or where the Player

is to be transferred permanently by the Club holding his registered contract. A Player

other than a goalkeeper so recalled cannot be permitted to play for the Club holding his

registration after such recall until the end of the Season. Players so recalled can only be

replaced by a further long term loan with permission from the Company. Long term loans

transfers will not count against the number of short term loans in Rule 6.4.4.]

6.4.6 The maximum number of Short Term Loans will be 12 per Season and Long Term Loans will

be 4 per Season. Whilst a Club may register any number of Work Experience Players only 2

may play in any one match in accordance with FA Rules.

A Club may name up to a maximum of 5 Players on a Team Sheet who are either Long Term

Loans, Short Term Loans or Work Experience Players with no more than 2 from any one

Category.

6.4.7 The Company may, at its discretion, refuse any further registration of Players to any Club

which has not completed payment of a transfer arrangement made with another Club or

arranged for the payment to be adequately secured. The Club concerned will continue to

pay the Player in accordance with his contract.

6.5 CLOSING DATE FOR REGISTRATIONS

After 5pm on[the last Thursday in] [ ] March each season, registrations and transfer of

registrations will be declined or will be approved subject to such limitations and restrictions

STANDARDISED RULES 503

as the Board may determine and, if so determined, the Player shall only be eligible to play

in the matches for which permission is granted by the Board.

6.6 CLUB LIST OF PLAYERS AND TRANSFER LIST

[Clubs shall furnish the Competition Secretary by 1st June with the following details:

6.6.1 a list of contract Players whose agreements do not terminate at the end of the current

season;

6.6.2 a list of contract Players in respect of whom the Club has exercised its option in accordance

with Football Association Rule C1, J ;

6.6.3 a list of contract Players in respect of whom the existing agreements do not include

an option to renew but which the Club is desirous of offering further engagements, in

accordance with Football Association Rule C1,J;

6.6.4 a list of contract Players in respect of whom the Club has exercised its option in accordance

with Football Association Rule C1, J but whose registration the Club is prepared to transfer;

6.6.5 a list of contract Players the Club has released;

6.6.6 a list of all Players whose registration the Club wishes to be cancelled;

Clubs shall also complete the standard Competition forms and return these by this date.

A Club relegated from the Football League Limited shall advise the Competition Secretary

by 30th June the names of Players retained by that Club for the season, taking into

consideration the contents of Football League Rule 53.]

6.7 SUBSTITUTE PLAYERS

A Club at its discretion may use three substitute Players at any time in a match. Substitution

can only be made when play is stopped for any reason and the Referee has given

permission. When a Club is making a substitution it shall use a Board to show the number

of the Player to be substituted and the number of the substitute Player.

A maximum of [ ] SUBSTITUTES may be nominated and they must be included on the

official Team Sheet handed to the Referee before the match in accordance with Rule 8.11.1.

A substitute may not be used to replace a Player who has been suspended from the match

by the Match Officials.

If a Player does not take part in the match for which he is a nominated substitute he shall be

deemed as not having played for the Club in that match.

6.8 PLAYING AN INELIGIBLE PLAYER

Any Club found to have played an ineligible Player in a match shall have any points gained

from that match deducted from its record and have levied upon it a fine. The Company

may vary this decision in respect of the points gained only in circumstances where the

ineligibility is due to the failure to obtain an International Transfer Certificate.

The Board may also order that such match be replayed on such terms as are decided by the

Board which may also levy penalty points against the Club in default.

6.9 FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS

6.9.1 Subject to clauses 6.9.2 to 6.9.7, and to the Rules and Regulations of The FA, a Club may

negotiate a financial arrangement with its Players.

6.9.2 All Players under a written contract must be registered with the Competition and The FA.

6.9.3 All payments and benefits due and/or made to the Player must be shown in the contract.

6.9.4 All payments made to Players must be made by the Club and fully recorded in the

accounting records of the Club.

[Avinalaff]

I was a bit surprised nobody jumped on this, as it effects Everton greatly in the next transfer window, as far as how many players we can bring in on loan.

 

We already have 3 players on long term loans: Royston Drenthe, Denis Stracqualursi, and Eric Dier.

 

6.4.6 The maximum number of Short Term Loans will be 12 per Season and Long Term Loans will

be 4 per Season. Whilst a Club may register any number of Work Experience Players only 2

may play in any one match in accordance with FA Rules.

A Club may name up to a maximum of 5 Players on a Team Sheet who are either Long Term

Loans, Short Term Loans or Work Experience Players with no more than 2 from any one

Category.

 

By my understanding, we can only take one more player on a long term loan (i.e until the end of the season).

 

Donovan is classed as a 'short term loan'. We can take another 11 players on short term contracts (93 days max).

 

What we can't do, is play Drenthe, Straq, and 'any other' long term loan player, in the same game.