Season 2011/12 COMPETITION RULES

1. Teams to comprise boys and/or girls in year 6 attending the L&SPSF member school.

2. All players must wear appropriate footwear for the prevailing conditions, shin guards must always be worn and jewellery of any kind is not permitted on the field of play.

3. Matches to be 11 a side with any number of rolling substitutions ie players substituted themselves become substitutes.

4. Standard 11 a side football laws apply including back pass and offside rules.

5. League tables to be based on points, 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, goal difference does not apply. In the event of a tie for 1st or 2nd place the team winning the game between the teams will be placed above the other. If this game is drawn then the team winning most games to be placed higher. The final deciding factor will be the “Fair Play” scores. Play offs or trophy sharing may be organised at the discretion of the executive committee.

6. Games to last 50 minutes plus any stoppage time. Cup matches to have 10 minutes extra time and penalties if needed.

7. All schools to provide match footballs which must be size 4.

8. Schools should fulfil their fixtures irrespective of loss of players because of injury, school disciplinary action, representative football etc. The only exception will be for pre-planned wholesale absences such as school journeys or secondary school entrance exams. However, such absences must be notified to the league at least two weeks before the fixture in question. Large scale absences because of illness may also be considered sympathetically by L&SPSF. These rules will be binding on all schools.

9. Any team failing to adhere to rule 8 and not fulfilling a scheduled fixture shall be deemed to have lost the game.

10. Schools failing to turn up for a match which results in non use of a pre booked pitch will be expected to pay the cost of pitch hire and invoiced accordingly.

11. L&SPSF aims to provide qualified referees but schools should have a responsible adult available to referee their matches.

12. Schools are responsible for the behaviour of their players, team managers/coaches and spectators. Any behaviour deemed by the executive committee to be unacceptable will result in a formal warning and if repeated, sanctions will be applied which will include consideration of immediate expulsion from the league. Particular attention will be paid to displays of dissent by spectators and/or team managers/coaches.

13. Any player sent off or cautioned during a match must be reported to the League by his/her school and the management committee will initiate disciplinary action and penalties appropriate to the offence. Referees are instructed to issue cautions and send off players as they deem necessary and without prior warnings to coaches. For the avoidance of doubt yellow and red cards will be shown.

14. Schools winning their division will be awarded the divisional shield and be responsible for having their name engraved upon it. The shield will be kept by the winning school and returned to the League at the end of the following season.

15. Players of the winning and runner up teams in each division will be awarded medals (up to 20) provided by the league.

16. Each school will pay a season membership fee as agreed at the preceding AGM which includes pitch hire, referees fees, league admin, affiliation to the South London Schools FA, entry to the Magazine Cup, and any small sided competitions organised under the auspices of South London Schools FA.