Referees
13. (A) Registered Referees and Assistant Referees for all matches shall be appointed in a mannerapproved by the Management Committee and by the sanctioning Association(s).
(B) In the event of the non-appearance of the appointed Referee the appointed senior Assistant
Referee shall take charge and a substitute Assistant Referee appointed by the competing Teams. In
cases where there are no officially appointed Assistant Referees, or where the competition has
been unable to appoint a Referee, the Clubs shall agree upon a Referee who shall not be the
Manager of either Team. A Referee thus agreed upon shall, for that game, have the full powers,
status and authority of a registered Referee.
For Under 15 and Under 16 age groups registered Referees shall be appointed for all matches by
the Referee Secretary. In cases where it is not possible to appoint a registered Referee the Official
may be supplied by either Club at the Referee Secretary’s discretion, AND WITH HIS
AGREEMENT ONLY, providing the said Official has no association with that Team through its
Management or Players. Any breach of this Rule shall incur a fine not exceeding £20.00.
(C) The Management Committee may, if they consider it desirable, or upon application by the two
(2) competing Clubs, appoint Assistant Referees, if available, to any match. Where Assistant
Referees are not appointed each Team shall provide a Club Assistant Referee. Failure to do so
shall result in a fine of £5.00 being imposed on the defaulting Club.
(D) The appointed Referee shall have power to decide as to the fitness of the ground in all matches
and the decision shall be final subject to either in the case of a ground of a Local Authority or the
owners of a ground, the Representative of that body is the sole arbiter and whose decision shall be
accepted unless the ground is declared fit for play.
(E) Match Officials appointed under this Rule shall be entitled to charge the following match fees:-
Referee £20.00 for Under 11, Under 12 and Under 13 age groups, £25.00 for Under 14, Under 15,
Under 16 age groups and £30.00 for Under 18 age group. Registered Referees appointed by the
Management Committee as Assistant Referees £10.00 for all age groups, subject to any limits laid
down by the sanctioning Association. The fees are inclusive of expenses.
The Home Club shall pay the Officials their fees immediately after the match.
(F) In the event of a match not being played because of circumstances over which the Clubs have
no control, the Match Officials, if present, shall be entitled to half fee. Where a match is not played
owing to one Club being in default, that Club shall be ordered to pay the Officials, if they attend
the ground, their full fee.
(G) A Referee not keeping his engagement, and failing to give a satisfactory explanation as to his
non-appearance, may have his name removed from the list of Referees and the fact reported to the
County Football Association with which he is registered.
(H) Each Club shall, in a manner prescribed from time to time by The Football Association, award
marks to the Referee for each match and the name of the Referee and the marks awarded shall be
submitted to the Competition on the prescribed Form provided. Clubs failing to comply with this
Rule shall be liable to be fined a sum not exceeding £10.00 or dealt with as the Management
Committee shall determine.
Any Club marking a Referee fifty (50) or below, shall, in writing to the Registration Secretary
within seven (7) days of the match, giving the reasons for such marks. Failure to comply shall
result in a fine of £10.00.
The Competition shall keep a record of the markings and, on the Form provided by the prescribed
date each season, shall submit a summary to The Football Association/County Football
Association.
(J) The Referee shall submit a report Form, supplied by the Competition, giving the result of the
match, the number of players in each team and the time of kick-off and the name and registration
number of the Registered First Aider (Rule 23(B)) to the Registration Secretary within three (3)
days of the match.
(K) Referees and Assistant Referees shall be supplied, each Season, with a copy of the
Competition Rules free of charge.