THE EVO-STIK LEAGUE SOUTH Season 2018-2019 RULES and REGULATIONS ONE HUNDRED and TWENTY FIFTH SEASON The Southern Football League Limited FOUNDED 1894-5 Incorporated as a company 24th March 1999 Company Registration No. 3740547 Rules & Regulations Handbook 2018 - 2019 One Hundred & Twenty Fifth Season League Office Suite 3B, Eastgate House, 121-131 Eastgate Street Gloucester, GL1 1PX Office Telephone: 01452 525868 Office Facsimile: 01452 358001 Opening hours: 0900 to 1700 (Monday to Friday, except Bank Holidays) Secretary: Jason Mills (2007) Mobile: 07768 750590 (outside office hours) Email: [email protected] Assistant Secretary: Jack Moore (2016) Email: [email protected] Administration Assistant: Jan Simpson (2014) Email: [email protected] Player Registrations Post: Office address Facsimile: 01452 358001 Email: [email protected] Reporting Match Results Text: 07480 533673 Email: [email protected] 3 League Officers PRESIDENT MR K J ALLEN (1979) (1991) (2010) 33 Megson Drive, Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, PO13 8BA Telephone: 02393 116 134 Mobile: 07899 907960 Email: [email protected] CHAIRMAN MR T T BARRATT (2004) (2016) 16 Deacons Way, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 2UF Telephone: 01462 431124 Mobile: 07836 558727 Email: [email protected] VICE CHAIRMAN MR A J HUGHES (2015) (2017) 4 Brynmorlais Street, Penydarren, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 9YE Telephone: 01685 359921 Mobile: 07737 022293 Email: [email protected] VICE PRESIDENT MR J M CROFT (2008) (2015) 92 Cannonsgate, Clevedon, North Somerset, BS21 5HZ Telephone: 01275 871924 Mobile: 07920 324521 Email: [email protected] LIFE MEMBERS MR H J EASTMENT (1980) MR K C TURNER (2016) 4 Board of Directors To retire 2019 MR G CLARKE (2016) 15 Houghton Road, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 6RG Telephone: 01480 492791 Mobile: 07771 755018 Email: [email protected] MR D KNIGHT (2018) 6 Hyacinth Close, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG22 5RE Mobile: 07915 070226 Email: [email protected] To retire 2020 MR D BISSEX (2009) 10 Meadow View, Radstock, Bath, Somerset, BA3 3QT Telephone: 01761 437091 Mobile: 07894 233974 Email: [email protected] MR S GARDENER (2018) 137 Green Street, Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, TW16 6QL Mobile: 07946 664697 Email: [email protected] To retire 2021 MR M DORRINGTON (2018) 48 Station Road, Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire, SG8 0NP Telephone: 01763 853225 Mobile: 07798 872210 Email: [email protected] MR S HYDE (2018) 1A Ridge Grove, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY9 7PX Mobile: 07970 080158 Email: [email protected] 5 Board of Directors To retire 2022 MR D R MARTIN (1995) (2015) 59A Alfred Road, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 2DW Telephone: 01305 262345 Mobile: 07971 172795 Email: [email protected] MR P SAXBY (2014) 10 Glebe Close, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 9RL Mobile: 07711 255666 Email: [email protected] CLUB LIAISON OFFICER MR A TITCOMBE (2017) 87 Leamington Crescent, Harrow, Middlesex HA2 9HH Mobile: 07970 237062 Email: [email protected] GROUND GRADING CO-ORDINATOR MR T STONE (2017) 29 Cooper Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS9 3QZ Telephone: 0117 962 4134 Mobile: 07810 325953 Email: [email protected] AUDITORS MR A S FOOT A S Foot Accountancy Services, 58 Doods Park Road, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 0PY 6 BOARD MEETINGS 2018-July, August, September, November & December 2019-January, March, April & May OFFICERS OF THE LEAGUE SINCE ITS FORMATION PRESIDENT 1897-1908 Dr Russell Bencraft 1908-1922 Rt. Hon. C S Buxton MP 1922-1955 A J Darnell JP 1955-1962 W H Farthing 1963-1971 L Weston 1971-1973 R Evans 1973-1977 J Parrish 1977-2001 G E Templeman 2001-2010 F P Faulkner 2010- K J Allen CHAIRMAN 1894-1901 R H Clark (Clapton) 1901-1919 W L Lawson (Swindon) 1919-1922 A J Darnell (Northampton) 1922-1944 T Thorne (Millwall) 1944-1948 W H Farthing (Yeovil Town) 1948-1955 A Mortimer (Bath City) 1955-1964 A C Norris-Telling (Gravesend & Northfleet) 1964-1967 J F Nash FCA (Kettering Town) 1968-1969 A D Clarke (Dartford) 1969-1974 J F Nash FCA (Kettering Town) 1974-1977 A H Cherry (Chelmsford City) 1977-1979 J C Thompson (Maidstone United) 1979-1985 D J Setterfield (Folkestone Invicta) 1985-1989 H J Eastment (Merthyr Tydfil) 1989-2005 D S R Gillard (Ashford Town and Erith & Belvedere) 2005-2016 K C Turner (Gloucester City) 2016- T T Barratt (Hitchin Town) TREASURER 1894-1910 C Gordon 1910-1925 J B Skeggs 1925-1940 W F Goodwin 1940-1971 F J Hodgson 1971-1983 W E Dellow FCIS 1983-2007 D J Strudwick 2007- 2016 H J Eastment 2016 - D R Martin (Finance Director) SECRETARY 1894-1909 N Whittaker 1909-1925 H Bradshaw 1925-1937 W J Darbyshire 1937-1956 A L Dickinson 1956-1982 W E Dellow 1982-2007 D J Strudwick 2007- J W Mills 7 8 The Southern Football League Board of Directors and Officers 2018/2019 Back row: Jan Simpson (Administration Assistant), John Croft (Vice President), David Bissex, Maurice Dorrington, Stephen Hyde, David Knight, Jack Moore (Assistant League Secretary) Front row: Gary Clarke, Pete Saxby, Anthony Hughes (Vice Chairman), Keith Allen (President), Terry Barratt (Chairman), Jason Mills (League Secretary), David Martin Not on photograph: Simon Gardener WALTON PRESS Your local printer with BRIGHT ideas... 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Family Business “ of the Year & “ Small Business WinnersIn the “ of the Year Mendip Business Awards 2018 COLOUR PRINTING BLACK & WHITE PRINTING LABELS & EXHIBITION ARTWORK & DESIGN NO JOB TOO SMALL 01458 832829 WALTONPRESS.CO.UK ARTWORK@ WALTONPRESS.CO.UK The Southern Football Book_Colour_07_18.indd 1 21/07/2018 19:23 TheFA.com/respect ASSOCIATED LEAGUES & ASSOCIATIONS THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION Martin Glenn, Chief Executive, Wembley Stadium, PO Box 1966, London, SW1P 9EQ (Telephone: 0844 9808200, Facsimile: 0844 9808201) THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION OF WALES Jonathan Ford (Chief Executive), 11/12 Neptune Court, Vanguard Way, Cardiff, CF24 5PJ (Telephone: 029 2043 5830, Facsimile: 029 2049 6953) THE FA PREMIER LEAGUE Kevin Plumb (Secretary), 30 Gloucester Place, London, W1U 8PL (Telephone: 0207 864 9000, Facsimile: 0207 864 9001, Email: [email protected]) THE ENGLISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE Shaun Harvey (Chief Executive Officer), EFL House, 10-12 West Cliff, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 8HU (Telephone: 01772 325800, Facsimile: 01772 325801, Email: [email protected]) THE PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLERS ASSOCIATION Gordon Taylor OBE, MA, B.Sc(Econ), 20 Oxford Court, Bishops Gate, Manchester, M2 3WQ (Telephone: 0161 236 0575, Facsimile: 0161 228 7229) THE NATIONAL LEAGUE Mike Tattersall (Chief Executive Officer), 4th Floor, Waterloo House, 20 Waterloo Street, Birmingham, B2 5TB (Telephone: 0121 643 3143, Facsimile: 0121 212 9022, Email: [email protected]) THE ISTHMIAN LEAGUE Kellie Discipline, PO Box 393, Dartford, Kent, DA1 9JF (Telephone: 01322 314999, Facsimile: 01322 314998, Email: [email protected]) THE NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE Angie Firth, 23 High Lane, Norton Tower, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX2 0NW (Telephone: 01422 380946, Facsimile: 01422 500159, Email: [email protected]) THE COMBINED COUNTIES LEAGUE Alan Constable, 3 Craigwell Close, Staines, Middlesex, TW18 3NP (Telephone: 01784 440613, Facsimile: 01784 451614, Email: [email protected]) THE EASTERN COUNTIES LEAGUE Nigel Spurling, 16 Thanet Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 5LB (Telephone: 01473 720893, Email: [email protected]) THE HELLENIC LEAGUE Brian King (Chief Executive), 7 Stoneleigh Drive, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 1EE (Telephone: 01993 212738, Email: [email protected]) THE MIDLAND LEAGUE Nigel Wood, 30 Glaisdale Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, B28 8PX (Telephone: 07967 440007, Facsimile: 0121 249 0974, Email: [email protected]) THE SOUTHERN COMBINATION FOOTBALL LEAGUE Karen Scott, Llandilo, Old Lane, Crowborough, East Sussex, TN6 2AF (Telephone: 07788 737061, Email: [email protected]) THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES EAST LEAGUE Derek Peck, 24 Malvern Avenue, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 5LF (Telephone: 0208 310 6195 (H) or 07710 143944 (M), Email: [email protected]) 11 THE SPARTANS SOUTH MIDLANDS FOOTBALL LEAGUE Martyn Mitchell, 26 Leighton Court, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU6 1EW (Telephone: 01582 667291, Facsimile: 01582 667291, Email: [email protected]) THE UNITED COUNTIES LEAGUE Wendy Newey, 4 Wulfric Square, Bretton, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, PE3 8RF (Telephone: 01733 330056, Facsimile: 01733 330067, Email: [email protected]) THE WESSEX LEAGUE John Gorman, 6 Overton House, London Road, Overton, Hampshire, RG25 3TP (Telephone: 01256 770059, Email: [email protected]) THE WESTERN LEAGUE Andy Radford, 19 Longney Place, Patchway, Bristol, BS34 5LQ (Mobile: 07872 818868 Email: [email protected]) 12 COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATIONS AMATEUR FOOTBALL ALLIANCE Chief Executive: Mike Brown, Unit 3, 7 Wenlock Road, London, N1 7SL Telephone: 020 8733 2613 Ext 6 Website: www.amateur-fa.com, Email: [email protected] ARMY FA Secretary: Major WTE Thomson, McKenzie Building, Fox lines, Queens Avenue, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 2LB Telephone: 01252 787067, Website: www.armyfa.com, Email: [email protected] Chairman: Brigadier Mitch Mitchell MBE BEDFORDSHIRE FA Chief Executive: Alan Young, Century House, Skimpot Road, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU5 4JU Telephone: 01582 565111, Facsimile: 01582 565222 Website: www.bedfordshirefa.com, Email: [email protected] Chairman: Richard Everitt, Telephone: 01582 485095 BERKS & BUCKS FA