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June 2011 |
AGM This Friday is WMCFL's AGM. The meeting will be held in our normal venue, Zion Christian Centre in Halesowen and the meeting starts at 7.30pm. All clubs must attend. Amongst other things, we will be electing new clubs, formating the divisions and drawing the first and second rounds of the League Cup. |
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June 2011 |
Five a Side Competitions Robbie Ridler is helping organise a charity 5-a-side tournament in aid of St Giles Walsall Hospice. It will take place on Saturday 2 July from 11am onwards at Pulse Soccer and Fitness, Friar Park Road, Wednesbury WS10 0JS. For further information please contact Robbie on 07988621691. Or
visit the web site: http://stgileshospice.com/football_competition.html |
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June 2011 |
Match Based Discipline There are going to be significant changes to the way players are suspended by the FA when found guilty of misconduct starting from this coming season. I was lucky enough to attend a conference and represent WMCFL at Wembley Stadium last Monday night where all was explained. In short, there has been a discrepancy between the upper echelons of football and us down at grass roots level, inasmuch as if Wayne Rooney is found guilty of misconduct whilst playing for Manchester United, he will serve a match based ban. Whereas if I was playing for Amblecote at Lion Farm on a Saturday morning and was sent off, I'd be suspended for a period of time. From 1 July 2011, players playing in WMCFL will be suspended for a number of games, not serve a ban that covers a number of days. So if you commit a foul that the referee considers serious enough for a red card playing in WMCFL, it's likely that you will serve a three match ban. In the past you probably would have served a 21 day suspension. For more detail, read on: -There
are no appeals on standard charges, the only exception being mistaken
identity or where video evidence is available. And then the match official
would have to have made a serious error. You can read the FA Discipline Handbook by clicking on the link below or visiting www.thefa.com and clicking on dicipline, where everything is explained in full. I'd recommend that club secretaries read the handbook. It is 69 pages long but not all of it will be pertinent to you, you can skip some parts. |
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May 2011 |
Grass Pitches Available during the Summer Two
grass pitches near Stourbridge are available for hire throughout the summer
months. Please contact Stephen Lea on 07886 118668 if you are interested.
Post code DY9 9JW. Unfortunately there are no changing facilities. |
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