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Member
of the National League System
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We welcome new social and soccer members, male and female.
Adult Membership
There are two forms of membership, social and sport.
 | Social membership costs £5 per year
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| Annual Sport membership is £30.00 per annum for soccer (including social
membership).
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| In addition you will be asked to
pay a match fee, which is currently set at £5 per game for adults and
£2.50 for those not in full-time employment.
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| Membership entitles you to play soccer for Club arranged matches, not at any other
times, unless with permission of the ground secretary. It also entitles you to use
the Club bar when open.
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| The Club will let the Club room for members' functions at no charge, subject to
availability. Where the function is predominantly non-members a charge may be made.
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| The Club may from time to time let the ground where members and non-members wish to play
soccer or other sports. Ask the ground secretary for the fees. |
Selection
Principles:
| No player should be compelled to play at a level above which they feel comfortable.
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| Otherwise, players, subject to fitness and reliability, should be actively encouraged
and promoted to play at the proper level of their ability.
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| The Club should be run as a meritocracy, with promotion and demotion between the teams.
No team should operate as a Club within a Club.
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| Players who pay their dues and who are willing to play regularly are to be favoured over
those who are not (whom we should seek to discourage).
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| Playing sides may need a balance between youth and experience.
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Rules:
| First team has first choice of players, working down through the teams in descending
order of priority.
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| Captains should actively promote players, subject to fitness, to higher and lower sides
where their playing calibre demands this.
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| Players who are not available for more than one week must not return directly
into the side for which they last played at the expense of a reliable player who could be
promoted (lowest team excepted).
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| New players should, ideally, be assessed in training then allocated according to
ability.
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| From January 2001, players showing lack of discipline will be subject immediately to a club
and league fine and shall not play as long as the fine is unpaid.
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| Players who train should be given priority, subject to merit and personal choice, over
those who do not.
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| Players should notify their Captain on Saturday if they are not available for the
following week. Do not withdraw after Wednesday evening, except in exceptional
circumstances (cold weather and head cold’s are not reasons to let down your team
mates if numbers are tight). Failure to turn up without notice will be subject to penalty
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Process:
| A selection meeting should take place every Saturday, where appropriate, to arrange
teams for the following week.
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Discipline
The following disciplinary code now operates:
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Players booked
while playing for the club will be fined £10, inclusive of the county fine.
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Players booked
for dissent will be fined £15 for the second offence, rising by £5
for each subsequent booking, inclusive of the county fine.
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Players sent
off while playing for the club will pay the county fine. The fine is
increased by £10 if the dismissal is for dissent.
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Once the official notice is
received, all Club
fines must be paid before a player plays again.
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Players who
fail to turn up for matches without notice will be allowed to make a case for
reinstatement in membership, subject to the discretion of the selection
committee and any penalty they may impose. Any repeat of this behaviour shall
result in expulsion.
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The Committee
retains the right to increase fines or impose additional suspensions in the case
of persistent offenders.
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