Teams will be advised when they can renew Charter Standard, increase in the number of footballs from 5 to 10 and a £100 Nike voucher.

League Statement – from FA received on a weekly basis. 

Postponement requests from teams

I am starting tonight’s meeting with a moan, already had two clubs advising today that they are unable to attend meeting, one on holiday and one working.  The person working advised he did not know about meeting, the date was given out at the AGM and was also posted on the website on the 10 July giving three weeks’ notice, which I believe is ample time to arrange for someone to attend if the secretary cannot.  Also all the dates were given out at the AGM in your Team envelope therefore no excuses.  

Just to add that I have cancelled next week’s proposed meeting for new teams and new secretaries to go through match reports as need website to do this and nothing shows until match day.  I will advise the new teams on the match return process by email and anyone else who is new to the role and needs the information.

All fixtures are on the website; expect changes for the 1 September and the 29 September due to the DFA Sunday Cup.  We also have 2 teams Portrack & Billingham The Merlin who are taking part in the DFA Champions League this season so again games may be postponed once dates are known, will normally be same dates as DFA Sunday Cup.  NRCFA Challenge Cup is the first Sunday (October) and County cup second week.

One fixture change for Division One on 25 August St Marys v Thornaby Roundel is postponed following a request from St Marys. 

New Team sheets have been issued tonight, if you have left over these can be used also, should have enough to see you through most of the season, just as a reminder, white copy to referee prior to kick off, pink copy to opponents and you retain the blue copy until the end of the season or if required by the league for any reason.  Failure to produce a team sheet will result in fixture not taking place and team charged with an unplayed game. 

Due to some teams removing their details from the Club page this has led to a problem whereby telephone numbers are not showing on the Club page, as teams need to contact each other a new page under Admin has been created called Contacts, you need your login details to access so not everyone can get access to this (required under GDPR).  As for referee contact details again this is password protected, this can be found under the Members tab and the password is (W********), please do not give this password out.

The second division cup has been named as the Luke Jobson Memorial Trophy following a request made to the league and approved by the Management Committee.

For the Durham County teams just a reminder if you have not entered the Sunday Cup then tomorrow is the closing date for entries.

Also a reminder that the Team Registration form was due to be handed in tonight if not done so please send asap otherwise fine will be issued.

A note on friendlies is that teams are playing friendlies but have not registered any players with the league this means those players are not insured therefore any claims would be against the Club and the player concerned. 

Team of the Month

We will be continuing with this again this season.

Ian Gorman Preliminary & First Round, 

John Jackson First & Second rounds, 

Stephen Wells First & Second Rounds, 

Luke Jobson First & Second rounds.

All of the above carried out last night..

Referees

Jes Lambert outlined the rule changes for next season

Any Other Business

- None

Date of the next League Meeting is a General Meeting on

Wednesday 25 September 2019