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3-The entire control and management of the Competition shall be vested in the Youth Committee of the
West Riding FA.
4-The Competition shall be open to all District Associations within the Area of the West Riding County
FA. and shall be on a format decided by the Youth Committee. Each District Association desirous of
competing shall give notice of such desire to the Secretary of the Association on or before the 1 st day
of August in the Season in which each Association proposes to compete and shall with such notice
forward an entrance fee of £20.00. The rounds shall be completed by dates
selected by the County Youth Committee.
In all cases the HOME Association shall have choice of Saturday which shall not be a County
Conference date unless both competing Associations agree (County Conference date being either first
Saturday or first Sunday in a month). The HOME Association shall have choice of venue and they shall
give not less than twenty-one days notice in writing to their opponents and the County Secretary of the
venue chosen, the time fixed for the kick-off and the colours of shirts, shorts and stockings they intend
to use.
Matches can be played on other days by mutual arrangement of competing Associations and
notification in writing to the County Secretary. In the event of a postponed, abandoned or replayed game, 14 days notice in writing shall be given
unless mutually agreed otherwise.
5-District Associations may select any player under the age of 17 years on the 3lst August of the
current season.
To be eligible to play for a District Association, a player must be a recognised playing member of a
Club in membership with the District Association for which he is selected to play at least 14 days prior
to the date fixed for the playing of the round. Such Club must be affiliated to the West
Riding County FA. as its Parent Association.
A playing member is one who has actually played for a Club in a recognised League or Cup game in
the current season (signing a League Form does not, of itself, qualify a player for this competition).
Providing he is qualified as above a player shall have the choice of District Association for which he
wishes to play.
District Associations may also select up to a maximum of 3 players per season who quality to play for
District Associations which are not competing in the Competition.
A player shall play for one District Association only in any season in this Competition but the members
of any representative team may be changed during the series of matches if considered necessary.
In the case of postponed or replayed matches only those players shall be allowed to be played who
were eligible on the date fixed for the playing of the round.
No player under written contract including trainee players shall be eligible to
compete.
Any player selected to play for a District Association in this Competition must not play for any other
Club on the day of the game. Any player being reported for the above, or refusing to play, will be
charged with a breach of County FA Rule 29.
6-The duration of each match shall be 90 minutes. The half-time interval shall be of 10 minutes
duration and shall not be amended except with the consent of the Referee. The Committee shall have
power to deal with any match abandoned for any cause whatever.
In semi-final and final matches, played on neutral grounds, if the scores are Ievel at the end of 90
minutes in the first game, an extra half-hour must be played and in this event the game shall be
recommenced as provided by Law 8 and fifteen minutes shall be played each way. If the score is still
level at the end of extra time, the winner shall be determined by the taking of kicks from the
penalty mark in accordance with the procedure adopted by The International Football Board.
7-Referees shall be appointed by the County Youth Committee and shall be paid the following fees:
£15.00 and expenses to Final Tie; Final Tie £20.00 and expenses and suitable memento. Officials .traveling by car shall be allowed 20p per mile in their expenses. Assistant Referees and Fourth Official,
when appointed by the Youth Committee, shall be paid half the Referee's fee up to, and including,
the Semi-Final and half the Referee's fee plus suitable memento in the Final.
8-Any protest or objection relating to any violations of the Cup Rules shall be made in writing and four
copies shall be sent, together with the fee of £25.00 by Registered Letter or Recorded Delivery to the
Secretary of the Association so as to reach him within three days of the match being played (Sundays
not included), and an exact copy shall, at the same time, be sent by Registered Letter or
Recorded Delivery to the Association against whom the protest is made. All
protests shall contain an outline of the evidence to be submitted. In the case of a protest being improperly lodged or deemed to be
frivolous, the deposit fee shall be forfeited. The Youth Committee shall have the power to compel any
party to the complaint, etc., to pay such expenses as may be deemed fit.
9-All decisions of this Committee shall be final and binding on all parties.
10-Birth certificates, or satisfactory proof of date of birth, of all competing players must be made
available on the day of the match for examination if requested by either Association, in
writing, at least seven days prior to the date of the match. If this proof is not available on the day of the match the Association concerned must forward the
relevant documentation to the County Office within the following seven days.
11-When the colors of the two competing Associations are the same, the HOME
Association must change. Where this occurs in the Semi-Final and/or Final both Associations must change.
An Association may not be permitted to use more than three substitutes in any match who must be
chosen from not more than five players whose names shall be given to the Referee prior to the
commencement of the game.
The substitute players shall not be allowed to replace players who have been suspended from the
game by the Referee.
The substitutions can only be made when play is stopped for any reason and the Referee has given
permission.
12-The West Riding County Football Association shall take the receipts from all matches and shall pay
the expenses.
The following shall be charges on the match;
(1) Match fees and traveling expenses actually incurred of Referees and Assistant Referees.
(2) A sum not exceeding £25.00 may be charged for the use of the ground.
(3) The cost of floodlighting, not to exceed £25.00, may be charged, if used.
The visiting Association may submit a separate claim to cover traveling expenses of £1 .00 per mile up
to a maximum of £75.00.
In the Final Tie both Associations may submit a claim for travelling expenses.
A gate/collection shall be taken at all matches in the competition. Where a gate/collection is not taken,
no expenses will be paid to the relevant Association by the County FA.
13-Matters not covered by the above Rules shall be dealt with according to the Rules and Regulations
of the West Riding FA.
14-The Committee shall have the power to increase any fines for repeated offences.
NOTE
The Minor Cup Competition does not take precedence over other County Cup Competitions.
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