Registrations




*DENIS COVENTRY*
*GENERAL SECRETARY, COUNTY SECRETARY, REGISTRATION SECRETARY & RECORDS SECRETARY*
Address: 89 Edinburgh Crescent, Waltham Cross, Herts. EN8 7QZ
Tel.: *07738 208989* (Mobile) (This number can be phoned any day at any time from 8.00.a.m. until 9.00.p.m.)
e-mail: *dcoventry@ntlworld.com*
To be contacted for: F.A. & County Correspondence & Affiliation, New Clubs Applications, Registrations & Transfers of Players, Records of Clubs & Players, Queries Regarding Player Eligibility & Player Suspensions

CLICK ON A SECTION BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATION
REGISTRATIONS	FINES		CONSTITUTION	ADMIN. AWARDS		AWARDS PHOTOS
Details of How to Register Players	A List of League Fines and How to Pay Them !		The League Constitution for Season 2009-2010	Administration & Fair Play Award Winners		*Photos of Award Winners at the 2008-2009 A.G.M.*
PHONING IN RESULTS		TOP GOALSCORERS (Season 2008-2009)			SUSPENDED PLAYERS
*Detailed instructions for Sunday Afternoons*		*Details of Top Goalscorers for last season.*			*Currently Suspended Players*
*Return to MAIN INFORMATION PAGE (Secretary's Checklist)*

PLAYER REGISTRATIONS - ADVICE & INFORMATION

Listed below are the main details you need to know regarding registering players to play in the Mercury Waltham Sunday League and their qualifications to play in matches.

	FILLING IN A REGISTRATION FORM CLICK HERE to download and print off a Player's Registration Form (PDF File) if you have run out of Pre-Printed Forms. All parts of the Registration Form must be filled in in Black Ink and in Block Letters (except for signatures of course). The Club Secretary is allowed to fill in the whole form (apart from the Player's Signature) or the Player can fill in the left-hand side of the form himself. Only the Club Secretary must fill in the right-hand side of the form. Under 'Players Name in Full' there is no need to enter players middle names, but their first name and surname must be entered in full. Under 'County Affiliated' you must enter the County that your club is affiliated to. Under 'Previous Mercury Club' you put 'None' if the player signing has only played for your club in the League or has not played for any other Mercury Waltham Sunday League club. ALL CLUBS WITHIN THE LEAGUE ARE ADVISED TO CHECK WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATIONS THAT ANY NEW PLAYERS THEY SIGN ON WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY PLAYED AT ANY LEVEL OF F.A. AFFILIATED FOOTBALL FOR OTHER CLUBS ARE NOT ON A SUSPENSION LIST. (This includes Saturday Football and Youth Football). This can happen when a player's previous club folded or were expelled from a League, whereby a player levy (embargo) fee will be placed on each registered player from that club by the relative County F.A. if the club owed money to their League or County F.A. at the time of their demise. This embargo fee then has to be paid by the player (or the player's new club) before his registration is accepted. All clubs affiliated to the Hertfordshire & Middlesex County F.A.'s should receive an updated list of suspended players at the start of each season which includes suspensions for both on-the-pitch misconduct and embargo fees owed by players. As the London F.A. & Essex F.A. do not distribute lists of suspended players to clubs, SECRETARIES OF ALL CLUBS IN THE LEAGUE MAY HAVE TO CONTACT ALL FOUR COUNTY F.A.'S THEMSELVES IF THEY HAVE ANY SUSPICIONS THAT A PLAYER THEY ARE SIGNING MIGHT BE ON A SUSPENSION LIST, BUT IS UNSURE OF WHICH COUNTY HIS PREVIOUS CLUB WAS AFFILIATED TO. Please also note that Contract Players cannot be signed to play in Sunday football. If clubs have any further queries regarding suspended players and player embargos, please contact Denis Coventry (League Registration & Records Secretary).
	SENDING OFF YOUR REGISTRATION FORMS If you want the player(s) you are signing to play in your next match on a Sunday, the League Registration Secretary (Denis Coventry) must receive your Registration Forms by 8.00.p.m. on the Wednesday evening preceding the match. (This deadline applies from the second Wednesday in September until the last week in February only). If you have missed the last postal date for the Forms to arrive before the deadline and decide to visit the Registration Secretary's address yourself (or ask one of your players) to deliver the Forms, please put them through the letter box without ringing on the doorbell (unless you have obtained 'permission' beforehand to do so by making a phone call). Also, please do NOT use Recorded Delivery. Please note that if you are signing on players to play in a forthcoming County Cup game, they must be registered with the League at least seven days before the game takes place. When you send off Registration Forms you MUST include a stamped addressed envelope. If you have already registered 30 players per team for the season, you must also include a cheque made payable to the 'Waltham Football League' for £5.00 each time you register between 1-5 extra players over the initial 30 allowed. (i.e. You send a cheque for £5.00 when you are registering your 31st player and then another cheque for £5.00 when you are registering your 36th player...and so on). If you are downloading registration forms from the League Website (that print in A4 size), please cut the edges off so that they are the same size as the pre-printed forms that you are given at the start of the season. Please note that you must also provide ONE new passport-size photo for ALL players that you wish to register on full Registration Forms whether a player is a new signing or not. The only players who will not need to provide a photo are registered players from the previous season who sign the 'Multi-Registration Form' before the deadline set by the League Registration Secretary (Denis Coventry). (See 'Registering Players Before The Season Starts' below). All photos supplied must have the player's name and the club he is signing for written on the back. REGARDING PHOTOGRAPHS SUPPLIED BY CLUBS IN ORDER TO REGISTER PLAYERS, we would be grateful if clubs could follow the guidelines below... a) Photos must NOT be stapled or taped to registration forms, but paper clips can be used as this will help the Registration Secretary when sending multiple registrations. b) Players must NOT wear Sunglasses and/or Baseball Caps (or other hats) in their photos. c) Photos MUST be newly-taken using a proper photo booth (e.g. in a Post Office) or suitable equipment which can produce legitimate passport-size photos. d) Photos MUST be in colour. e) Photocopied photos onto paper will NOT be allowed. f) All photos MUST have a white background. If clubs supply photos which do not conform to the above guidelines, then those photos will be returned and the player(s) will not be registered until a proper photograph is provided.
	TRANSFERRING PLAYERS If you wish to sign a player during the season who has already registered for another club in the League for that season, you (the Club Secretary) and the player must fill in and send off a Transfer Form (instead of a Registration Form) then follow the normal procedure for registering players (as above). The Transfer Form must contain the signature of the player's previous Club Secretary before it is accepted. A cheque made payable to the 'Waltham Football League' for the Transfer Fee of £5.00 must also be sent to the League Registration Secretary. Transfer forms are obtainable from League Treasurer Malcolm Miller by phoning him on 01992 425912 (evenings) or you can download and print off one by clicking here.
	ELIGIBILITY OF PLAYERS A player will be eligible to play in any League or League Cup match once his Registration confirmation (an updated A4 list) *has been received by the Club Secretary from the League Registration Secretary.* (If you forget to send a stamped addressed envelope for the updated list to be sent, the process of registration will be slowed down and the player(s) will not be registered in time to play in your next match....and you will be fined !)
	I.D. CARDS The use of player I.D. Cards between member clubs was abandoned at the start of the 2001/2002 season, mainly because clubs were not bothering to use them. However, the League Records Secretary (Denis Coventry) can produce photo-sheets of each club's registered players, a copy of which can be obtained by an opposing club's Secretary before a particular match if they have any suspicions that their opponents may be playing unregistered players ('ringers'). However, due to the cost of producing colour photocopies of these 'photo-sheets', all clubs who request a sheet for a particular match MUST send a cheque for £2.00 (payable to the 'Waltham Football League') to Denis Coventry at least 7 days prior to the match. If you are not in a position to receive a photo-sheet by e-mail, then you must also send a stamped addressed envelope.

REGISTERING PLAYERS BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS
For existing Member Clubs, this is normally completed during the Summer by using a 'Multi-Registration' Form, a document that only requires a player's signature for them to re-register for the same club for the new season.
Players' names, addresses and date of births are already pre-printed on this form. If any details are incorrect, please draw a line through the printed error and neatly write the amendment above in block letters and black ink.
If players printed on the form do not wish to re-register for your club for the coming season, they do not sign the form.
New Players can also register for a club by filling in their details on any unused (blank) lines on the Multi-Registration form, but they must also provide a passport-size photo with their name and the club they are signing for written on the back in block letters.
The League Multi-Registration Form must be returned to Registration Secretary Denis Coventry before an announced date in mid-July each pre-season. (For Season 2009-2010 it is Saturday 11th July 2009).
The Club Secretary must sign and date every page of the Multi-Registration Form and also enclose a stamped addressed envelope so that a confirmed list of registered players can be sent to you before the season starts.
If more than 30 players sign the Multi-Registration Form for any one team, you must also include a cheque made payable to the 'Waltham Football League' for £5.00 if you are registering between 31-35 players in total, £10.00 if you are registering 35-40 players in total, and so on. (i.e. £5.00 for each multiple of five players).
If you are posting the Multi-Registration Form back to Denis Coventry, check the weight and put the correct postage on the envelope. A normal First Class stamp is insufficient. Any undelivered forms due to insufficient postage will not be collected from the Post Office and your players will then not be registered for the coming Season. Clubs at fault will then have to fill in individual registration forms and provide passport photos for all their players. (See below).
If you prefer to deliver the Multi-Registration Form to the Registration Secretary's address yourself (or ask one of your players) to do it, please put the form through the letter box without ringing on the doorbell.

Once the deadline for returning the Multi-Registration Forms and photos to Denis Coventry has passed, any new or existing players who want to sign/re-sign for a club after that date must then register by completing a normal Registration Form in full and sending it to Denis Coventry with a photo and a stamped addressed envelope.
No registrations are allowed in the week preceding the first Sunday of a new season as it creates too much work for the League Registration Secretary in processing these registrations in time.
The deadline for single Registration Forms to be received by Denis Coventry in time for players to play on the first Sunday of the new season (Sunday 6th September 2009) is 2.00.p.m. on Sunday 30th August 2009. All Registration Forms sent after that deadline will not be processed until after Sunday 6th September 2009.
New Clubs to the League are advised that they must have at least eleven players registered by the 11th July 2009.

FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE RULES CONCERNING REGISTRATIONS
MAY RESULT IN YOUR CLUB BEING FINED BY THE LEAGUE.
CLICK HERE to view the List of Fines on the Fines Secretary's Page

This website only gives a brief summary of the rules concerning Player Registrations.
All Club Secretaries are advised to refer to their copies of the League Handbook for full details regarding Registrations.