Club Discipline

Every member of the club has signed up to one or more codes of conduct and is expected to maintain a high standard of behaviour. However codes of conduct can only be effective if there is a disciplinary process to support them. It is essential that the club is seen to be fair and consistent in dealing with misconduct.

The club committee will appoint a disciplinary committee to deal with serious breaches of codes of conduct as and when they arise. The disciplinary committee will have a number of options available to it depending on the serious of the actual case it is considering.

Possible sanctions include...

1. Verbal warning
2. Written warning
3. Exclusion from specified number of matches
4. Exclusion from specified number of training sessions
5. Removal from team for remainder of current season
6. Refusal to register with team for future season

Whenever appropriate the committee will seek to show restraint and impose lighter sanctions initially with the option of adding additional sanctions or increasing the duration of a penalty.

Any player or parent who is unhappy with the decision of a disciplinary committee has the right to appeal in writing to the club committee within 14 days. The decision of the appeal committee will be final

Ultimately, of course, our club is required to follow the rules and regulations of the leagues to which we are affiliated as well as to County Association and FA rules.