1. The Executive Committee will control The Rules, and be bound by the conditions contained within.

All Managers will be provided with copies of the relevant, current Club Insurance and Rules at the onset of each season.

2. The Executive Committee shall have the right to amend The General Rules by way of an Executive Committee vote.

3. The Executive Committee shall appoint a Chairman and Committee to organise an annual small-sided football competition each season, The Chairman of which will report and be accountable to The Executive Committee.

4. Each season The Club will form a Social Committee. All Teams will be required to identify a representative for this Committee. A representative from each Team must attend The Social Committee meetings. The Club Social Secretary will be responsible for the bookings and co-ordination of all Club and Team functions. All Teams without exception are to book their Social nights and signing on nights at The Clubs nominated venue from which it receives sponsorship.

5. The Executive Committee will form a Disciplinary Committee to examine, adjudicate and report on each disciplinary matter. The findings of this Committee will be reported through The Executive Committee.

The Committee will consist of three (3) Managers who will be selected by The Executive Committee

To ensure that they are impartial. The Club is empowered on the basis of The Disciplinary Committee findings to levy fines or expel any member or Team from Bustleholme Football Club who are found to be in breach of Club, League or F.A. Rules. Those who wish to appeal must do so in writing to The Executive Committee within 28 days of the hearing.

6. Any Team or Team Manager found to be in breach of F.A. or local league Rules will be required to appear before The Executive Committee to explain their position.

7. Any Team or Team Manager not complying with Bustleholme Football Club Rules will be required to appear before The Disciplinary Committee to explain their position.

8. The Executive Committee will examine all Bustleholme FC Team applications. All prospective new Managers are to be vetted by The Executive Committee and must provide names and addresses of two (2) Referees. The Referees are to be of a professional standing in the community (Teacher, Doctor Etc) and must be advised by the prospective Manager that their name(s) have been given and that they will be approached for a written reference. In addition the prospective Team must be able to prove their financial self-sufficiency with supporting evidence. All the above information must be provided to The Executive Committee at least 28 days prior to the A.G.M. at which point the ratification of any new Team/Managers will take place.

9. All Team Managers must submit to The Club Secretary before 20th August each year a list of the names, addresses and phone numbers of: - Team Manager, Assistant Team Manager, Team Treasurer and Social representative.

10. New player to The Club must sign for a Team within their own age group unless prior agreement is reached between the Manager requesting his/her signature and the respective age group Manager(s). In the event of a dispute between Managers the Executive Committee will decide which Team the player will play for, after consultation with his/her parent(s) or guardian(s).

11. All Managers are to submit their presentation nights report to The Club Secretary four (4) weeks before the programme is printed, to allow time for discussion of the content with The Manager concerned. In the event of the material being submitted within four (4) weeks of production The Secretary has the right to edit the report without reference to the relevant Manager.

12. No member of Bustleholme F.C. will communicate with any official organisation on behalf of Bustleholme F.C. without the consent of The Executive Committee. All formal correspondence will be undertaken and controlled by The Club Secretary.

13. One person to be determined at the A.G.M. will control all Bustleholme F.C. insurance.

14. The Secretary will be wholly responsible for the allocation of Sports Halls and Gyms for training purposes and pitches for playing purposes. In the event of the allocated time/location being unacceptable to the Team Manager Bustleholme F.C. will not be responsible for any extra financial costs that any such Team may incur in arranging alternative training/playing facilities. No Teams will be eligible for reductions in their Club fees if the Bustleholme F.C. organised facilities are not used.

16. All Managers must ensure that each player is registered as a member of Bustleholme F.C., the Disciplinary Committee will take appropriate action which includes expulsion against any Team that fails to register all of their players as members via the Bustleholme player membership form.

17. The Club will issue Codes of Conduct to each Team Manager covering coaches, players, team officials and parents/spectators. These Codes of Conduct will follow the F.A. Good Practice Guidelines.

18. Every Bustleholme Team must agree to send at least two (2) people to The Club HQ every Sunday during the playing season, any Teams who refuse will be called before The Disciplinary Committee where they can be given a warning, fine or be dismissed from The Club.

19. Teams will contribute £30-00 per week for 32 weeks. Any Team Manager who is six (6) weeks in arrears will be required to attend and explain their financial position to The Executive Committee. The Club may suspend the team from their League playing commitments.

20. All payments from Teams to the Treasurer shall be made by cheque.

21. No members shall spend on behalf of Bustleholme F.C. nor commit The Club to spend any sum without the agreement of The Executive Committee.

22. Managers are not allowed control of Team funds; another member of the Team (see General Rule 9) must carry this out.

23. All funds raised by Teams must be lodged in Bustleholme F.C. accounts maintained by The Club Treasurer. No Team is to initiate any separate Bank or Building Society accounts. All Teams are to maintain an accurate record of funds for inspection by The Executive Committee, two weeks notice will be given. Any Team requiring the return of money held in their account must give The Club Treasurer ten (10) days notice of their requirements.

24. Any Team requiring financial assistance from Bustleholme F.C. must submit the request to The Executive Committee for examination. The decision to award financial assistance to a Team will be the responsibility of The Executive Committee.

25. Each Team will be allocated a maximum of £20-00 per season to defray the cost of entering small- sided summer competitions. This allocation is conditional upon the Team entering, if the Team does not incur £20-00 competition entry costs the Team will forfeit the difference.

26. Trophy Companies will be invited to present their products to Team Managers at an organised event over two (2) or three (3) days. All Managers are to agree on one (1) source, the source with the best deal for all.

26.1 The Club will for each Team fund the purchase of one (1) Players Player Trophy and one (1) Managers Player Trophy per season.

27. Any Team(s) participating in an overseas tournament will be eligible for a £30-00 grant for the purchase of mementos for the participating Teams/Organisers.

28. Any major sponsorship/grants for The Club i.e: - Lottery, Local Council or Sports Associations is to be controlled by The Club Secretary.

29. The sum of £750-00 is to be made available for U13’s boys and U14’s girl’s teams primarily for trips abroad to enter overseas tournaments. If more than one (1) Team decides to go abroad the money will be split accordingly. Should any of the above age groups request a share of the £750-00 but decide to enter tournaments in this country they may do so via a request through The Executive Committee in writing.

30. Any team who has not completed their financial requirements at the end of the season will not be

allowed to compete under the Bustleholme name the following season.

31. The Bustleholme F.C. Kit Manager is solely responsible for the ordering and allocation of all kit, balls and equipment.

32. Any allocation disputes will be examined and resolved by The Executive Committee. Applications for additional kit/new equipment will be made to the Kit Manager in writing with the appropriate timescale for the kit to be ordered for the required date.

33. All new Teams entering Bustleholme F.C will be provided with a full playing kit (yellow & green colours), goal nets, corner flags, a match ball and practice balls.

34. All Teams will have access to a (white) change strip when required. All kit supplied to new Teams will be of the same chest & waist size. The purchase of any additional alternative size shirts/shorts will be the responsibility of the relevant new Team.

35. All kit & equipment bearing the official Bustleholme F.C. badge is and remains the property of Bustleholme F.C., to include kit or equipment funded by general or individual sponsorship. All playing strips must bear the official Bustleholme F.C. badge and must conform to the A.G.M. approved style & colours.

36. Each player up to and including U11’s will receive one (1) practice ball and his/her Team will also receive one (1) match ball. U12’s and above will receive five (5) practice balls and one (1) match ball not to include open age section men or ladies. Any balls that are found to be faulty (manufacturing) should be returned to the Kit Manager for replacement at nil cost to that Team.

37. All Managers must complete a Kit Inventory Form for the Kit manager as required.

38. Each Team will be allocated a maximum of £30-00 worth of extra kit each season for the replacement of shirts (not to include sponsor logo or squad number) shorts and socks. Allocation to be monitored by the Kit Manager.

39. Each Team will be allocated a maximum of five (5) pennants per season for use in any competitions or invitational matches, to include the one (1) pennant allowance made for Teams that enter small-sided competitions. Any further pennants required will be paid for by that Team.