For teams playing within Cambridgeshire discipline is directed as follows:
Administered by The Football Association:
Cambridge City (1st team only)
Cambridge United (1st team, & U18*)
Histon (1st team, Reserves, "A" & U18*)
Soham Town Rangers (1st team only)
* FA Youth Cup & National Conference League only
Administered by the Cambridgeshire Football Association:
All grassroots football whether it be League / Cup / Friendly / Charity matches for all Cambridgeshire Football Association affiliated clubs.
(Note - any team playing in any of these matches MUST be affiliated to the County)
There now exists 2 different systems of Disciplinary Procedures active within the County:
Match Based:
- Teams which play at Steps 5/6/7
(includes reserve teams who play at Step 5/6/7 of a club whose 1st team plays at Step 2-4)
(Note: Kershaw Premier League is a Step 7 League)
- Women's Premier League
- County Representative Football
- FA Pilot Leagues 2009/10
(Note: in Cambridgeshire the Kershaw Senior "A" & "B", ALL BIS Saturday Leagues & the Peterborough Premier League are ALL Pilot Leagues for season 2009/10)
Time Based:
- All other leagues
(includes Premiership - Conference National - non 1st teams other than open aged male Saturday, U21, U19 & Academy
and Conference North/South, Northern Premier, Isthmian & Southern Leagues - non 1st teams unless they play at steps 5/6/7).
Note 1: if a player participates at both levels then the punishment will be based on the level at which they were playing - e.g. if a player plays on a Saturday in the pilot Kershaw "A" or "B" or any of the BIS Leagues then Match Day suspensions will apply, and if he also plays in a Sunday league then Time Based suspensions will apply.
Note 2: if a player is suspended on either a Saturday or a Sunday then he is SUSPENDED FROM ALL FOOTBALL until the suspension dates have been completed.
For a user friendly online Handbook of all Disciplinary Procedures for teams dealt with by the Cambridgeshire Football Association please click here or on the link to the right.
Note: This handbook also contains details of Personal Hearing Procedures (p42) & how to appeal against a decision made by the Cambridgeshire Football Association (p43-44).
If you are a Club Secretary, Treasurer or Chairman you can access your Club's Discipline information online via Member Services - click here for a link or refer to pages 45-47 of the Disciplinary Procedures Handbook for more information.
The Disciplinary Procedures Handbook is a .pdf file.
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