How the Restart affects the Football Disciplinary Processes in Gloucestershire FA
How the Restart affects the Football Disciplinary Processes in Gloucestershire FA
With the restart of grassroots sport this week, we enter a unique period of football as the 2020/21 season concludes and it is important that Clubs, Leagues, Players and Referees understand the effect this has on the disciplinary processes operated by Gloucestershire FA.
Based on information provided to the GFA, we have identified how each of our sanctioned Leagues intends to restart and what the implications and expectations will be.
This is summarised below:
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League Name |
Type of Restart |
Referees’ Responsibilities |
Incomplete match-based Suspensions |
New Suspensions |
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Bristol & Suburban Bristol Downs Bristol Girls’ Bristol Premier Sunday Bristol U18 Combination Cheltenham Saturday Cheltenham Youth Cotswold Christian Gloucester & District Cotswold Youth Gloucester County Girls’ Gloucestershire County Women’s GFA Veterans’ Gloucestershire Northern Senior North Gloucestershire |
Competitive |
Report all misconduct within 2 working days of the match.
Any report must include the League Name.
Written details of Serious Offences (eg excessive violent conduct, spitting, alleged discriminatory behaviour etc.) must be submitted in an extra-ordinary report.
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Players with outstanding suspensions cannot play until their team has completed the required number of matches.
The conditions of Saturday-only or Sunday-only suspensions apply.
Players with a suspension from All-football cannot play for other teams.
Clubs must add details of matches being used to serve a suspension to the FA Whole Game System. |
Red Cards will result in a 1- or 2- or 3- match suspension for the player from the team’s type of football (eg Saturday-only or Sunday-only) starting 7 days after the date of the dismissal.
Clubs must add details of match(es) being used to serve new suspensions to the FA Whole Game System. Details of the match must include the League Name. |
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Avon Youth Bristol & District Bristol Churches Bristol Premier Combination Bristol Saturday Youth Gloucestershire County Hanham Minor Mid Glos Mini-Soccer Severn Valley Youth Stroud & District Plus:- Any one-off match organised between two affiliated teams in the same or different Leagues
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Friendly
(i.e. non-competitive) |
Report all misconduct within 2 working days of the match.
Any report must be labelled ‘Friendly’ (i.e. not include the League Name).
Written details of Serious Offences (eg excessive violent conduct, spitting, alleged discriminatory behaviour etc.) must be submitted in an extra-ordinary report. |
Players with outstanding suspensions can play for their team.
Any outstanding suspensions will remain ‘hanging’ until the team resumes competitive fixtures at the start of the 2021/22 season. |
Red Cards will result in an immediate 1 match suspension and the player cannot play in the team’s next friendly match.
Clubs must add details of the match to the FA Whole Game System. This match must be labelled ‘Friendly’. |
Instruction for Clubs to follow to record matches against incomplete suspensions is available at:
Grassroots Technology Hub - Adding suspension matches on WGS
Under no circumstances can friendly matches be used to serve suspensions from competitive football.
Clubs and Referees that operate in Regional Leagues, Leagues sanctioned by other county FAs and other competitions can contact support@gloucestershirefa.com to confirm the disciplinary status of matches and suspensions.