Minutes of the meeting of Aylesbury and District Football League Committee held at 7.00 p.m. on Wednesday 4 August 2021 at The Tennis Club & via Zoom
Present: K Dunnings, M Griffin, T Munt, K Saw, A Skeggs, R Small, M Thoday,
Via Zoom Mrs M Stevens,
Apologies: Mrs M Harrison, P Rice, N Sabatini
The Minutes: of the meeting of 13July 2021 did not contain details of the league formation, the purchase of footballs or possible free Cup entries.
Matters Arising: Teams have now been informed of the divisional set-up. Footballs have been purchased and it was decided there would be no free cup entries.
Correspondence:
We have had a query about the suitability of a blue kit that a team want to purchase. It has been suggested that if they have a sample that they bring the shirt to the August 9th meeting. Photographs do not show the true colour of a shirt.
Clubs have all been informed of their Cup entries, and have been given the chance to amend these.
The details of the ADL AGM and Thomas Field Shield, together with accounts, have been sent to County, who have queried the rules as they do not include mandatory changes made by the FA to the Standard Code of Rules. We need to update the rules to include the changes and return them to Berks and Bucks.
New guidance on heading the ball has been sent to all clubs via the FA.
A question was asked about the release of fixtures. This will be done approximately three weeks before the start of the season, and fixtures will be released on a monthly basis.
AFC Lions have withdrawn from the league
Oving Reserves have withdrawn from the league, they would like their existing team to be dropped to division 2.
Treasurers Report
Outstanding Fines – Aylesbury Hornets £20 to increase to £40 if not paid by 6 August
Deposits have been refunded to Dinamo Chequers and Quainton balance now £5,000
Aylesbury Vikings have yet to pay their entrance fee and deposit, due 7 days after the AGM
Registration Secretary’s Report
Teams need to have 14 players (28 if you have a reserve squad) registered by 8th August.
There seems to be an issue with registering players. The problem of needing a photograph has been hopefully resolved, date updated to 2025, but there are still issues that County seem unable to help with.
The new team sheet books will be given out at the 9th August meeting, the old books will no longer be in use.
Fixtures Secretary’s Report
The updated Cup fixtures will be sent to the Committee after this meeting. There are now 9 teams in the Premier Division, we will enquire whether any teams from the first division want the opportunity to play in the Prem.
Referees Secretary’s Report
There are now 18 referees signed for the coming season, which is still not enough and it will be challenging to find referees for every match.
There is a referees training course taking place on 1 and 5 September and ADFL will reimburse the course fees for any candidate who takes a refereeing course, after they have done a season’s appointments for the league. For those interested, please contact Jonathan Wood jonathan.wood@berks-bucksfa.com
Kevin is arranging a pre-season referees meeting to be held on 2 September at the Tennis Club, starting at 7.30 p.m. The award for last season’s highest club marked referee will be made at the meeting.
Berks and Bucks are interviewing for a new Referees Development Officer
Press/Results Secretary’s Report
There have been advertisements from other leagues for friendly games before the start of the season.
Marc will update the “idiots guide” to the league, to help teams get less fines.
Any Other Business
ADFL would like to express their thanks to Michael Anthony for their continued sponsorship of the league. It has been difficult over the last 18 months to promote them because of the disruption to football. Some ideas for future promotion were discussed.
There will be three copies of each team sheet in the booklets. When the referees copy is sent to Kevin he will act upon any problems straight away.
A lot of teams are not filling in the sheets fully/correctly which needs to be addressed.
The meeting closed at 8.15 p.m.
The next meeting was arranged for 1 September 2021.
