Ampthill Town FC vs Shefford Town & Campton FC 5th November 2019

Ampthill Town Official Matchday Programme

Spartan South Midlands League Division One vs Shefford Town & Campton Tuesday 5th November 2019 Kick-Off: 7:45pm

OFFICIALS President | Lee Roberts Chairman | Gary Maidment Vice Chairman | Phil Dillon Treasurer | Martin Powell General Secretary | Eric Turner First Team Manager | Paul Blackman Assistant Manger | Ant Christophi Club Captain | Louie Dillon Sports Therapist | Amy Hayes Programme Editor | David Airey Club Photographer | Bob Blackman

HONOURS 2013-14 | Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division Cup Winners 2011-12 2015-16 | Beds Senior Trophy Winners 1998-99 | Bedfordshire Intermediate Cup Winners 1959-60 | South Midlands League Premier Division Champions

Talk of the Town A Warm Welcome to Ampthill Park Good evening and welcome to Ampthill Park for our fifth home league match of the season.

The visitors are still above the Amps even after making this adjustment but the teams are much closer than the league table shows.

An extended warm welcome to the management, players and officials of Shefford Town & Campton, as well as to tonight’s match officials.

That being said, the visitors have adjusted to life in the Spartan South Midlands League very well since winning the Beds County Football League Premier Division last season.

Winning seven of their opening thirteen league matches, drawing none.

The Amps are 6 points worse off since we were last here and that is explained by the withdrawal of Wodson Park. All their results have been expunged and as Ampthill have already beaten them twice this season, those victories count for nothing.

Not only does that mean a reduction in the points total for any team that had beaten or drawn with Wodson Park, the total number of league matches played reduces too.

With this in mind, the league table shown within this programme now includes a PPG column and PPG rank. Showing PPG (Points Per Game) gives a clearer indication of a clubs current standing, particularly in a league where the number of games played varies so greatly (league leaders St Panteleimon have played 50% more games than the Amps, for example).

Going into this evening’s match Ampthill Town are in 12th place having gained 15 points from 10 games (a PPG of 1.5). Whist visitors Shefford Town & Campton are in 5th place, taking 21 points from 15 games (a PPG of 1.62).

Shefford Town & Campton beat Premier Division side North Greenford United in the League Challenge Trophy last Tuesday, 6-5 on penalties after the tie finished 1-1 at the end of normal time.

This match being played at the same time that the Amps put nine past Brimsdown in the same competition. The draw has been made and this evening’s sides have avoided each other. Ampthill travel to fellow Division One side Stotfold and Shefford Town & Campton host Premier Division side Leighton Town.

Ampthill Town followed up this resounding cup win with a 6-3 win away to Enfield Borough on Saturday in the league.

Having scored four against Brimsdown, Jamie Cerminara then went two better by grabbing all six against Enfield Borough.

The lights are on and the Amps are at home.

Enjoy the match.

Up the Amps!

Spartan South Midlands League Division One Table, Fixtures & Results 2019/20 LATEST TABLE

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

P

W

D

L

GD Pts PPG

St Panteleimon

15

11

4

0

34

37

2.47

1

Winslow United

13

9

0

4

18

27

2.08

2

New Salamis

13

7

4

2

19

25

1.92

3

Rayners Lane

13

6

5

2

7

23

1.77

5

Shefford Town & Campton

13

7

0

6

4

21

1.62

6

Stotfold

13

6

2

5

7

20

1.54

7

Milton Keynes Robins

11

6

2

3

-5

20

1.82

4

Enfield Borough

14

6

2

6

-7

20

1.43

9

London Lions

12

5

1

6

3

16

1.33

10

London Tigers

13

4

5

4

-1

16

1.23

=11

Bedford

13

5

1

7

-5

16

1.23

=11

Ampthill Town

10

4

3

3

3

15

1.50

8

Langford

12

4

1

7

-7

13

1.08

13

Buckingham Athletic

11

3

2

6

-6

11

1.00

14

Hillingdon Borough

14

2

5

7

-19

11

0.79

17

FC Broxbourne Borough

11

1

7

3

-7

10

0.91

15

Brimsdown

13

2

4

7

-8

10

0.77

18

Amersham Town

12

3

1

8

-17

10

0.83

16

Park View

12

2

3

7

-13

9

0.75

19

TONIGHT’S OTHER FIXTURES (All Division One Cup) Amersham Town

v

London Tigers

Bedford

v

London Lions

Buckingham Athletic

v

Rayners Lane

Enfield Borough

v

Brimsdown

Hillingdon Borough

v

Park View

Winslow United

v

Milton Keynes Robins

New Salamis

Weds

St Panteleimon

PPG Rank

RECENT LEAGUE RESULTS 2nd Nov

Buckingham Athletic

0-1

Hillingdon Borough

28

2nd Nov

Enfield Borough

3-6

Ampthill Town

15

2nd Nov

London Tigers

3-3

New Salamis

15

2nd Nov

Park View

4-1

Amersham Town

20

2nd Nov

Winslow United

2-1

Brimsdown

52

26th Oct

Amersham Town

2-1

Bedford

19

26th Oct

Brimsdown

1-1

Buckingham Athletic

19

26th Oct

Hillingdon Borough

0-2

London Tigers

10

26th Oct

Langford

0-3

Milton Keynes Robins

59

26th Oct

New Salamis

3-2

Rayners Lane

25

26th Oct

Park View

0-4

London Lions

20

26th Oct

Shefford Town & Campton

2-6

Winslow United

39

26th Oct

St Panteleimon

2-2

Ampthill Town

25

26th Oct

Stotfold

2-0

FC Broxbourne Borough

65

Spartan South Midlands League Division One Vital Statistics ATTENDANCE STATISTICS Club

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Ampthill Town Stotfold Winslow United Shefford Town & Campton Langford Milton Keynes Robins Buckingham Athletic Rayners Lane Amersham Town FC Broxbourne Borough New Salamis London Lions St Panteleimon Bedford Enfield Borough Hillingdon Borough Brimsdown Park View London Tigers

TOP GOALSCORERS

Low

High

Ave.

85 65 52 39 23 35 27 32 10 24 17 20 18 15 15 10 8 10 2

117 126 145 134 100 69 78 60 59 48 59 46 52 60 30 40 31 23 20

96 92 90 79 60 53 49 42 34 33 33 32 31 29 23 22 19 19 8

Courtney Massay

St Panteleimon

18

Alie Bangura

Enfield Borough

13

Jamie Cerminara

Ampthill Town

12

Henry Snee

Shefford Town & Campton

12

Ash Hunt

Hillingdon Borough

11

Rob Hastings

Rayners Lane

10

Noyan Tajbakhsh

St Panteleimon

10

Courtney Austin

New Salamis

9

Mourad Jarraz

London Tigers

9

Daniel Parsons

Winslow United

9

Daniel Bond

Langford

8

Matt Cruse

Buckingham Athletic

8

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Winslow United Milton Keynes Robins New Salamis St Panteleimon Rayners Lane London Tigers London Lions Buckingham Athletic Stotfold FC Broxbourne Borough Hillingdon Borough Shefford Town & Campton Bedford Ampthill Town Brimsdown Langford Park View Amersham Town Enfield Borough

Away

P

W

D

L

F

A

W

D

L

F

A

GD

PTS

6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

3 4 2 3 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1

0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1

6 11 5 12 12 10 6 10 6 8 4 5 4 1 5 9 4 3 5

3 4 3 6 4 6 4 11 2 5 5 8 9 4 8 14 5 9 7

3 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0

0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 3 4

15 5 15 2 7 3 5 2 4 1 3 9 5 14 2 4 6 3 3

3 5 7 2 8 2 2 2 7 3 7 8 7 15 3 7 13 9 12

15 7 10 6 7 5 5 -1 1 1 -5 -2 -7 -4 -4 -8 -8 -12 -11

18 15 14 12 11 11 10 8 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 3

AMPTHILL TOWN SQUAD STATS (League Only) Player Thomas Bates Kieran Brasier Lawrence Burton Dan Butler Charlie Cullen Brandon Carney Jamie Cerminara Lewis Cerminara Glenn Cooksley Louie Dillon Michael Fullerton Ediz Greengrass Adam Hughes Jake Kissiedu

Apps 1 (3) 2 (0) 8 (1) 5 (0) 9 (0) 2 (2) 9 (0) 6 (2) 6 (1) 9 (0) 5 (3) 2 (0) 1 (0) 5 (0)

Goals Yellow Red Player 0 0 0 Lewis Lodge 0 0 0 Ashley Mead 1 0 0 Harry Murray 4 0 0 Kyle Mcleish 0 2 0 Michael Moss 2 0 0 Jake O'Neil 12 1 1 Martin Powell 0 1 0 Connor Saunders 0 2 0 Edward Skinner 1 2 0 Mark Smith 0 0 0 Ross Tompkins 0 0 0 Ryan Wing 0 0 0 Connor Wright 2 0 0 Conrad Zylko

Apps 2 (0) 8 (1) 3 (2) 1 (0) 5 (0) 1 (2) 0 (1) 3 (2) 4 (0) 2 (1) 10 (0) 1 (1) 0 (1) 1 (2)

Goals Yellow Red 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Amps on the Road The Away Ground Guide

1

Amersham Town

Spratleys Meadow, School Lane, Amersham, Bucks. HP7 0EJ

2

Bedford

Played on Tuesday 6th August 2019 - Won 3-1

3

Brimsdown

Ware FC, Wodson Park Wadesmill Road SG12 0UQ

4

Buckingham Athletic

Stratford Fields, Stratford Road, Buckingham MK18 1NY

5

Enfield Borough

Played on Saturday 2nd November 2019 - Won 6-3

6

FC Broxbourne Borough

Goffs Lane, Cheshunt, Herts, EN7 5QN

7

Hillingdon Borough

Middlesex Stadium, Breakspear Road, Ruislip, HA4 7SB

8

Langford

Played on Saturday 19th October 2019 - Lost 1-4

9

London Lions

Played on Saturday 17th August 2019 - Won 2-1

1

London Tigers

Groundshare at Amersham Town (see above)

10

Milton Keynes Robins

The Irish Centre, Manor Fields, Fenny Stratford, MK2 2HX

11

New Salamis

Queen Elizabeth II Stadium, Donkey Lane, Enfield, EN1 3PL

12

Park View

New River Sports Centre, White Hart Lane, London N22 5QW

13

Rayners Lane

Played on Saturday 7th September 2019 - Drew 3-3

14 Shefford Town & Campton

Shefford Sports Club Hitchin Road, Shefford Beds SG17 5JD

15

St Panteleimon

Played on Saturday 26th October 2019 - Drew 2-2

16

Stotfold

Roker Park The Green Stotfold Hitchin Herts SG5 4AN

17

Winslow United

Played on Saturday 5th October 2019 - Lost 2-3

3

Wodson Park

Withdrawn from league - all results expunged

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Since we were last here...

Away Day Match Reports 26th October 2019 League St Panteleimon 2 Ampthill Town 2 The Amps headed for Berkeley Fields having been beaten by fellow Beds side Langford 4-1 the previous Saturday.

The hosts were unbeaten going into this encounter and would have lost for the first time this season, if it wasn’t for a late equaliser.

Kieran Brasier had made the step up from the development side, whilst Ryan Wing had been promoted to the senior side and came off the bench.

The Amps goals coming courtesy of Ash Mead and a first for the club for Lawrence Burton.

So many questions, too “little” time...

Saturday 2nd November 2019 League

Enfield Borough 3 Ampthill Town 6 Match Review by Chairman Gary Maidment 1-0 - Amps take the lead on 10 mins; long clearance from Tompkins assisted by conditions and it’s spilled by the Enfield keeper and Jamie Cerminara pounces for his first of the day.

2-0 - 15 mins in and a shot from the edge of the area is parried by Enfield 5 and ref awards a penalty; converted by Jamie Cerminara.

2-1 - 22 mins and a counter by Enfield catches Amps out and a low shot to the corner beats the GK. 2-2 - 30 mins. Amps play for offside, not given and Enfield level from their tricky winger who shots high into corner.

3-2 Amps - Saunders bursts through and is brought down on edge of box .

Free kick taken by Jamie Cerminara low into left hand corner.

4-2 35 mins. Good possession from Amps, they work the ball out to Burton who burns the defender to drive the ball across the Enfield goal to be met by JC. HT 4-2 Amps 5-2 - 50 mins and it’s that man again; Cerminara receives the ball in the box, evades two tackles and fires the ball low into the net from 15 yards.

6-2 - 60 mins, solid work in midfield, a ball out to Saunders who then finds Cerminara on the penalty spot, he turns his marker and slots low to the keepers right.

6-3 80 mins, after dominating for the last hour the Amps take a breather and Enfield enjoy some possession. Amps keep them at bay but a corner is caught by the wind and swirls into net from a challenge from Enfield 9.

FT 6-3 Amps. A thoroughly well deserved win for Amps who controlled the match from start to finish, great performance all round but a double Hattie from Cerminara has got to be congratulated - take a bow son.

Jamie Cerminara scores goals...

Next Home Match Back at Ampthill Park Saturday 9th November 2019

3pm Kick Off vs Park View Spartan South Midlands League Division One

Amps Next Road Trip On the road to...

Bedford FC North Beds Charity Cup

McMullen Park

Bedford MK44 3SB Tuesday 26th November 2019 7:45pm Kick-Off

Up for the Cup...

All the latest Cup news

This season the Amps will play in no fewer than 5 cup competitions. Ampthill Town remain in the following competitions.

League Challenge Trophy: After beating Unite MK 2-0 away from home in the first round, Town then played Brimsdown in the 2nd round (report right).

League Challenge Trophy 2nd Round

Ampthill Town 9 (NINE) Brimsdown 0 Report by Ant Christophi

After a successful 2-2 draw away to top of the league St Panteleimon in the SSML Div 1 on Saturday 26th our attentions turned to the Amps have been drawn away to Stotfold in League Challenge Trophy tie at home to the 3rd round; tie to be played on Tuesday Brimsdown on Tuesday 29th October.

10th December.

A strong showing in the first half put us in Division One Cup: control of the match and we went in at half time 3-0 to the good with goals from skipper After a bye in the 1st Round, the 2nd round Louie Dillon, Jamie Cerminara and Ash Mead. draw has taken place and Town will face Stotfold in another cup competition, this time Although a superb stop from keeper Ross Tompkins and a shot that cannoned off the playing at Ampthill Park on Tuesday 12th crossbar prevented the half time score from November. being 3-2.

North Beds Charity Cup: The Ampthill management reminded them at Last season Ampthill Town were finalists in half time that the game was not over and this competition and full draw is as follows: they needed to remain focused and continue to dominate the game. 6 goals came our way 1st Round in the second half another 3 for Jamie to Bedford v Ampthill Town (26th Nov) finish the game on 4, Michael Fullerton got in Langford v Biggleswade (19th Nov) on the act with a good finish. A penalty Biggleswade United v Stotfold (26th Nov) scored by Glenn Cooksley and finally a goal Barton Rovers v Potton United (TBC) from young Ryan Wing who has been Semi Finals excelling in the first team since his step up Bedford or Ampthill Town v Langford or from the development side.

Biggleswade The 3rd round draw has been made and the Biggleswade United or Stotfold v Barton Amps travel to Stotfold on 10th December.

Rovers or Potton United.

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Shefford Town & Campton

HOME GROUND:

FOUNDED : 2010

Shefford Sports Club

NICKNAME : The Bluemen

Hitchin Road SG17 5JD

2019/20 League Position 5th

P

Shefford Town & Campton

W

D

L

13 7

0

6 32 28 +4 21

Recent Matches

F

A

Diff

Pts

2019/20 Top League Scorers

2nd Nov

Cranfield United (BST)

H

L

3-3 (Pens)

Henry Snee

12

29th Oct

North Greenford (LCT)

H

W

1-1 (Pens)

Kane Dougherty

4

26th Oct

Winslow United

H

L

2-6

Sam King

3

19th Oct

London Tigers

A

L

1-2

Rick Young

3

12th Oct

London Lions

H

L

0-1

Mitchell Bateman Foley

2

8th Oct

Enfield Borough

H

W

3-1

Ryan Lewis

2

5th Oct

Langford

A

W

7-2

Jake Renney

2

2nd Oct

New Salamis (D1C)

A

L

1-4

Shefford Town Football Club was reformed in 2009 by Dan Pinkerton and Graham Earl, who had been involved in local youth football.

The new club was accepted into the Bedfordshire County Football League for the 2009–10 season, and assigned a place in Division Two, at level 13 of the English football league system.

The club has had success both on and off the pitch in recent years since its reformation, the club were crowned Bedfordshire County Premier Division Winners in 2011-12, 2017–18 and 201819.

The Bedfordshire County League Britannia Cup was won in both 2011 & 2014 and the East Beds Charity Cup was won by the Reserve team in 2015. The Club has also finished runners up in the Biggleswade knock-out cup in 2015, 2016 & 2017.

At the end of 2018/19 season Shefford announced its intentions to seek promotion into the Spartan South Midlands Football League, they duly wrapped up the Bedfordshire County League title and passed the relevant ground grading. The club is now back in the league it folded out of back in 1994.

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Development Corner Latest News from The Dev The Ampthill Town Development side continued their recent fine form with a 4-2 home win against Kempston Athletic on Saturday afternoon.

DEVELOPMENT TEAM FIXTURES & RESULTS

Despite going behind twice, the development side progress to the next round of the Beds FA Intermediate Cup (background image). Their opponents in the quarter finals are yet to be decided, but ties are scheduled to be played on Saturday 23rd November.

The Amps went behind to an early Kempston Athletic goal that came about after the Amps had had a good spell of possession. The Amps were back on level terms as Ethan Clarke converted from a corner and this was no more than the Amps deserved. Shortly afterwards the visitors had to make a change as they brought on their only substitute and the teams went in level at half time.

Kempston Athletic then re-took the lead from the penalty spot as Ampthill goalkeeper Devon Phelan was adjudged to have brought down the Kempston striker and the spot kick was converted.

The Amps leveller came as the conditions worsened and the pitch became heavy. This was having an impact on the depleted visitors and just after the scores had been levelled they went down to 10 men. Another injury but this time there was no substitute to replace the injured player.

The Amps looked the most likely to be the ones preventing the match going to penalties and a quick move from back to front, through the midfield proved that to be the case.

Kempston Athletic knew their best chance of progressing was via a penalty shoot out and once the Amps went 4-2 to the good it was game over.

31 Aug

Elstow Abbey

L

0-4

BCFL1

7 Sep

Kempston Athletic

D

2-2

BCFL1

21 Sep

Houghton Athletic

W

2-1

BCFL1

28 Sep

Henlow

L

0-3

BCFL1

5 Oct

Sporting Lewsey Park

L

2-5

BCFL1

12 Oct

Cranfield United Res.

W

2-1

BCFL1

19 Oct

AFC Kempston Town

W

4-0

BCFL1

2 Nov

Kempston Athletic

W

4-2

Int Cup

9 Nov

Bedford SA

A

2pm

BCFL1

16 Nov

Stotfold Development

H

2pm

BCFL1

This cup success follows two wins in the league. The opposition in these two matches were very different and presented their own challenges.

Cranfield United Reserves play on the same pitch as their first team and there is unlikely to be any better playing surfaces in the Beds County League. The flat pitch suited the Amps playing style, but the hosts are clearly used to playing on such a good surface as they too looked to get the ball on the deck and play football as often as possible. As was shown as the hosts came into the match unbeaten.

The 2-1 win was hard fought and just highlights that with the right application and remaining focussed on the game plan then the Amps can beat anyone in this league.

The other recent win was a 4-0 home success against AFC Kempston Town Reserves. All 4 goals were scored in the first half; a half in which the Amps failed to apply themselves and had the opposition been of a higher calibre the score line could have easily been reversed. The Amps second half performance was much improved but didn’t yield any goals. But that’s football.

Ampthill Town Football Club The History Pages Ampthill Town Football Club dates back to the 1880’s, with reliable league records available from the 1950’s.

The club joined the South Midlands League at the start of the 1951/52 season; winning this league in 1959/60 (losing only two league matches all season) and were then runners-up in the following season.

The Amps finished bottom of the South Midlands Premier Division in the 1964/65 season and started the following season in the United Counties League Division Two.

This prolonged stay ended at the end of the 1986/87 season when the club finished bottom of the league, winning just one match all season and finishing on a dreary 4 points (when it was 2 points for a win) and were relegated to UCL Div One. The club re-joined South Midlands League in Division One for the 1991/92 season. Then again as part of the reorganisation in 1993/94 Ampthill Town joined the newly formed Senior Division.

In 1997/98 the Amps were founder members of the Spartan South A few mid-table finishes followed and Midlands League Senior Division, but this season ended with relegation to at the end of the 1968/69 season, Division One with 16 points from 30 after a sixth place finish they were matches. promoted to UCL Division One. In 1972 the United Counties Division One was renamed the United Counties Premier Division. From the mid-seventies to the mid-eighties the club remained in the UCL Premier Division.

They bounced straight back and were promoted as runners-up, then followed this up with a runners-up place in the Senior Division at the end of the 1999/2000 season.

In 2001 the Senior Division was renamed Division One and this is where the club remained until 2011/12, when they finished runners up and were promoted to the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division. A fifth-place finish was followed by collecting the runners up medals in 2013/14. The club went from finishing second, to finishing second bottom and were relegated to SSML Division One. Finishing fourteenth for 3 consecutive seasons. That run was ended last season (2018/19) with a tenth-place finish.

early part of the 2018/19 season soon dissipated as results improved immediately. In the closing couple of months of the campaign Town won seven of their last nine league games with their only defeats coming at champions Harefield United and Buckingham Athletic. Among their wins was an incredible 11-0 win over Broxbourne Borough with Jamie Cerminara scoring five and Brandon Carney four, including a second half hat-trick. Ampthill also made it to the North Beds Charity cup final where they lost to Biggleswade FC.

Ampthill’s best FA Vase performance With 4 promotion places up for grabs to date is a quarter final appearance at the end of this season there will be in 2013/14 when losing to Eastbourne United Association. In the even greater emphasis on pushing same competition in 2017 they won onwards, as the club makes no 10-0 at New College Swindon. The secrets of their desire to be back club have made several appearances playing in the Premier Division. in the FA Cup too, where the best Paul Blackman was appointed progress made is to the 1st qualifying manager in February 2019 and the round on 4 occasions. disappointment experienced in the

The 133rd AGM of The International Football Association Board (The IFAB) held in Aberdeen, Scotland on 2 March 2019 approved a number of amendments to, and clarifications of, the Laws of the Game for 2019/20.

Three changes were approved following 2 years of worldwide experiments; •

The introduction of yellow and red cards for misconduct by team officials.

•

A player being substituted leaving the field at the nearest point on the boundary line.

•

A goal kick and a free kick for the defending team in their own penalty area, the ball is in play as soon the kick is taken (it can be played before it leaves the penalty area).

Other changes include: 

Clearer wording for ‘handball’.



Attacking team players must be at least 1m away from a defensive ‘wall’.



The goalkeeper only has to have one foot on the goal line at a penalty kick.



New dropped ball procedure.

Substitutes – Law 3 A player who is being substituted must leave by the nearest point on the touchline/goal line.

So players will now have to think twice about how they exit the pitch and, not only that, they must also make their way straight to the technical area or dressing room after being subbed, or risk being sanctioned for unsporting behaviour.

Dropped Ball – Law 8 & 9 If play is stopped inside the penalty area, the ball will be dropped for the goalkeeper. If play is stopped outside the penalty area, the ball will be dropped for one player of the team that last touched the ball at the point of the last touch.

In all cases, all the other players (of both teams) must be at least 4m (4.5yds) away.

If the ball touches the referee (or another match official) and goes into the goal, team possession changes or a promising attack starts, a dropped ball is awarded.

Handball – Law 12 Deliberate handball remains an offence.

The following ‘handball’ situations, even if accidental, will be a free kick: 1. the ball goes into the goal after touching an attacking player’s hand/arm 2. a player gains control/possession of the ball after it has touches their hand/arm and then scores, or creates a goal-scoring opportunity 3. the ball touches a player’s hand/arm which has made their body unnaturally bigger 4. the ball touches a player’s hand/arm when it is above their shoulder (unless the player has deliberately played the ball which then touches their hand/arm)

Penalty Kick – Law 14 The team’s penalty taker can have (quick) treatment/assessment and then take the kick.

The goalkeeper must not be touching the goalposts/crossbar/nets; they must not be moving.

The goalkeeper must have at least part of one foot on/in line with the goal line when the kick is taken; cannot stand behind the line.

Goalkeepers are not permitted to stand in front of or behind the line. As the kicker can ‘stutter’ in the run, it is reasonable that the goalkeeper can take one step in anticipation of the kick.

Team Officials – Law 5 A team official guilty of misconduct will be shown a YC (caution) or RC (sending-off); if the offender cannot be identified, the senior coach who is in the technical area at the time will receive the YC/RC. Goal Kick – Law 16

The ball is in play once the kick is taken; it can be played before leaving the penalty area.

Opponents must remain outside the penalty area until the ball is in play.

Goal Celebrations – Law 12 A Yellow Card for an ‘illegal’ celebration (e.g. removing the shirt) remains even if the goal is disallowed.

Kick-Off – Law 8 The team that wins the toss can now choose to take the kick-off or which goal to attack (previously they only had the choice of which goal to attack) Medical Breaks – Law 7

Difference between ‘cooling’ breaks (90 secs – 3 mins) and ‘drinks’ breaks (max 1 min).

In the interests of player safety, competition rules may allow, in certain weather conditions (e.g. high humidity and temperatures), ‘cooling’ breaks (from ninety seconds to three minutes) to allow the body’s temperature to fall; they are different from ‘drinks’ breaks (maximum one minute) which are for rehydration.

Players’ Equipment – Law 4 Multi-coloured/patterned undershirts are allowed if they are the same as the sleeve of the main shirt.

Quick Free Kick and YC/RC – Law 12 If the referee is about to issue a YC/RC but the non-offending team takes the free kick quickly and creates a goal-scoring opportunity, the referee can delay the YC/RC until the next stoppage if the offending team was not distracted by the referee.

Temporary Dismissals In addition to these law changes, the 2019/20 season will see the introduction of sin bins (formally named temporary dismissals) from step 5 (Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division level) down. These are explained in more detail on the next page.

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