new FA rules for new girls teams from next season

From and including season 2009 / 10, any Clubs wishing to enter a new girls? team into a league competition shall only do so if the league competition is sanctioned by the County FA with which the Club has Membership. If the Club is in membership of more than one County FA, the league competition must be sanctioned by the Club?s Parent Association.

This Regulation applies to all new teams, irrespective of whether a Club has another team already competing in a league sanctioned by The Football Association or any County FA.

13.2 The following exceptions to the above regulation shall apply, and a new team shall be permitted to compete in a league sanctioned by The Football Association or any County FA, regardless of whether the Club is in Membership of it, where the Club can establish -

(i) The travelling required to compete in a league sanctioned by The Football Association or another County FA is less onerous than the travelling that would be required to compete in the appropriate league sanctioned by the County FA with which it has Membership (or its Parent Association, where applicable); or
(ii) There is no appropriate age group division in the league sanctioned by the County FA with which it has Membership (or its Parent Association, where applicable) for the new team to compete in; or
(iii) The league sanctioned by the County FA with which it has Membership (or its Parent Association, where applicable) does not offer the format of football that the Club wishes the new team to compete in eg 11 v 11, 7 v 7.

The County FA with which the Club has its Membership, or the Club?s Parent Association where applicable, shall decide, at its absolute discretion, whether any one of the above exceptions applies and so whether the team may compete in a league sanctioned by The Football Association or another County FA, and its decision shall be final and not subject to appeal.


13.3 Teams may continue to participate in any league that they have participated in prior to season 2009 / 10, irrespective of whether that league is sanctioned by The Football Association or a County FA other than the one with which that team?s Club has its Membership, or its Parent Association, where applicable.