DOES ANYONE KNOW THE ANSWER

[Deano11]

SUNDAY CUP YOU ARE ABLE TO REINSTATE WHATS KNOWN AS A SENIOR PLAYER TO PLAY IN THIS CUP BUT THEY NEED TO REINSTATE AGAIN IF THEY PLAYED 5 GAMES IN BETWEEN.

LET ME GIVE YOU THE SCENERIO LETS SAY HE PLAYS ON NOVEMBER 2ND FOR FALMOUTH ALBION THEN BEFORE THE NEXT GAME ON THE 7TH DECEMBER HIS COMBO SIDE HAVE 5 GAMES HE STARTS AND PLAYS IN 4 AND THE FIFTH HE SITS ON THE BENCH FOR FULL 90MINS DOES THIS COUNT AS FIFTH GAME ?? DOES HE NEED TO REINSTATE ?

ANY HELP ASAP WOULD BE MUCH APPREICATED ??

DAVID JAMES OR NIGEL JEWELL MAY KNOW ?

[The General]

My understanding is that you have deemed to have "played" if you appear on the teamsheet.

I will however defer to those greater than I on the dealings of reinstatement!

[Coopsie]

My understanding is that you have deemed to have "played" if you appear on the teamsheet.

I will however defer to those greater than I on the dealings of reinstatement!

Aren't you supposed to be writing to the BBC complaints department General?? ;)

[johnnie bates]

If he didn't play in the 5th game he has only played 4 games so okay to play Junior Football.

Should say on the team sheet unused subs or yes/no box

[oldasitgets]

The County rule says nothing about "played". Just to give some room for argument, it states "taken part in" senior games.

Of course, the rule was written well before the advent of subs, and is nonsensical, You can, magically, become a junior player by paying £6 - and the rule changes completely after the third round of Junior & Sunday Cups.

It's time that the Senior Player Rule was really looked at and sorted. The F.A. "Standard Set of Rules" suggest a time approach - if a player has played senior football within, say, a month, then he's not allowed to play junior football. That's a much clearer and more sensible approach and one the West Cornwall Sunday League uses in its code of conduct, that the clubs have accepted.

This Senior Rule is one of the silliest in the County handbook. A rich club can reinstate any 4 SWPL players and play them in the Sunday Cup ( The day after they've played SWPL football). After they've been reinstated twice, you can reinstate another 4 and play them!

Then, after the third round, re-instatements must stop and the problems kick in.

So, "Rich Club City" could enter a team for the Sunday Cup and play 4 first teamers in round one and two. Reinstate another 4 just before round 3 and, with a bit of luck get them into round 4. Then for the semi-final and final they have a difficult choice. They can either play the seniors under another name (Prove it) or put in genuine junior side.

[Deano11]

ah but what if a player reinstates for round 1 and 2 after playing senior football for the season till that point then drops to say junior football can he then play in the whole competition ?

[oldasitgets]

ah but what if a player reinstates for round 1 and 2 after playing senior football for the season till that point then drops to say junior football can he then play in the whole competition ?

Amazingly, that's what reinstatement should be about. When you've finished with Senior Football, you can, if you apply, become a junior.

Sadly, in Cornwall, reinstatement means that someone is prepared to pay 6 quid and write the letter.

So, if you don't touch senior football again, you can play through the competition.

BUT only 4 reinstated players in any team. (Maximum of ONE in the Nalders Sunday League.)