Lancashire League Handbook 2025

LCL Handbook 2025 43 Professional such financial penalty as it shall consider reasonable in all the circumstances or, if at least two thirds of the Clubs constituting the League so determine, the League Committee may debar the professional from taking any part in any match promoted and/ or organised by it for such period as it may stipulate. PROFESSIONAL BECOMING AMATEUR (See SECTION D RULE 7) SECTION D - AMATEURS 1. AMATEUR QUALIFICATION 1.1. An amateur player in the League must possess at least one of the following qualifications: a. BIRTH. i.e. The players place of birth or the residence of the players parents at the time of birth. The deciding factor shall be the main residence of the Parents at the time of birth, in the opinion of the League Executive, within the area covered by the League or having passed the whole of their youth from 14 to 21 years of age therein. b. RESIDENCE. i.e. Actual bona-fide residence in the area covered by the League. The player will lose their qualification if they no longer reside in the area covered by the league. A player who has possessed a residential qualification for at least ten years, and who loses that qualification by removal to a new residence within a reasonable distance from their old Club, may apply to the League Executive Registration Committee [LERC] for permission to continue to play with that Club. This permission shall only be granted to a player prepared to play regularly throughout the season, and the Registration Secretary must keep a register of all such permissions and produce same for continuance or withdrawal at each Annual Meeting of the League. c. BUSINESS. i.e. Having a bona-fide place of business within the area covered by the League or having full time bona-fide permanent employment within the area covered by the League, residence elsewhere being permitted in both cases. The player will lose their qualification if the business closes down or employment within the area covered by the league ceases. The expression “the area covered by the League” is defined as that area within a 10 mile radius of the outermost Clubs which may constitute the League from time to time and shall clearly be delineated upon a plan to be held by the Secretary. 2. AMATEUR REGISTRATION All matters concerned with the registration and / or transfer of players will