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YEL Update – 11th April 2025

This Update has TWO important messages this week which we would ask you to please read.

Updating your teams for the 2025-26 season – Reregistering and removal
Payment to referees – non cash payments

Updating your teams for the 2025-26 season – Reregistering and removal
From April 1st Scoreline opens to allow you to update your teams for the 2025-26 season. This is an ongoing process and will be available until May 31st. This does not need to be completed immediately. Most clubs will not start this process until the beginning of May. As and when you know a team/s is continuing/not continuing simply follow the instructions below. Only update your teams when you are certain about what they are doing next season.

The process in the YEL is very simple and set out below.

All teams names/age groups are current 2024/25 season age groups. These automatically age by one year at midnight May 31st/June 1st in readiness for the new 2025/26 season eg YEL Utd U12 Blue will become YEL Utd U13 Blue.

All team headers have been changed to blue. These will indicate the teams where no action has been taken yet by the club. Once you have decided on whether a team is continuing or not, follow these instructions. If the team is continuing – you click ‘confirm.’ If a team is not continuing – you click ‘remove.’ Once you click ‘save’ the header in the main ‘Teams’ page will change to green for the ‘confirmed and continuing’ and red for those ‘not continuing’. Only teams that are ‘confirmed’ will roll through/age at midnight on May 31st. All others will be removed from the league and any teams wishing to continue after the roll through will need to reapply. No invoices will be raised until June 1st when we know which teams are continuing. Current U14 will need to be ticked as ‘remove’ as they will had come to the end of their YEL experience.

ONLY available to Club Secs/club officials with appropriate permissions to make changes on Scoreline.
  1. Login to YEL Scoreline at https://portal.yelscoreline.com
  2. Click on “My Clubs” from the left hand main menu
3. This will open your club card (example used is Bingham Town FC). Click on the blue button ‘club’ which will then open your club dashboard
4. Scroll down to the “Confirm club teams” section and click whether your team is continuing or removing (not continuing) – in the example below Bingham Black U13 are continuing next season; Bingham Blue U10 are not continuing
Once you have done this, click ‘save.’ If you are not sure about a particular team, you can leave it and come back to it at a later time provided it is done by midnight 31st May.

When all of your teams are either ‘confirm’ or ‘remove’ click the button at the top of the page to confirm that your club has completed the process. Do not do this please until ALL are confirmed/removed.

Any issues, email YEL OFFICE – office@yelonline.com

Payment to referees – non cash payments
We are aware that a small number of clubs are looking at ways of streamlining their administration including paying referees by bank transfer.

Currently well over 95% of clubs pay referees in the traditional fashion of cash either immediately before or immediately after the game.

If you are looking to pay a referee by any means other than cash on the day, you should obtain their agreement well before the day of the game ie at the time you are confirming the appointment with them.

Any non cash payments must still be made on the day as per Rule 23(E) below. A fine will be raised against clubs/teams if a referee reports they haven’t received their payment on the day.

League Rule 23(E)
Match Officials will be paid their fees and/or expenses by the home Club before/immediately after the Competition Match, unless otherwise ordered by the Management Committee. Failure to comply with this Rule will result in a fine in accordance with the Fines Tariff.

Contacting the YEL

If you email the YEL OFFICE – office@yelonline.com – please ensure you state the team name, age group and playing day so we can quickly deal with the enquiry
If you have any issues or on the day queries relating to your game only, you can contact the YEL Game Day Hotline number for advice. Available between 9.30am and 12.30pm on Sat/Sun

ONLY AVAILABLE FOR ON THE DAY MATCH RELATED ENQUIRIES – no other issues will be discussed.

Rob Harwood CEO
YEL OFFICE

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