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YEL Update – 5th September 2025
This Update has FIVE important messages this week which we would ask you to please read.

  • Team sheets and Player ID checks
  • Referees – contacting and fees
  • Match returns
  • Team officials need to add photos onto their FA personal account
  • YEL Game day hotline
Team sheets and Player ID checks

U7-U14 teams – Player ID sheets  – By now, ALL teams should have downloaded their A4 player ID sheets. If you haven’t or are struggling, either contact your secretary for assistance or follow the instructions below.

U9-U14 teams – Team sheets – If there is an officially appointed YEL Referee, all teams should provide them with a team sheet listing all of the starting players along with the subs, prior to the start of the game. Team sheets can be downloaded from YELonline.com under the ‘Useful information for managers/coaches’ section.

Our referees are required to complete reports on every YEL game they officiate so we will know if teams have failed to do ID checks/provide team sheets. This is a League Rule/Regulation, voted in at the AGM.

Downloading ID sheets

https://grassrootstechnology.thefa.com/support/solutions/articles/48001146406-download-a-squad-list

Team sheet download

https://yelonline.com/managers-and-coaches-useful-information/

EXPLANATION OF HOW AN ID CHECK IS DONE – At the game, you should have your printed ID sheet of players/photos downloaded from Whole Game System. Before the match, go to your opposition manager and exchange sheets. Call in the players from both teams. Call out the names of the opposition players on the sheet in front of you whilst the opposition manger does the same for your players. Exchange sheets back. If any players are not on the list THEY CANNOT PLAY as the are not league registered. This applies to YEL organised friendlies, league matches and cup games. Any issues, call the YEL Hotline – number at the bottom of the Update
Referees – contacting and fees

Contacting referees – We’ve had reports of home teams not contacting referees when they have been appointed. Quick reminder, you must contact the referee to confirm the details of the game – KO time & venue. The game is not confirmed until you receive acknowledgement. Referees should be contacted no later than 8pm Monday (or within 24hrs if it is a late appointment)

Fees – It is the home team’s responsibility to pay the referee their match fee. These must be paid before or immediately after the game has finished. If you want to pay them in any way other than cash on the day, this must be agreed with them at the time of confirming the appointment. Referees are within their right to request cash on the day. Any teams that do not pay the referee in the prescribed manner will be fined by the league for failing to follow a management instruction.

7v7 (U9/U10) – £15

9v9 (U11/U12) – £25

11v11 (U13/U14) – £30

 
Match returns

All YEL organised games – friendlies, league and cup games, must have a match return completed by each team. If you are unsure how to complete them, read the step by step ‘Basic guide to running a YEL Team’ found in the Useful information for coaches section on YELonline.com

https://yelonline.com/managers-and-coaches-useful-information/

DO make sure you complete the match return by logging into Full-Time

DO make sure you complete all sections

DO make sure you ONLY list the players who started in the ‘started’ section; list the players who started as subs and came on in the ‘subs used section’ (There should be no entries in the ‘subs unused’ section as all children who attend games should play at some stage)

DO ensure the return is completed within 24 hours of the advertised kick off time (League Regulation 3C)

DO NOT use MatchDay app to complete your match return. It’s poor reliability is well known and has been widely advertised by the YEL. We’ll not accept this as a valid reason for an incomplete match return
Team officials need to add photos onto their FA personal account

There are still 29 team officials that have not yet uploaded a head and shoulders image to their personal FA account. ALL coaches have an image on the player ID sheets from a Safeguarding perspective. Once added to their personal account, it will transfer through to the player ID sheet. If you have received one of these emails and not yet actioned it, please do so urgently.

YEL League Regulation 1(B)(iv) states that:

‘Team Officials (Manager/Coach/Assistant Manager/Assistant Coach) must have their photo uploaded to Club Portal. A parent can stand in if either coach is not present provided they have an in date FA safeguarding children certificate and in date FA DBS.

Failure of a team to comply with this rule will result in the membership application to join the league being rejected. If a team is not compliant with this regulation during the season, it will receive a fine of up to £100 for failing to follow a management instruction and will have its fixtures withdrawn immediately until the team becomes compliant.’

This regulation is an additional safeguarding measure to help everyone know who is standing on the coaches’ side of the pitch and to assist YEL Respect Field Officers/County FA Officials when checking that those coaching, have the necessary in date qualifications to allow them to do so.
YEL Game day hotline

Anyone that has a query relating to their game on the day of the game only on either Sat/Sun can contact a league representative for advice between 9am and 12.30pm. Only match day queries will be dealt with – nothing else

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
Rob Harwood CEO
YEL OFFICE

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