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CUP COMPETITIONS REGULATIONS
1. The Cups shall be called "The South Wales Football Association Senior Cup", "The South Wales
Football Association Intermediate Cup", "The South Wales Football Association Intermediate Sunday
Cup", "The South Wales Football Association Youth Cup" and "The South Wales Football
Association Junior Cup". An Association Cup shall not be Won Outright.

RULES APPLICABLE AND GENERAL TO SENIOR, INTERMEDIATE, INTERMEDIATE SUNDAY,
YOUTH & JUNIOR CUP COMPETITIONS.
2. The Competitions for the Cups shall be annual, and shall be open to the Affiliated Clubs in the
area of the Association, whose entries are approved by the Council. The entire control and
management of the competitions shall be vested in the Council of The South Wales Football
Association. Clubs affiliated to this Association shall not be permitted to enter any Cup
Competition, except those of The Football Association of Wales or Leagues within the South Wales
Association area, unless they enter and compete in the appropriate Association Cup Competition/s.
3. Each affiliated club may be invited by the Association to enter the appropriate Cup competition.
Clubs accepting such invitation shall send entrance fees as per Appendix 2. (This is in addition to
the subscription to the Association.)
4. The Two Clubs which competed in the Final Tie in the previous season may be exempted from
taking part in the competition until a later stage. The Clubs in the Competition shall be drawn
together as the Council may determine and the winner of the Final Tie shall be the holder of the
Cup for the current year.
5. Byes shall be drawn at the discretion of the Council.
6. All Clubs must make certain that All Players are eligible under Rule 26. Any Club found to have
played an illegible Player shall be dealt with for misconduct.
Clubs requiring information regarding eligibility of player or players may receive same on payment
of a fee of £15.00.
7. A Club may at its discretion use three substitute players (five substitute players in Junior Cup
(Under-16) matches) at any time in a match for any reason except to replace a player who has
been suspended from the game by the Referee. The substitution can only be made when play
has stopped for any reason, and only after the Referee has given permission. The substitute
players shall be nominated prior to the commencement of the game. (Attention is drawn to Law 3
of the Laws of the Game.) Seven players may be nominated.
8. The lots shall be drawn and the competition matches played as the Council of the Association
may determine. Immediately after each drawing, the Secretary of the Association shall intimate to
the Secretary of each club the name of the club it is drawn against, and the time within which the
tie has to be played, and the time of kick-off.
The Home Secretary must send Opponents and Referee full particulars of the arrangements at
least seven days before the match and these arrangements must be acknowledged within two
days. A fine of £15.00 will be imposed upon offending clubs.
9. In the Senior, Saturday Intermediate, Sunday Intermediate and Youth Cup Competitions the
duration of each match shall be 90 minutes. In the Junior Cup Competition the duration of each
match shall be 80 minutes. Any match not completed may be ordered to stand as a completed
match or replayed for the full period of 90 minutes (Junior Cup 80 minutes) as the Council may
direct. Any Club guilty of delaying the start shall be reported by the Referee, and the Council shall
have the power to fine or otherwise deal with the offending club if its explanation is unsatisfactory.
For Sunday Intermediate, Youth and Junior Cup matches played in November, December or
January the Council shall sanction completed matches of not less than 30 minutes equal halves,
provided a written agreement signed by both Captains (or Secretaries) is handed to the Referee
before the match.
In all Cup Competitions matches an extra half hour (15 minutes each way) must be played in
all drawn matches at the end of the appropriate full time. If necessary, a result will then be
obtained by use of the Penalty Kick system.
Where it is impossible to start extra time or the match is abandoned during extra time, the replay
shall take place on the ground of the visiting team. Should either club refuse to play again it shall
be adjudged to have lost the match.
THE FINALS OF ALL CUP COMPETITIONS WILL BE PLAYED ON A NEUTRAL VENUE.
Any clubs drawn together in a competition having arranged to play on a certain date, either Club
failing to comply shall be disqualified!
10. The Secretary of each competing club shall, within two days after the match, send notice of
the result, in writing, together with the full Christian and Surnames of the players and substitutes
nominated in each team, to the Secretary of the Association. Clubs failing to comply with this rule
shall be subject to a fine of £20.
11. The Club which is first drawn in the ballot, shall play on its home ground. In the event of the
ground of the first drawn club not being available on the conference date the match will be played
at the ground of the second drawn Club, or in the event of the ground of the last drawn Club not
being available, the game must be played on a mutually agreed ground. In the event of pitch
non-availability due to bad weather, the match must be played within seven days at the same
ground. In the event of such a re-arranged fixture not being played due to bad weather, the match
reverts to the ground of the original second drawn Club. In All Association Cup Matches, all rounds
will be played to a conclusion on the conference date.
If the ground of the club having choice of ground shall not comply with Rule 23, or in any other
way be considered unsuitable for a cup-tie, their opponents may appeal within seven days of the
draw to the Council, who, if such appeal be sustained, shall order the match to be played on the
ground of the appealing club, or on a neutral ground. If such appeal be not sustained, the
complaining club may be called upon at the discretion of the Council to pay the expenses incurred
in deciding such appeal.
A club at the time of entering the Cup Competition shall register the name and location of its home
ground, or in the event of a club playing on public parks, shall play on the ground allocated to it by
its parent League or Local Authority.
Referee’s fee and expenses are to be paid by both competing teams in equal parts.
12. In the Semi-Final the match shall be played on the ground of the first named club and in the
Final, the ground shall be chosen by the Council, who shall appoint Referee and Assistant
Referees, same to be duly registered with this Association.
13. The Final Tie dates arranged by the Council shall be strictly adhered to. (Council Resolution
5th May 1965.) Each Club competing in the Final Tie must provide three Stewards.
14. Clubs affiliated to this Association shall be compelled to give their ground to the Association
for the purpose of playing the Final Tie at a fee not exceeding:-
of gross gate.
In Youth and Junior Cup Competitions
In Senior Cup Competition
In Intermediate & Sunday Intermediate Cup Competitions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 per cent
. . . . . 15 per cent
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 per cent
15. All questions of eligibility, qualification of competitors or interpretations of the Rules or Laws of
the Game shall be referred to the Council, whose decision shall be final. Should any club in
connection with any dispute or protest have a member on the Council, the said member shall not
be eligible to sit on the Council while such dispute or protest is being considered. No protest
relative to the playing ground, goal posts or bars, or other appurtenance of the game shall be
entertained by the Council unless it is laid with the Referee before the commencement of the match,
nor shall any protest relative to the interpretation of the Rules or Laws of the Game be entertained
unless laid with the Referee on or before the conclusion of the match. Protests may be made
verbally, but must be confirmed in writing, and handed to the Referee before he has left the ground.
A written notice of such protest or protests, and three copies thereof, must be sent to the Secretary
of the Association within two days (Sundays excepted) after the conclusion of the match, within
which time a written protest against the eligibility of any player must be lodged. The sum of £20.00
must be deposited with the Secretary of the Association, together with all such protests, which sum
may be forfeited to the funds of the Association in the event of such protest not being sustained.
16. The Council may order any club engaged in a protest to pay such sum as may be considered
necessary towards defraying the expenses incurred. No objection or protest shall be withdrawn
except by leave of the Council.
17. Any Club intending to scratch, must give information of its intention to do so to the Secretary of
the opposing club not less than eight days before the date fixed for playing, or shall be reported to
the Council, who shall have power to compel such offending club to pay the expenses incurred by
their opponents or of taking such action as may be deemed expedient. If a club decides to scratch
after a drawn game, intimation must be given to its opponents at the close of the match and to the
Secretary of the Association.
18. Any Club failing to play a Cup Fixture when required will be removed from the Competition.
In the event of any club scratching or declining to play from any cause in a Semi-final tie, the
Council may, if time and circumstances permit, select any other club of the original entrants for the
Competition to play. Other things, being equal, preference may be given to the club which was next
in merit, judged from the result of the rounds, and if more than one club has equal claims, the club
should be selected by lot from those having equal claims if there is not time to permit of their
playing off.
19. In the case of any player being found ineligible, the club playing him must be adjudged to
have lost the match. Any club leaving the field of play before the expiration of the game must be
adjudged to have lost the match.
Any club found guilty of playing an ineligible player will be fined and may be refused entry to the
following Season’s competition at the Council’s discretion.
20. If the Council has any doubt as to the qualification of any player competing in this competition,
it shall have power to call upon such player or the Club to which he belongs or for which he has
played, to prove to the satisfaction of the Council that he is properly qualified according to the
Rules, and failing such satisfactory proof, the Council shall have power to disqualify such player
and remove such club from the competition.