Rules Page

Rules:

TACTICS:

Word Limit:
- 1000 Words (not counting starting 11, subs bench, set piece takers or sub instructions) – For every 50 words you are above the tactics you will lose a slot.
1000 - 1050 - 1 slot lost
1050 - 1100 - 2 slots lost
etc
- Sub intructions kept as brief as possible, no massive long sets of new tactics.

Deadline:
- Deadline will be on the homepage each week. This is usually 7pm Saturday for Weekend games and 7pm Wednesday for Midweek games. However this may change.
- Tactics may be handed late when warning is given in advance. If no warning given before deadline they may be handed in a day late for 1 lost slot, or 2 days late for 2 lost slots. Any later, or no tactics at all will result in a automatic loss. 2-0 for the first time, 3-0 if the same happens the week after etc.
- May ask for tactics to be copy and pasted across from one weekend to another, however this must be a one off, if it is continuous, 1 slot lost each week it is required.

Other Rules:
- Any injured/Suspended players used in tactics will result in one lost slot, unless changed before the deadline, and be swapped out for the most appropriate player from your subs bench.

TRANSFERS

Domestic:
- Domestic transfers are to be agreed between the two managers. Once agreed, please confirm the deal on Transfer Confirmation and update Squad page.
- Those looking after vacant clubs may not do deals between their two clubs. No deals using a third club as a go between for the purpose of transferring a player from your temp or permanent club to your other club are allowed.
- No pre deals, transfers can only be done if they can be completed at that time.

Foreigns:
- All enquiries on the Transfer Centre, LSTD will respond to all. Foreigns are as close to realistic as possible, save any errors or difference of opinions. All signings be confirmed on transfer confirmation.
- As with FIFA rules, no player under the age of 18 from outside of Europe is available for transfer. If a player under 18 completes a pre deal with a club inside the league, he may be signed. If he competes a pre deal with a club outside of the league he will sign for that team.
- Players who must be first choice are to be started in 90% of games for a three month period after being signed. Game time is provided in the league, Europe, FA Cup and League Cup.
- Players who require ‘very regular game time’ are to be played in 75% of games, either for the first 3 months from being signed, or over the course of the entire season. Most games have to be as starts and cannot be subbed early to get around this rule.
- Players who require require ‘regular game time’ must be played in 60% of games either in the first 3 months or over the course of the entire season, with at least half of those games as starts.
- Any other game time requirements will specified when enquiring for a player but same rules of 3 months or over the entire season applies to anyone not having to be first choice.
- Transfers cannot be cancelled once confirmed(not confirming on the TC’s is not a way out of this).
- Anyone not giving the player the required game time, or not looking like doing so at the half way stage will be given a reminder. If things are not improving they will have to play that player in every game until they’ve fulfilled their game time requirement of 75/60 or whatever % it may be, based on games over an entire season.

LOANS:

Domestic:
- Max 7 IN and 10 OUT
- Minimum loan time of 4 weeks
- Must agree on recall/no recall when confirming the deal. If this doesn’t happen, the club receiving the loan player will be favoured in any argument.
- If a recallable loan is recalled for the purpose of being sold 25% of TM value (rounded up to the nearest 0.5m) of player will be paid by the selling club to the loaned club.
- If a non recallable loan is sold it is at the discretion of the manager of the loaned club to decide whether the player can be recalled by his new club and at what price.

Foreign:
- All players out on loan without the league must be posted on Foreign Offers page before being loaned out. Any one who doesn’t do this for the purpose of avoiding being unable to recall a player will receive an extra injury for the game week.
- Players loaned to a team playing in the European competitions on this league will be un-recallable until that team has no more games.
- Players loaned to teams not playing in the European Competitions have a minimum duration of 4 weeks before being recallable. Once recallable, no fee will be charged.
- Any player you wish to sell to a foreign club can be done via the Foreign Offers page.



SQUADS:
- Squad Limit = Max 30, Min 22.
- Foreign players(over 21 and not HG): = Max 18
- Homegrowns(3 years at an academy or club in England/Wales, irrespective of nationality, before age of 21): Min 6.
- Under 21s(21 or under on the 1st August 2017) = As many as wanted within 30 man squad limit.
- Max Loans in = 7
- Max Loans out = 10
- Academies = Each team is permitted two academies, one Homegrown, which consists of any player signed to the academy of an English or Welsh club, and the other a Foreign Academy, consisting of players of 19 years or younger on the 1st August 2017 from teams outside of England/Wales, and with 5 or less competitive international caps as of the 1st August 2017. Both academies have a maximum number of 5.
- Anyone whose squad is not within limits on the day of injuries being given will be given an extra injury for each player over or an injury for each foreign too many or each HG too little. This includes having extra academy/loan players.

INJURIES and SUSPENSIONS:
- You will be given 4 injuries per week from your 30 man squad via the random generator.
- Injuries will be in all competitions
- If someone doesn’t check the injuries list when signing a player and plays them in that game week, it is a slot lost. Please help each other if you are selling an injured player.
- Each week there will be one game with a red card, the game will be worked out via the generator. To award the red card in the game there will be a best of three spin between the two teams using the generator, followed by a spin to find out which player and when the red occurs(using 10 minute time periods), again this is done through the generator. The results person will then decide how the red effects the game.
- The player who receives the red will be suspended for the following domestic game.



RESULTS:

- Results will be done as follows

home 3 slots
Form 2 slots
Team 4 slots
Subs 2 slots
Home defensive tactics vs away attacking tactics 3 slots
Away defensive tactics vs home attacking tactics 3 slots
Game plan tactics 3 slots
Draw 1-5 (depending on likelihood of draw)