The FVFDA will apply the SYFA procedures when dealing with disciplinary offences.
The guidelines below only apply to standard field offences, for all other offences click here for further details.
Guidelines for dealing with standard field offences for straight RED card or two YELLOW cards received in a single match.
Other offences will be referred to the disciplinary committee or the SYFA as necessary.
It is the intention of the FVFDA to work within the national guidelines as determined by the SYFA wherever possible. The approximate timeline for dealing with standard offences is as follows ;
Matchday - Player Sent Off
Week 1
Referee report received. (usually within 3 days of the match), this maybe extended in certain circumstances.
Fixed Penalty Letter 1 sent to player’s home address or c/o team secretary.
Player has 7 days from date of letter to accept the fixed penalty for the offence.
Week 2
Player replies accepting or declining the Fixed Penalty. If no reply is received, it will be assumed that the player has accepted the fixed penalty.
If the Player accepts the Fixed Penalty.
Fixed Penalty Letter 2 will be sent to team secretary.
The letter will inform the secretary of the date and period of suspension.
If the Player declines the Fixed Penalty.
Case referred to the discipline committee and the player will be cited to appear in due course. Disciplinary Committee is scheduled to meet monthly, throughout the season to ensure that cases are considered and closed out quickly and fairly.
Week 3
Suspension commences.
Under the above process the earliest a suspension will commence, will be on the third Friday after a player has been sent off. In some cases this timescale maybe extended.
Cautions – Accumulation of Cautions
Appeal against an individual caution
A player cautioned has the right of appeal. Any appeal against a caution must be lodged with the FVFDA league secretary, c/o FVFDA coordinator not later than 5pm on the third day after the day of the match l (i.e. excluding the match day itself) and also excluding Sundays from the reckoning.
The grounds of the appeal must be specifically set out in detail in the letter of appeal.
If an appeal is not lodged by 5pm on the relevant date, the player will be considered to have accepted the caution received in a match and the subsequent referee’s report and shall not be entitled to appeal against a suspension later imposed in respect of accumulated cautions on the grounds that any of the cautions was incorrectly issued.
These cautions will also be recorded against the players club for group monitoring.
Any appeal will be heard in accordance with the guidelines for appeal procedures.
Suspensions for an accumulation of cautions will commence on the third Friday after the match in which the player received his fourth caution. Subsequent sets of cautions will be dealt with in a similar manner though continual repeated offences may be referred to the Disciplinary Committee for consideration.
