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Post by Col ISIHAC. on Apr 21, 2006 20:42:40 GMT
Sadly, chaps! Given that there's now FURTHER rumour of a similar nature that might affect the top team in Connie Sarf this season -some kind of legal-eagle might be considered a necessity. You's playin' wiv da big boys now! Or something. Don't ask me - all I like to do is go and watch football of a weekend!
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Post by roofless on Apr 21, 2006 21:27:12 GMT
Just want to ask the question, it's just something I've been wondering about... International clearance... is that similar to work authorisation? Because if it is then surely without international clearance this guy was an "illegal employee"? Or are they completely different things?
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Post by Col ISIHAC. on Apr 21, 2006 21:40:25 GMT
The UK welcomes careful drivers and diligent workers from anywhere within the EU. For some reason, freedom of movement across Europe for football players is less straightforward. Athletes may transfer alleigance on a whim, cricketers may register, then attain a new nationality after a while, yet the humble amateur footballer, who might also need gainful employ while here cannot manage to enter the UK legally and AT THE SAME TIME satisfy FA or Conference rules. Another dog's arse, administratively speaking.
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Post by coops on Apr 22, 2006 0:36:47 GMT
EI EI EI O....UP TO CONFERENCE SOUTH WE GO!!! ;D ;D ;D One of my pledges for next season is to go to a Salisbury home game. Both me and the missus love Salisbury and I have never been to the new ground (spent many a Saturday afternoon at Victoria park when I was based at Bulford though). When I arrange it I'll drop you a PM if you fancy a pint or two.
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Post by frankiegth on Apr 22, 2006 9:06:33 GMT
Roofless not sure myself what international clearance is myself.
Would a good change in the rule be: You only have to get international clearance only when playing for a team located outside the country of your birth. That way if you're British it wouldn't matter if you'd played in outer Mongolia for a month, because when playing for ANY BRITISH club you'd be legal.
You would only require I.C. (whatever it is) when playing outside of G.B.
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Post by roofless on Apr 22, 2006 10:41:40 GMT
See that's what I thought it would have been any! But I checked, this guy is apparently English which ruined my line of thinking!
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Post by DJhinckley on Apr 22, 2006 22:12:25 GMT
international clearance is there to check whether a player is still registered with another international FA, and whether his playing record is currently clean, no outstanding fines or disciplinary action, and that he is cleared to play football.
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Post by ojiveojive on Apr 23, 2006 22:35:14 GMT
Minor pedantic point DJ, it's national FA not international FA. A player can only be registered with one national FA, the rest is as you said.
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Post by ojiveojive on Apr 23, 2006 23:37:08 GMT
Well my solution is a complete load of horse manure but why not throw out those that break the rules along with those that aren't good enough to stay up and make up the numbers with more sides from the pyramid, after all if we don't want to play in the Conference, why are we bothering in the regional leagues? Don't take my hatred of the Conference as the manifesto for Tamworth FC! I'm sure the club want to be in the Conference as do 99.9% of the fans I would have thought! My reference to not wanting to play in the Conference had nothing to do with your views, it was merely a generic 'we'. This echoes a debate on our own website as to whether we should return to The Moorlands, drop down several leagues and become self supporting rather than relying on the generosity of our chairman, which it would appear would make some supporters happy. My question is: if you want to play in the Midland Alliance ad infinitum where is the desire to win going to come from when there isn't any point in winning 'cos we don't want to be promoted into a league that we can't be self sustaining in? Surely we all want our respective teams to be as successful as possible, which should include promotions to higher leagues, self sustaining or not. If we then can't cut it, we would be relegated anyway.
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