Minutes of The Leigh & District Youth League

League Management Committee meeting

Held Tuesday 14th September 2004

 

Mr Wise in the chair with the following Officers present: B Strickland, A Packwood,

D Tighe and N Beard.

 

Apologies accepted from F Brown and P Clarke

 

Minutes of the meeting held on 9th August 2004 were circulated then proposed as a true record

 

Matters arising

 

It was noted that the trophy being held by Hindley Juniors had been returned via Brian Johnson; however the club had made no compensation as to the cost of the purchase of the new trophy. It was agreed that the matter would be left unresolved and a decision would be left over until the next meeting.

 

Correspondence

 

v     Boothstown FC request for postponement

v     Wigan MBC leisure and culture department football meeting minutes

v     Wakefield Villa request for postponement 30th October 2004

v     Football Association amendments to the laws of the game

v     Lancashire FA disciplinary notes

v     Manchester County FA disciplinary notes

v     Lancashire FA information on referees Assessors course

v     Manchester County FA information on Albert Lyon Trophy

 

Matters arising

 

Both teams requesting postponements were agreed, the item regarding the Albert Lyon Trophy, be deferred until the Inter League report.

 

League Representatives

 

Brian Strickland appreciated his welcome to his first meeting, followed by a small report. In the main the age group was running well with just a few minor problems, one off the main concerns being access to the fixtures. In addition Inter League squad was to be overseen by Alan Todd of Mosley Common. It was noted for the record that the squad would be playing friendlies, the matter to be discussed later in the meeting.

 

Paul Clarke

 

Not present

 

 

 

N Beard

 

Stated the under 18 section was only five teams and didn’t envisage too many problems. He hoped that the good rapport that had been built up through his work on the league website would follow on when dealing with teams as league representative.

 

Referees Appointments Secretary

 

Mr Tighe stated that he had taken over from Mr Yates who would be concentrating on fixtures for the forth coming season. Also match officials had been added to the league management system being utilised under the auspices of Goalhaus. However to ensure ease of progress printed versions would be available at the managers meeting, in addition to information on how to access the website.

 

Fixtures Secretary

 

Not available

 

Registrations secretary

 

Mr Packwood said the majority of teams had registered some players; however some had been lethargic to say the least. Forms had been passed without correct documentation or the form was incomplete. He stated that teams would be given an ultimatum at the managers meeting and be told the honeymoon was over.

 

Treasurer’s report

 

Mr Wise gave his usual competent overview of the league’s finances, being as follows a total of £3078.12 was being held in the league accounts  Some payments were due in and some were due to be paid out, teams second payment would be due imminently

 

General Secretary

 

Mr Tighe said in general the league was going well with only the change over to internet for accessing fixtures. This would be resolved at the meeting by distribution of printed copied of fixtures and match officials at the managers meeting.

 

Inter League

 

The placement of a representative team at each of the levels in the league was discussed, Mr Bear stated that it would be totally impractical to have an under 18 team. It was agreed the under 16 would also be in a similar situation. The under 12 would only be playing friendlies and would not be entered into either the Lancashire or Manchester then the league would only make minimal funds available

 

 

 

 

Cup finals dates and venues

 

It was agreed the facilities at Atherton LR were excellent and would be utilised once again this season, we could probably play all three finals on one day. This would be a good idea as it would mean Officers only being troubled for their services on one day. In addition a single programme could be produced. It was agreed a date in April was appropriate and the Secretary would communicate with Atherton LR.

 

Presentation Evening

 

A question was posed do we need to run such an event, after due discussion it was agreed that the league could benefit from such an event. A football celebrity should be asked to present the trophies and as the event had been successful in previous seasons it was felt that league would be lessened without such an event.

 

With no other business the meeting was closed at 9 07pm