Marlow United Football Club Est.1977        Incorporating Marlow Youth United F.C.

Members of the Sport Italia Hellenic League & the Reading Football League

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CONSTITUION

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The Club shall be called ‘Marlow United Football Club’, and shall be affiliated to the Berks & Bucks Football Association.

  1          OBJECTIVES

To provide League and Cup football for all teams made up of properly registered players within such Leagues and Competitions as shall be decided by the Management Committee at the commencement of the season. To encourage the playing and development of the game of football within Marlow and the surrounding area. The football club will endeavour each season to designate an official charity and so support such charity by the financial capability within its means at that time.

  2          MEMBERSHIP

Membership shall be open to all irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, ethnic origin, creed, colour, social status or sexual orientation.

Club membership will be inclusive of membership also to the Marlow Royal British Legion Club. The committee will set a membership fee each season, which will be inclusive of membership fees for the Marlow Royal British Legion which will be paid for by the football club taken from fees as charged to members.

  3          MANAGEMENT

The Management of Marlow United Football Club shall be vested in the ‘Management Committee’ herein after called "the Committee", who shall have power to co-opt members, form sub-committees, make rules subject to approval of members and whose authority shall be permanent.

  4          OFFICERS

Their will be a maximum of 13 Officers of the Committee and shall consist of the Chairperson,. General Manager, Secretary, Fixtures Secretary, Treasurer, Minutes & Subs Secretary, Procurement Manager, Programme Manager, Child Protection Officer, Hospitality Supervisor x 2 & Club Captain who shall hold office for one year and be eligible for re-election at the Annual General Meeting. These persons shall form the Management Committee of the Club.

  5          MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

The Management Committee shall comprise the Committee of the Club and the following members;

a. Any co-opted member properly elected at the AGM or any co-opted member appointed by the Committee during the course of the season with the proviso that any co-opted member must serve only for a specific purpose e.g. fund raising. Club management etc.

b. The First Team Manager will be representative of all teams and will be expected to attend a minimum of six meetings in any one season. The First Team Manager will have the right to represent the playing side of the football club and express the views of team management for consideration of the committee. Any Team Manager serving in said position for five consecutive years will automatically be co-opted on to the Management Committee with full voting rights if he so wishes on completion of team management duties through resignation or mutual agreement with the Committee. The Committee reserve the right of refusal if the Team Manager is dismissed for disciplinary reasons.

  c). The Club Captain will be a playing member of the football club and will represent the views of the registered playing fraternity within the football club for consideration by the committee.

6          VOTING

All members of the Committee shall have full voting rights, except in any case where a complaint against a Committee Member is being considered, when such member should absent him/herself from that part of the proceedings. A Committee member shall have the right to vote by proxy if he/she so wishes. It is incumbent on the member to declare an interest.

7          CHAIRPERSON

The elected Chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the Committee, but in the Chairperson's absence, the General Manager shall be elected who, in the case of equal votes, shall have a casting vote but relinquish his normal voting rights..

  The Chairpersons principal roles are;

To preside over all meetings and business of the football club.

Aggressively pursue sponsorship opportunities with particular focus on ground sponsorship.

To ensure that standing orders of the football club are strictly adhered to.

In the case of equal votes, shall have a casting vote.

8          GENERAL MANAGER

The General Manager shall be responsible for all matters concerning the football club and will be guided by the committee. The committee will enable the General Manager empowerment to make decisions for the betterment of the football club but in line with committee thinking in the interpretation as understood by the General Manager at that time. The General Manager will endeavour to seek guidance from the committee at all times where possible and dependant on the gravity of any issue as so decided by the General Manager at that time. The General Manager’s empowerment is intended to be used solely as discretionary between committee meetings and any actions undertaken on behalf of the football club are to be undertaken strictly in line with committee thinking and under no circumstances contravening standing orders such as the constitution of the football club.

In the Chairperson's absence, the General Manager will preside over meetings and in the case of equal votes, shall have a casting vote.

9          HON. SECRETARY

The Secretary shall;

a).        Keep a register of players and their registration numbers

b).        Keep a record of all matches played by the Club, the players who have taken part, and all details of results.

c).            Communicate effectively with all competitions officials entered by the club.

d).            Convene all meetings

e).        Take over the duties of the Fixtures Secretary in the absence of the Fixtures Secretary

f).            Communicating results to League Officials, in such a manner as to comply with the League regulations for the time being in force.  

           10         FIXTURES SECRETARY
The Fixture Secretary shall take over the duties of the Secretary in the absence of the Secretary. The Fixture Secretary shall be specifically responsible for:
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Receiving confirmation from and communicating confirmation to opposition clubs, and match officials in respect of fixtures.  

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Flackwell Heath
Bucks
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