August 2103
Dear Club delegates
New Robbie’s Division 1 Champions 2013 (provisional)
Mainland Football has recently investigated player eligibility at both Universities and Christchurch
United clubs. As a result of our findings and the subsequent decisions made by Mainland Football,
the points table is affected and as a result Universities win the Robbies Division 1 for 2013. This is
however provisional pending further (possible) appeals.
Christchurch United
Mainland Football has determined, that on at least four occasions during the 2013 season,
Christchurch United breached NZF regulation 5.13 by having more than the three permissible guest
players (required to be named on the team sheet).
As a result;
o Christchurch United have been deducted 2 competition points and three goals
o Waimak receive two additional competition points
o FC Twenty 11 Bombers receive two additional competition points
Universities
Earlier in the season Universities were deducted 13 competition points for playing an ineligible player
on five separate occasions. At the time Universities were not able to prove their case that the player
in question only played on four of those occasions. The Universities club has now been able to
provide Mainland Football with the team sheet from the match in question (a win against Selwyn
13 April) and after checking, Mainland Football is satisfied that the team sheet is (1) original (2) the
ineligible player was not listed on the team sheet and (3) the signature of the referee is in fact that of
the official for the match.
As a result Universities will receive the 3 competition points and the two goals, the competition table
will be changed accordingly.
Universities finish up with 28 competition points, Christchurch United 27 points, Waimak 25 points.
See full points table below.
Pos Team P W D L F A GD PTS
1 Universities- (POOL 1) 14 9 1 0 32 3 29 28
2 Christchurch United- (POOL 1) 14 8 0 5 34 16 18 27
3 Waimak United- (POOL 1) 14 9 1 4 33 21 12 25
4 Mid Canterbury FC- (POOL 1) 14 6 4 4 31 31 0 22
5 CTFC Turtles- (POOL 1) 14 5 2 6 18 18 0 20
6 Hornby United- (POOL 1) 14 4 1 8 17 33 -16 16
7 FC TWENTY 11 Bombers- (POOL 1) 14 3 3 7 23 30 -7 15
8 Selwyn UFC Div 1- (POOL 1) 14 0 4 10 14 50 -36 4
On the basis of these decisions made, Universities are now Robbies Division 1 winners. As stated,
Mainland Football must assume that further appeals may be pending in which case, Universities are
provisional Division 1 winners. The final confirmation of this status cannot be known until such a time
that all appeal processes are concluded.
I must say that it has not been easy for Mainland Football having to deal with these matters and
make such decisions. We can only follow our regulations to ensure we make the appropriate
decisions.
We will certainly be amending some regulations for 2014. In particular we will require all clubs to
submit team sheets to Mainland Football in the week following the played match. We also reiterate
the importance of clubs ensuring they know the status of each player on a team sheet.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely
Colin Grant
Is it just me that finds it a little strange that when it was ruled that University and Waimak breached rules they were docked three points per game but ChCh United only loose 2 points over 4 games.