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Affiliation

Any Club or League that wish to participate in Competitions or even friendlies must affiliate to The Hertfordshire FA. 

Below is a list explaining the category(s) that you would need to choose and the fees that are involved.


Association Fees

Category A
SENIOR CLUBS All Full or Associate Members of the Football Association and Clubs eligible to take part in the FA Challenge Cup, FA Challenge Trophy, FA Challenge Vase, or in the Herts Senior Cup or Herts Senior Trophy.

Category B
ALL OTHER CLUBS All other clubs (excluding Youth) who are not included in the above Category A.

Category C
ALL YOUTH CLUBS

Category D
All Teams playing five matches or less.
Hertfordshire Schools FA
Competitions run solely for charity and/or 'one day' Competitions


For Affiliation Fees for the 2007/2008 Season click on Document on the right

Cup Entry Fees are exempt from VAT. Benevolent Fund levies are outside the scope of VAT.

Fees paid after 15th June, except newly formed clubs, are as listed above. Newly formed Clubs will pay the fee listed as if affiliated prior to June 15th.

The status of a Club is determined by the County Cup Competition for which its First team is accepted.

All full-side Clubs or Teams playing in matches sanctioned by this Association must be affiliated to the Association.

Teams playing on Saturdays and teams playing on Sundays must affiliate separately as Saturday and Sunday Clubs respectively.

The Hertfordshire Referees Association shall pay an annual affiliation fee of £ 11.75 (£ 10.00 plus £ 1.75 VAT) if paid before June 15th or £ 23.50 (£ 20.00 plus £ 3.50 VAT) if paid after that date.

All Clubs are required to pay the cost of Public Liability Insurance Cover, excluding category D affiliations. The payment for the 2007/2008 season will be £ 40.00 and includes VAT.

FINES AND COSTS
All clubs are notified that in the event of any monies due to this Association for costs or fines being unpaid, the following procedures will be implemented.

1. All fines imposed by the Association, will have a payable by date and in all cases will be on MONDAY at 5.00 pm.

2. Any fine outstanding on that MONDAY will automatically carry over until the following MONDAY and the club will be placed under immediate suspension.

3. The Association will notify by letter the League/Leagues in which the club is a member.

4. Should the club not be involved in playing in their league during this particular 7 day period, it will be the Leagues responsibility at the time, to inform the Association, if they know of any other game in which the club may be participating.

5. The Association will notify the League/Leagues by letter as soon as the fine has been paid.

6. If a cheque is returned unpaid to the Association, a levy of £ 8.00 will be imposed upon the Club which submitted the cheque. This levy will be made in respect of each and every cheque, and will be used to defray the costs involved in such occurrences. Furthermore, the payment will be deemed not to have been made if it was in respect of fines or administration charges and the club shall, be placed under immediate suspension.