The Wigan Cup
Competition
Founded in 1885.
Celebrating 132 years of Cup Football.
Sponsored by
Spencer Hayes Insurance
Officials and Rules
Handbook
Season 2017/18
Management Committee for the season 2017/18
President. Vacant
ChairmanVice Chairman
Mr S C HarrisonVacant.
96a Longbrook
Shevington Wigan WN6 8DG
01257 424523
Secretary
Dr W Hudson
60 Printers Fold, Padiham, Burnley BB12 6PG H 01282 772502
M 07774 952755
Assistant Secretary
Mr A Greenhalgh 48 Chelmsford Dr Hawkley Hall Wigan WN3 5JY
Tel H 01942 491347M 07930 823388
Press Officer.
Mr J Picton 83, Marina Village, Preston Brook, Runcorn, WA7 3BH.
Tel: 07490252359 H 01928607511
Team Recruitment Officer.
Mr R Kynaston41 Thompson Ave Ormskirk L39 2BG
M 07511984332
Committee.
Mrs R Hudson 60 Printers Fold, Padiham, Burnley Bb12 6PG
Competition Dates 2016/17.
Mini LeaguesWeek commencing 7th August 2017
Week commencing 14th August 2017
Week commencing 21nd August 2017
Week commencing 4th September 2017
Quarter FinalsMonday 2nd April 2018
Semi FinalsMonday 9th April 2018and
Thursday 12th April 2018
Easter Sunday 15th April 2018
Final TieWednesday 9th May 2018
Referees List 2017/18
Mr S Astle 7 Ashbridge Way Orrell Wigan WN5 0HD L5 17
H 01942 217495 M 07814 778972 e
Mr T Ball 37 Millbrook Cres, Wigan WN5 8DD L4 17
M 07805 292735 EM
Mr D Chadwick 14 Beaumaris Cl Leigh Lancs WN7 5BP L4 17
H 01942 674174 M 07854 048588 M EM
Mr J Chadwick 14 Beaumaris Close leigh WN75BP L4 17
Tel 01942 674174 M 07587 228066 EM
Mr P Dean 16 Keats Ave Wigan WN3 5TU L5 16
Mr P Gooch 383 Billinge Rd Highfield Wigan WN3 6BJ L3 17
H 07760 220285 . EM
Mr S Gregory, 12 Wood View, Shevington, Wigan WN6 8BG L5 16
H 01257 401309 M 07966 340246EM
Mr D
Mr G Johnson 114 Nursery Ave Ormskirk Lancs L39 2DZ L5 17
H 01695 580478 M 07773 322812 EM
Mr S Leggott 62 Edinburgh Drive Pemberton Wigan WN5 9EY L5 16
H 01942 222021 M 07947 838394 EM
Mr J Morgan 162 Ince Green Lane, Ince in Makerfield, Wigan WN2 2DA L4 17
H 01942 324495 B 01942 M 07561 279844 E
01942 324679 M 07808 089580
Mr M Mcquillam
EM
Mr D Nellany 2 Gadbury Court, Atherton M46 0SQ L5 17
M 07894 872028 e
Mr D Orrell 2 Manor Croft Longton Preston PR4 5BS L5 17
M 0771 9569310 Bus 07919 1111697 EM
Mr B Richards 24 St Malo Rd Wigan WN1 2PN L5 17
H 01942 493365 M 07544 557652
Mr P Russell 21 Leacroft Bryn, Wigan WN4 0LN L5 17
Tel 01942 728507 M 07812 064942
Mr P Simm 369 Gidlow Lane, Wigan WN6 7PH L4 17
M 07742 367378 EM
Mr H Simm 369 Gidlow Lane, Wigan WN6 7PH L5 17
M 07742 367378 EM
Mr R Woodcock 22 The Avenue Billinge Nr Wigan WN5 7BN L5 17
H 01695 312169 M 07937 959276
Mr D Westhead 10 Neville St Platt Bridge Wigan WN2 5BL L5 16
H 01942 861490 M 07904 700465 EM
Mr M Woods 17 West Grove Westhoughton Bolton BL5 2HU L2 16
H & M 07584417750 E
Assistant Referees List
Mr G Lawless 19 Gidlow Houses Wigan WN6 8RU L6 17
H01257 422156 M 07964 101958
Mr M Moss 47 Barnsley St Wigan WN7 7HA 17 L6
H 01942 673975 M 07398 133990 E
Mr M Thompson 20 Northcroft Wigan WN1 3YO
H 01942 586317 M 07736 225145 L7 17
M 07736225145
List of Clubs 2017/18
AFC Scholes
Mr G Roberts 17 Wellbeck Road, Goose Green, Wigan WN3 6RS
M 0752578169 E Tom Clossick 07792464654 Paul Moran 07850 077435
Ground Fosters Playing Fields Ince, Wigan WN2 2BU
Colours Red and Black Alt Yellow and Black 17
Ashton Athletic FC
Mr J Roberts (Taffy) 17 Wellbeck Road, Goose Green, Wigan WN4 0NR
M 07802 720794 E Jason Foulds 07952 976842 E Jimmy Whyte 07860 378553
Ground Brockstedes Park North Ashton Wigan
Colours Yellow shirts Blue shorts Alt All Maroon 17
Atherton Town FC
Mr G Butler, 43 Hope Fold Ave, AthertonM46 0BW
H 01942 870326 M 07960377067 Emer B Hunt 07514 639210
Ground Rear of HoweBridge Sports Centre, Atherton
Colours Yellow and Green Alt Red and White stripes . 17
Ashton Town FC
Mr S Ochwat 82 Liverpool Rd, Ashton in Makerfield Wigan WN4 9LP
H 01942 273145 M
Ground The Ashton Town Stadium, Edge Green St, Ashton in Makerfield WN4 8SL
Colours Red and White check shirt and Red shorts Alt orange and White. 16
Bickerstaffe AFC
Mr R Kynaston 41 Thompson Ave Ormskirk L39 2BG
M 07511984332 E Mike Woods 07759 124967
Ground Hall Lane Bickerstaffe, Ormskirk L39 0EH
Colours All Blue. Alt yellow Shirts Blue shorts 17
Billinge FC
Mr Les Pilling 25 Caunce Ave, Haydock, St Helens WA11 0BU
T 01744 736777 E Geoff Park
Ground Billinge Soccer Centre, Barrows Farm, Carrmill Rd, Billinge WN5 7TX
Colours Maroon and Sky Blue, Alt Grey and Green 17
Garswood United FC
Mr G Ormrod 14 Ashbury Drive Haydock St Helens WA11 0FA
H 01744 612964 M 07769 115271 Alt Lee O’ Connor 07817 704774
Ground The Wooders, Simms Lane Ends, Garswood Rd
Colours Blue and White Stripes. Alt Red and White Stripes 17
Goose Green United FC
Mr Keiron Madden 25 Moor Road Orrell Wigan WN5 8ND
M 07581 455033
Ground Parsons Meadow Poolstock Wigan WN3 5TU
Colours Green and White Alt Orange 17
Hindsford FC
Mr D Briggs 46 Blanchford Close Tyldesley Manchester M29 8DU
M D Briggs 07711 228605
Ground Squires Lane Tyldesley M29 8JF
Colours Red and Black Alt Yellow and Black 17
Hindley Town
Mr P Taylor 12 Gillbrow Cresc, Whelley, Wigan WN1 3NN
H01942 742972 E S Boswell 07964 698056
Ground Kildare St Hindley Pitch 15. Kildare St Off Liverpool Rd
Colours Red Alt Yellow 16
Ince Central FC
Mr L Hoy 19 Buckley St., Wigan WN6 7HE
M 07957 749638 E Wayne Collier 07503 933951
Ground William Fosters Playing Fields, Ince Wigan WN2 2BE
Colours Yellow and Blue Alt Red and White stripes 17
Leigh Athletic FC
Mr Richard Renda 57 Ennerdale Rd, Astley M29 7AR
M 07730 566506 E Adam Jones
Ground Leigh Sports Village / Leigh harriers, Turner Way, Leigh
Colours Yellow Shirts Blue shorts Alt Dark Blue 17
Leigh Foundry FC
Mr J Pilkington 27 Cedar Ave., Lowton WA3 2BN
M 07894 154422 E Josh Burton
Ground Siddow Park, Hope Carr Rd, Leigh Lancs WN7 3ET
Colours Tangerine Alt Maroon 17
Leigh Rangers FC
Mr G Drake 11 Dorning St, Leigh
T 01942 392536 E
Ground Marshes Playing Fields, Wigan Rd, Leigh
Colours Gold Alt Navy 17
Newburgh Harrock United
Mr Doug Birks 48 Crosshall Brow Westhead Lancs L40 6JD
M 07825 558665 E D Birks
Ground Cobbs Brow Lane, Newburgh, WN8 7ND
Colours Blue and White Stripes Blue Shorts. 17
North Walkden
Mr B Power 241 Manchester Road East Little HultonM38 9AN
M 07542 147577 E Tommy Toole
Ground Amblecote Fields, Little Hulton M38 0EW
Colours Blue and White Alt Red 17
Pemberton FC
Mr T Fairhurst 23 Redwood Ave, Orrell, Wigan WN5 8JB
H 01942 215169 07411 101920
Ground Laithwaite Park, Scott Lane, Newtown, Wigan WN3 8JB
Colours Red Alt Blue 17
Rainford United FC
Mr Stephen Marcroft 22 Eagle Crescent, Rainford WA11 8BG
M 07860617162 E Liam Navarro
Ground Glenburn Sports College, Skelmersdale WN8 6LB
Colours Blackand Blue Alt Blue and White 17
Red Lion FC
Miss L Walsh, 23 Hawkley St, Horwich, BL6 6EH
M 07958 415054 E Andrew Dalzell
Ground Mill St. Westhoughton, Bolton
Colours Red and Black Alt Yellow 17
Standish St Wilfrids
Mr J Silcock 1 Northern Close Standish Wigan WN6 0RN
Ground The Convent Ground Round Moor Road Standish
M 07949 144203
Colours Sky Blue Alt Red and White 17
Wigan Rovers
Mr R Taylor 11 Glemsford Cl, Hawkley Hall, Wigan WN3 5NZ
M 07764 324200 Emergency Shaun Dainty 07718 236903
Ground St James Park Poolstock Wigan (No showers)
Colours Red and Black Alt Gold and Blue 16
Winstanley Warriors
Mr Lee Glynn 7 Melling Way Winstanley, Wigan WN3 6JB
M 07818 440009
Ground. Little Lane Goose Green Wigan WN3 6HE
Colours All Red Alt All Blue 17
Winstanley St Aidans
Mr R Ledson 8 Thoresby Close, Goose Green, Wigan WN3 6RR
T 01942 200793 E Alan Long
Ground Winstanley and Worsley Mesnes Community Sports Club Little Lane Goose Green WN3 6PX Colours Sky Blue and Navy Shorts Alt Red and Black stripes. 17
Rules of the Wigan Cup Competition.
- The competition shall be called ‘The Wigan Cup Competition’. Any club within a twenty mile radius of Wigan shall be eligible to take part, by invitation only, in the competition providing that they are bona fide members of a County Football Association. The entrance fee per team shall be £25. This sum is subject to review annually and will be determined at the final committee meeting of each season for the following season. The fee must be accompanied by the competition application form.
- The cup shall be held one year by the winners, subject to Rule 16, and shall not become the permanent property of any club.
- The management committee of the competition shall have the entire control and management of the competition. Any committee member not attending two successive meetings, without an apology, then shall be deemed to have resigned.
- Clubs shall not scratch without the consent of the committee. Any club refusing or failing to play the tie on the date fixed shall be struck out of the competition and may be further dealt with.
- Unless by mutual agreement, the match must be played on the ground of the club drawn first in the tie. Semi-final ties will be played at neutral grounds where possible.
- Each competing team shall consist of playing members registered in the competition. A player shall be registered before the date of the commencement of the first round. No player, or players, will be allowed to play for any club in the subsequent game after the commencement of the first round unless the said player, or players, have been registered by the club at least FOURTEEN DAYS prior to the match of the tie in which the said club require him to play. The players of each team may be changed, but no individual shall play for more than one competing team in the same season. All substitutes must comply with this rule.
Substitutes from 20th July 2015.
A TEAM MAY, AT ITS DISCRETION, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE GAME, USE UNLIMITED SUBSTITUTE PLAYERS IN ANY MATCH IN THE COMPETITION WHO MAY BE SELECTED FROM FIVE NAMD PLAYERS FROM THE TEAM SHEET. A PLAYER WHO HAS BEEN SUBSTITUTED HIMSELF BECOMES A SUBSTITUTE AND MAY REPLACE ANOTHER PLAYER AT ANY TIME SUBJECT TO THE SUBSTTUTION BEING CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW 3 OF THE LAWS OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.
- A list of all insured players the competing club or clubs intend to play in the competition MUST be submitted to the competition Secretary before the date of the first round of the competition. Clubs MUST MAKE APPLICATION to the Management Committee for any further addition of names to be registered on this list, who will allow registration or otherwise as they deem fit to any such application of the said club. All such applications must be in the hands of the Secretary on or before the 28th March of each year, after which no further applications will be entertained for the season. All player registrations and any additions to the list will only be sanctioned on the form to be supplied by the Competition Secretary. Applications shall be deemed to have been made when receivedby the Competition Secretary.
8.All matches shall be played according to the Laws of Association Football.
9. If two teams are drawn together whose colours clash, the visiting teams team shall change.
10. At the discretion of the management committee teams will be drawn into sufficient mini leagues of three teams each (or sufficient as to the requirements). These mini leagues will determine the quarter finalists in the competition. Each mini league will then have a draw for individual teams with each team playing the other two teams in their mini league.( or whatever the appropriate number may be.) Points will be awarded as follows, for a win three points and for a draw one point, for a loss nil points. The overall winner of each mini league will go forward to the quarter final of the competition.(Depending on the mini leagues structure two teams may go forward to the Quarter finals)
Should two or more teams in any mini league be equal on points then goal difference shall decide the winner. If goal difference is equal then goals scored will be counted, with the team scoring the highest number of goals winning. After this, the teams will be subject to a lottery and the first team drawn being declared the winner this team going forward to the quarter finals. The duration of each game in the mini leagues shall be not less than eighty minutes and extra time will not be played.
For the quarter finals a minimum of eighty minutes must be played and if at the end of normal time the scores are level the game shall proceed directly to penalty kicks as prescribed in the Laws of Association Football to determine the winner.Extra time will not be played.
In the semi final ties, ninety minutes must be played, and if at the end of normal time the scores are level the game shall proceed directly to penalty kicks, as prescribed in the Laws of Association Football, to determine the winner.Extra time will not be played.
In the final tie ninety minutes must be played and if at the end of normal time the scores are level the game shall proceed to extra time with fifteen minutes each way being played. If the scores are level at the end of extra time then penalty kicks, as prescribed in the Laws of Association Football, will be taken to determine the winner.
Otherwise the competition will be organised on a knock out basis, each game consisting of not less than eighty minutes duration in all rounds up to the semi finals and final where a minimum of ninety minutes must be played.
11.Both Clubs shall complete the Referees Report Form with the name of the players, including substitutes, representing their clubs, their score and the result of the game. Not more than FIVE substitutes per team shall allowed in a match, from the five listed whose names shall be given to the referee before the game commences. No substitutes shall replace a player who has been ordered off the field of play by the referee. In addition, both clubs shall complete the Referees Report Form, and return them to the Competition Secretary not later than seventy-two hours after the end of the match. Clubs failing to comply with this clause shall be fined £5.00.
12.The Management Committee shall appoint the referee for each tie. Neutral assistant referees may be appointed for all rounds and will be appointed in the quarter, semi and final ties. Where neutral assistant referees are used the costs of all officials shall be shared equally by both clubs in all rounds with the exception of the final tie. Where the referee is the sole official the home team is responsible for payment of the referees’ fee. No game shall be played unless controlled by a registered referee.The competitions sanctions only blackwith white trim as the appropriate referee’s kit colour. Teams therefore, will NOT be permitted to wear colours that clash with the officials.
13The fee payable to the referee shall be £30. Neutral assistant referees shall be paid £20. This fee will be reviewed annually at the final meeting of the season and will be applicable for the following season.It is the responsibility of the referee to return the match report form to the Competition Secretary within forty-eight hours of the end of the match.
14The arrangements for the semi final and final tie shall be in the hands of the Management Committee who shall take the whole of the match receipts after the payment of expenses which shall include the usual expenses of advertising, printing, trophies, refreshments, referees expenses in the final,ground hire and any other associated costs. Sixteen medals may be given to the winners and runners up at the discretion of the Management Committee providing the balance permits
15.Any objection relative to the ground, goal posts, crossbars or other appurtenances of the game shall be made to the Referees and captains before the time fixed for kick off. If possible, the fault(s) shall be remedied. No game can be called off except by the Appointed Match Referee who will inspect the ground prior to kick off. If the game is called off the referee and assistant referees are entitled to half fee and expenses. In the case of a sole referee this will be paid by the home club. If neutral referees have been appointed then the fees shall be borne by both teams equally as per rule 12.
16The eventual cup winners and runners up shall be presented with the trophiesafter the final tie for the purposes of presentation only. Due to insurance requirements, the trophies will then be retained by the competition who will arrange for safekeeping thereafter and shall have the trophies appropriately engraved.
17.All protests, claims or complaints, shall be in writing and sent to the Secretary of the Competition within forty eight hours, exclusive of Sundays, and shall be deemed to have been made when received by the Secretary. TWO copies shall be forwarded of the alleged offence or cause for complaint. The Secretary shall thereupon notify all parties concerned and inform them when such protest, claim or complaint will be heard or decided upon. No barrister or solicitor shall be allowed to represent the club unless they are the Secretary of the club concerned and their name appears in the official list of secretaries or in the rule book. A deposit of ten pounds (£10) shall accompany each protest, claim or complaint. In the event of such protest, claim or complaint, being upheld the offending side may be mulcted of all expenses necessitated by the inquiry and further dealt with. Complaints not being sustained, the deposit may be forfeited and paid over to the competition funds.
18.All questions of eligibility, qualifications of competitions interpretations of rules or laws shall be referred to the Management Committee whose decision will be final, subject to the Appeals Committee.
19.Any club or individual shall have the right of appeal against a decision of the competition and nothing elsewhere in these rules affects this right. Such appeal must be made in writing and TWO copies sent to the Secretary of the Lancashire F.A., within seven days of the appellant receiving written notice of the decision of the League and must accompanied by a deposit of thirty-five pounds (£35). On receipt of a bona fide appeal the Secretary of the Lancashire F.A., shall appoint a Board of Appeal comprising three members of the Lancashire F.A., none of whom are connected in any official capacity with any of the parties involved. The Secretary of the Lancashire F.A., will inform all parties involved of the date, time and venue for the hearing and will furnish such parties with copies of the protest or complaint and all other relevant documents.
The Board of Appeal will decide by whom the costs of the hearing shall be borne and shall also decide whether the deposit shall be returned or forfeited. The decision of the Board of Appeal shall be final and binding on all parties. No appeal shall be entertained unless the Board of Appeal is satisfied that the decision of the League is contrary to the rules of the League. If, in the opinion of the Board of Appeal, the penalties imposed are unreasonable or unjust, the Board shall have the power to vary them.
20.All matters not dealt with in the foregoing Rules shall bee governed by the Rules of the Management Committee.
Rules of the Jim Farrimond Trophy.
1.This competition shall be called “The Jim Farrimond Trophy”, in memory of the late Jim Farrimond. Teams competing in the competition shall be League representative sides. Each League shall be bona fide members of a County Football Association.