Rules for Season 9 - Southern California Subbuteo Club

2.1. There will be one division.
2.2. The teams will play each other four times, twice at "home" and twice "away".

3.1. Goalkeepers
- 3.1.1. The "away" team must use a Subbuteo, Zeugo, or similar style of goalkeeper.
3.2. First and Second choice teams
- 3.2.1. Every team will declare their first and second choice figures and bases. The combination of base and figure colors will be different from each other.
- 3.2.2. If the "home" team decides that the "away" team is similar to theirs, in either base or figure color, he will ask the "away" teams to use their second choice.
- 3.2.3. If the "away" team's second choice, in the opinion of the "home" team, still clashes with "home" team's first choice team the "home" team has the following choices:
  1. Ask the "away" team to use their first choice as the "home" team feels that it is less like the "home" team's first choice than the second choice
  2. Ask the "away" team to use their second choice as the "home" team feels that it is less like their first choice
  3. The "home" team will use their second choice
3.3. When there is more than one pitch available and there is more than one league game going to be played the "home" team who is lowest in the table has first pick on the pitch to use. The second lowest "home" team has the second pick, etc.

4.1. Points will be award:
- 4.1.1. Win : 3 points
- 4.1.2. Draw : 1 point
- 4.1.3. Loss : 0 point
4.2. Goal difference will not be used.
4.3. If two teams have the same number of points they will be considered equally placed.

6.1. The League Cup will be a knock out challenge cup (similar to the FA Cup). Each tie in each round consist of one game.
6.2. The team who is lower in the league table will be considered to be at "home". If both teams have the same number of points the "home" team will be decided by a coin toss.
6.3. If the score is level at the end of normal time extra time will be played.
6.4. If the score is level at the end of extra time the game will be decided by shoot out.
6.5. The draw for the first round will be made on the first night of the season.
6.6. The draw for subsequent rounds will be made when all the ties of the previous round have been played.

7.1. Players can enter two teams.
7.2. The "B" teams will be handicapped in the following manner:
- 7.2.1. Simon Hutchinson, Jason Mitchell, and Kevin Nieman will use teams on Subbuteo/Hasbro bases.
- 7.2.2. Wayne Smith will play his choice of bases left handed.
- 7.2.3. The "B" teams will only use the Subbuteo/Zeugo style goalkeepers.
7.3. The games between the player's "A" and "B" teams will not be played. The games will be designated 0-0 draws, thereby, preventing "A" gaining an advantage from its games with "B". This means that both teams drop eight points, and win only four from these games.
7.4. "B" teams will not receive a bye in the League Cup.
7.5. A player's "A" and "B" cannot be drawn together in the League Cup, with the exception of the final.
7.6. If a "B" team uses a spare goalkeeper with a different type of base to that of the rest of the team.
- 7.6.1. The spare goalkeeper must not cross the half way line.
- 7.6.2. The spare goalkeeper will not be used in a shoot out.

8.1. All players will commit to making at least two appearances at "league nights" per month.
8.2. Players will play a league games rather than a friendlies on a "league night" if there are players they have outstanding games against present.
Exception: if the same players have already played a league game earlier the same day.

9.1. Players who do not complete their games before the deadline.
- 9.1.1. If their team(s) have played less than 75% of their games their record will be expunged.
- 9.1.2. If their team(s) have played at least 75% of their games all remaining games will be forfeited as a win to their opponents.

Season 9 Rules