Season 4 promises to bring in new challenges and competition. Incorporating for the 2nd time in the Sunday league is the D2D Cup Competition, where all 4 divisions will face off each other in group and then a knock–out tournament format. This has been a huge success in D2D's Sunday League season 3, with the teams in the lower divisions pitting against the top teams, and as always the case - creating some upsets.
1. Registration of Gifts and Prizes
1.Winners of each division will receive 20 medals and 2 free games. 2.Runner up of each division will receive 20 medals and 1 free game. 3.Winners of the cup tournament will receive 20 medals and 1 free game.
With the various feedback received from teams we are also introducing the following :1. Top scorer award for each division.2. Fair play award for each division.3. Best creative website and reports. All teams participating in the league will already have an account with Football Opod.4. Top scoring team for each division.5. An afternoon/evening event for prize presentation is being planned.
Note:
To make these new awards fair and fluent we hope that all team cpts/vice cpts will call or sms results,cards received and goalscores name/s after every game.This will make it easier for D2D`s management to compile and compare will the referee`s results.
2. Footballopod.com
We are working closely with Football OPOD to make the league more competitive and interactive so we appreciate if the following can be addressed and reverted to us:
1. Short description of the team.
2. Usual formation used
3. Key team strengths: eg. speed, physical, defense, midfield, attack, flair, fitness, etc...
4. Player to watch (Star player), with a short description of him and his abilities
5. Target for the season: (eg. champions, top 3, survival, promotion, etc)
We are encouraging teams to view our website and give feedback as often as possible.The website is www.d2dsports.com and you can mail to us at info@d2dsports.com
3.For teams who have yet to do the following we appreciate if the following is completely read through carefully;
Checklist for team Cpts
1.To fill up the registration forms and indemnity forms (signed and endorsed) and mail it to info@d2dsports.com for our records.
2.$200 to be credited into D2D enterprises DBS current Account 018-901812-2 for the last two games of the tournament. Please e-mail once done together with the transaction number. Receipt will be sent via email once the transaction is confirmed. Team managers and captains are to note that this payment is not a registration fee, but as mentioned earlier an advance payment for the last two games.
3.Teams are very much encouraged to mail team pictures, a short write up of team and/or logo.
4. A quick look at the rules and regulations again.
1.40mins per half and rolling substitutions. 2.Player/s sent off is not allowed to continue with the game. The team will continue with ten men or less.** 3.The offender in (2) will be suspended for the following (one) game. 4.If game is/are called off or change of venue due to rain the organizer will inform team capt at least 1-1.5hrs before kick off. Most fields are controlled by SSC.
5.Each game is $100, irregardless of the pitches, normal or astro.Applied on SSC fields only.
6.If the game is stopped due to bad weather, teams are required to play a rematch. The cost of the referee of that game will be divided between D2D and the two teams equally.
7.Every 12 yellow cards or 3 reds cards teams will be deducted 1 point.****
8. More rules can be read on the website and bases on latest FIFA Rules and Regulation .
9.Each team will play a total of 14 games in the league.There will be a relegation and promotion format.The bottom 2 teams of division 1,2 and 3 will be relegated and the the top two of division 2, 3 and 4 will be promoted.There will be a play-off between the 6th place team of a higher division vs a 3rd place team of a lower division.
Points noted from previous season**
There were many points noted during previous seasons. Teams and referees have given us their feedback and some changes were made.
1. Late comers/last minute cancellations/no shows for both referees & teams**.This is a very serious matter and the management will not tolerate or condone such behavior. Any teams found guilty of a no show will be deducted 1 point and fined $100. If a replacement team is not found to replace a last minute cancellation the same penalty will be imposed to cover the basic costs of field and referees. Three points will be awarded to other team involved. Team Captains must informed the organiser latest by Tuesday 5pm if there are unable to play the coming week games.
2. League Fixtures***. All weekly fixtures will be out by Monday 5pm.
3. Postpone of Games***: Each team are allow to postpone 2 games throughout the tournament. This to ensure that the league finishes promptly. All teams must inform D2D`s management by Wednesday 12pm to postpone their Sunday`s game. Any later will result in an automatic walkover. (IMPT)
4. Fights***.This will never be tolerated at all. Teams found guilty will be deducted 2 points after a fair assessment from the referee and the two managers. D2D will not hesitate to expel teams who are frequently involved in fights and causes trouble to the league.D2D`s will not compromise the integrity and the safety of the other teams and referees alike. D2D has in the past encouraged players and referees to make a police report and will cooperate with the police to give the information and particulars of the offenders.
5. Standard of refereeing*. Referee`s are always the center of controversy either in big BPL games or even social games. Sometimes if mistakes are made teams are too quick to abuse referee`s and sometimes man-handle them. They need to be protected and D2D will protect them if such incidences occur. However teams have every right to feedback if the referee is of a sub standard quality.D2D will investigate and if too many complains are made against him/her, D2D will not hesitate to fine or ban the referee to do future league games. Please note that D2D has implemented the Referee Assessment Grading for teams, to ensure that we maintain a good standard of referees in our league and weed off those who feel are not appropriate to officiate our league games. Managers/Captains are encouraged to SMS 1,2,3,4 or 5 (1-Bad to 5-V Good) with venue and time of the game immediately after their respective matches. They are also encourage to SMS the results and cards for the game. We are not able to be at all pitches at the same time to assess the referees, the cooperation of the managers/captains will be much appreciated.
6. Match Reports. If teams are maintaining their respective team sites/blogs, appreciate if the teams could email over their match reports for us to put up also. D2D may amend the reports to suit our site after receiving them.
