Transfer Process (club to club)

You can start this process only if the parent/guardian of a player has given you permission to do so.

Notice of Approach

First you must email the player's current club with a Notice of Approach (NOA) to let them know that you would like to approach the player in order for them to transfer to your club/team. Copy this to registrations@oyfl.org.uk

Starting the Transfer

Once you have done the NOA, you can add the player to your club and team and then submit the player to League to start the transfer.

League approval

As long as there is no objection from the current club, the League will start the transfer proces and, if the current club has waived the transfer period (three days), will approve the transfer. This will add the player to your team automatically. Note: this will completed as long as team has space in the squad to add a new player.

Transfer Process (inter-club)

You can start this process only if the parent/guardian of a player has given you permission to do so.

To move a player from one team to another within the same club, add them to the new team, and submit to the League. Email Debbie Moore, Registrations Secretary, registrations@oyfl.org.uk with the player's name, the current team and the new team, asking for the current team registration to be cancelled and the new one approved.

Should a team wish to de-register a player, e.g. they have moved abroad or have stopped playing, then please email Debbie Moore, Registrations Secretary, registrations@oyfl.org.uk with the player name, FAN and team name asking for the player registration to be cancelled. Once this has been done, the club can detach the player in Whole Game System.

An electronic photo must be loaded for each player.

For each player registration, the club must indicate that they have obtained consent from the parent/guardian (if under 18 years of age) for the player to play for the club/team. There are two ways of doing this:

1. Offline Consent

2. Online Consent

One week before the start of the season each team should register the minimum number of players listed below for their age group. During the season, teams cannot exceed the maximum number of registered players allowed for their age group

AGE	MINIMUM	MAXIMUM
Under 7	5	14
Under 8	5	14
Under 9	7	14
Under 10	7	14
Under 11	9	18
Under 12	9	18
Under 13	11	18
Under 14	11	18
Under 15	11	21
Under 16	11	21
Under 17	11	22
Under 21	11	22

Teams must have an up-to-date copy of their WGS squad list with them at all matches available for inspection by the opposition.

The WGS Squad List can now be downloaded by both clubs officials (all teams within club) and managers/coaches (limited to their teams).

To access the squad lists:

Club officials can use the Teams tab

Team officials should press Home, and then the My Clubs and Teams tab

If you find an error in the WGS player data, please correct it as soon as possible.

Player name/date of birth - these fields are not editable by clubs so you will need to contact your County FA WGS contact with the details of the error to get it fixed.

Photo - you can change a player photo when setting up a player record and once the photo ID has expired (depending on the expiry date set by the League). However, once a player has been registered with the League and the registration approved, the photo cannot be changed.

Postal address - these fields can be updated at any time and clubs should ensure they are kept up-to-date throughout the season.

If you find a player or manager/coach has more than one FA, contact the County FA to have the records merged.