North Wales Coast Football Association

The NWCFA is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Thompson as the new manager for the Association’s Regions Cup squad and its Under 18’s squad.

Chris is now looking to establish a new squad for the forthcoming FAW Regions Cup Competition 2014 - 2016.

The main Competition criteria are;

Player Eligibility
33. Players are eligible to play in the competition if they meet all of the following criteria
throughout the competition.
a) Players must respect the criteria regarding amateur status and must be non-contract
players.
b) Players must never have signed a contract as Professionals (see Chapter II of the FIFA
Regulations for the Status and Transfer of Players).
c) Players must never have played in a non-amateur championship (professional league).
d) Players must never have played in the Welsh Premier League/League of Wales.
e) Players must be registered with a club that plays at Level 5 of the FAW pyramid or
below. If a player is registered with a club that plays at Level 5 of the FAW pyramid or below on 1st September 2014, but is then transferred to a higher league/division, (not Welsh Premier League), he remains eligible for the remainder of the FAW Regions Cup. If a player is registered with a club that plays above Level 5 on 1st September 2014 he is ineligible for the entirety of the FAW Regions Cup.
f) Players must respect the age requirements:
Players must be at least 19 on the date of their first appearance in the competition. Players must be under 40 on the date of their first appearance in the competition.
g) Players - including an unlimited number of foreign players - must have been duly
registered as active players with the participating Area Association concerned for at least two years without interruption on the date of their first appearance in the competition.
h) Players must never have played in UEFA competition matches (excluding the youth
competitions, i.e. the European Under-17, Under-19 and Under-21 Championships, as well as previous UEFA Regions' Cups and Futsal Competitions).

Any interested players, who meet the Competition criteria, should contact Chris directly via e-mail, nwcfau18@yahoo.co.uk, or alternatively contact Gareth on rgarethjones@aol.com, the Association’s Assistant Administration Secretary.