1936-37

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.
(b) Any protest relating to the ground, goal posts or bars, or
other appurtenances of the game, shall be lodged with the Referee
before the commencement of the match, and must be communi-
cated to the opposing club at the earliest possible moment. The
Referee shall require the responsible club to remove the cause of
objection if this is possible without unduly delaying the progress
of the match. When an objection has been lodged with a Referee,
a protest with a fee of I guinea must be made to the General
Committee, and neither objection nor protest shall be withdrawn
except by permission of the General Committee.
(c) For cup ties, the following shall be the dimensions of the
ground and goal lines:—
Length Breadth
Maximum 120 yards 80 yards
Minimum 110 yards 70 yards
Goal nets must be used in all cup ties.
There must be a provision made for at least three yards' clear
space between the spectators and the touch and goal lines.
11.—Referees will be appointed by the Army F.A. Referees'
Committee. Linesmen will be selected by mutual agreement for
each match. All officials must be selected from the Army F.A.
Referees' List. All these officials must be neutral. The home
club shall, within seven days of the receipt of the notification of
the draw for any round in the competition, submit to the visiting
club a list of linesmen suggested for their tie. The visiting club
shall, in turn, within three days, acquaint the home club with the
names of the officials selected from this list. In the matches
between the last four clubs, Referees and Linesmen will be
appointed by the General Committee or by the Hon. Secretary if
deputed. The Referee shall have power to decide as to the fitness
of the ground in all matches. The Referee's decision as to the
fitness of the ground for play shall be made one hour before the
time fixed for the start of play (except where either of the teams
or the referee has to travel a long distance, when a decision by
the Hon. Secretary of the Local Referees' Committee may be
come to earlier). During actual play the Referee shall also decide
as to the fitness of the-ground., The scale of fees for those officials
who require payment will be found in the Army F.A. Handbook.
12.—Every protest, except as defined in Rule 10 (b), must be
made in writing, and must contain the particulars of the grounds
upon which it is founded. Two copies of the protest must be
lodged with the Hon. Secretary, Army F.A., within seventy-two
hours of the termination of the match to which it relates (Sundays
not included), accompanied with the fee of five guineas before the
match and ten guineas after the match. This fee
shall,
at the
discretion of the General Committee, be forfeited to the Associa-
tion in the event of the protest not being sustained.
13.—In the event of a dispute between two teams being settled
by the General Committee or by the Emergency Committee, should
an officer belonging to either unit which these teams represent be
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