Law 1 - The Field of Play
In order to standardize the size of the football pitch for A international matches, the IFAB has decided to set a fixed size of 105m long and 68m wide (instead of a minimum and maximum length - from 100m to 110m - and a minimum and a maximum width - from 64m to 75m - as mentioned in the present text).

Law 2 - The Ball
Within the FIFA Quality Concept for footballs, the IFAB has agreed that the new 'FIFA APPROVED', 'FIFA INSPECTED' and 'International Matchball Standard' logos, which were launched in May 2007, will replace the former logos displayed in the present text.

FIFA

We are now just 4 weeks away from the first registration evening. The new league handbooks will be available for collection at these evenings ONLY. 

Tuesday August 14th          The Oakwood Pub Eastwood 7.30 till 9.30pm

Tuesday August 28th          Rayleigh Town FC  8pm till 10pm

Monday September 10th   The Oakwood Pub 7.30 till 9.30pm Last Call!!

On behalf of everyone connected with the SBCVL we send our most heartfelt sympathies to the family and friends of JAMIE HIGGINS. Jamie was the manager and secretary of Styles F.C. 

He sadly passed away on 11th July and the news has stunned everyone who new Jamie.

He was a football person through and through and in the short time of being involved in this League had proved to be a good administrator on behalf of his club.

After reading some of the comments on the Forum, it's clear that he was a very popular person and one who will be greatly missed.

Our thoughts are with the family and friends at this very sad time.

Jamie may you rest in peace

God Bless.

THE DETAILS OF THE ANNUAL ROCHFORD TOURNAMENT CAN BE FOUND VIA THIS LINK  ROCHFORD TOURNAMENT DETAILS

If you fancy a good night out ..then come along to Eastwoodbury Lane on Saturday 19th July and take part in our Quiznight. There will be a quiz and a disco on the night and its all for charity. The cost is just £5 per person.

Don't forget to book your place at the GOLF DAY in October  Click here for further details.

Take a look at the Little Havens link on the main page (just click on the logo) you can win up to £1000 per week for just £1!!

The Constitution of the League was agreed at last evening's AGM. CLICK HERE to see which division your teams are in next season.

Dale Brewerton (Old Southendian FC) was elected to serve on the LMC Executive.

Six new teams - Earls Hall United, Lansdowne Rangers, Rayleigh Olympiads, White Ensign, Catholic Utd II & Gt Wakering Rovers III were all elected into the competition.

It is with deep regret and sadness that I have to inform you all that our League founder & Life -Vice President   Len Forge MBE has sadly passed away.

Len is someone I admired as a football administrator, and I have gone on record many times down the years as saying that in my humble opinion that both Len and Jimmy Sewell (Southend Sunday League) were the best two football administrators I have ever know, and I was fortunate enough to serve with them both on various committee's.

The family have asked that no contact be made for the time being.

The funeral has taken place. 

Tony H

Its a good chance to meet up for a few beers and for a few laughs etc.....

11th APRIL

RYMANS ISTHMIAN VETERANS CUP FINAL

 BROMLEY VETS F.C.
V
GREAT WAKERING ROVERS VETS F.C.

 Thursday 24^th April 2008 Kick Off 7.45 

Ground Directions

MAP

Leaving the M25 at Junction 4, follow the A21 to Bromley and London, for approximately 4 miles and then fork left onto the A232 signposted Croydon/Sutton.

At the 2nd set of traffic lights turn right into Baston Road (B265), following it for about 2 miles as it becomes Hayes Street and then Hayes Lane. Bromley FC is on right hand side of road just after a mini roundabout. There is ample room for coaches to drive down the driveway, turn round and park.

The reports and pictures from the ECFA Final and the D4 League Cup Final are now online - see Cup Page

Leigh Ramblers win the D3 Cup with a very late penalty against Catholic United at Eastwoodbury Lane.

Gt Wakering Rovers make it to the final of the Ryman League vets cup with a 2-1 win over Met Police.

The Charity Cup Final will return to Roots Hall this year. Massive thanks to Steve Tilson for all he has done to make this happen for us.

The game is on FA Cup Final day - Sat 17th May with an 11am kick-off.

We could be in for a bumper crowd who may want to watch our final and then stay on for the FA Cup Final. All in all it will be great for the players and even more important it should raise a good amount of money for our charity - Little Havens Children's Hospice.

Please come along to support our 'FA Cup' - The Charity Cup and give the players a really special day.

The Senior Rep side is in action tonight against our friends from the Norfolk & Suffolk Vets League. The game is being played at Gt Wakering Rovers, and kicks-off at 7.45.

Club secretaries take note. Your application forms for next season must be returned to Tony Hoskins by this coming Friday (31st). Most of you have now done this so please ensure if you have yet to send your in....that you do it this week.

We will be inviting all the new clubs to our LMC meeting on 21st April.

If for any reason you can't return your form then please email Tony and let him know that yours will be late. Please don't assume we will guess you wish to apply.

New Referees Course

We will be running an eight week training course at Bowers Football Club commencing on Wednesday 23rd April 08 for anyone that wishes to become a referee. With an ever increasing shortage of active referees, there has never been a greater need to attract more people to take up the whistle. For full details please contact Terry Thacker on 01245 393086 or terry.thacker@essexfa.com

the dates for the Premier and Division 2 finals have been swapped.

Prem - 30th April   Divison 2 - 23rd April

That really is the last change ....promise..!!

Please ignore the last message.

We have now made changes to cup final dates that are now final with no more changes as of today....!!

PREMIER  23rd April     
ONE            16th April
TWO           30th April
THREE       9th  April
FOUR         2nd April

I have emailed the clubs and will be sending out the Cup Final letters this week.

Tony H

Please note that we have changed the dates of the Division One & Four Cup finals. Sorry for any confusion but we were trying to make it as fair as we could with upcoming games being taken into consideration.

So the dates are now Division One - 2nd April  Division Four 23rd April as it was originally.

Great Wakering Rovers beat a very strong AFC Hornchurch side, which included Leyton Orient manager Martin Ling, 4-3 at Burroughs Park last evening. Leading scorer, Simon Deakin scored a hatrick in what was a fantastic game.

FIXTURES FOR 17th FEB NOW ONLINE. 

NEXT SEASON'S APPLICATION FORMS - The will be posted out over the next week, to give clubs plenty of time to complete them. We have received interest from 3 new clubs so far. If your club is thinking of entering an additional team or know of clubs wishing to join the league please let Tony H know as soon as possible please.

Fixtures for 10th now online.

SITE UPDATES NOW COMPLETED.  FIXTURES FOR THE 10TH  WILL BE ONLINE TOMORROW AT SOME POINT.

THE LEAGUE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE AT EASTWOODBURY LANE ON TUESDAY 3rd JUNE. NOTICE WILL BE SENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 6b.

THE LEAGUE ANNUAL PRESENTATION EVENING WILL TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY 6th JUNE AT HOLLYWOOD RESTAURANT.  More details to follow.

LEAGUE CUP FINALS WILL BE PLAYED THROUGHOUT APRIL ON WEDNESDAY EVENINGS AT EASTWOODBURY LANE. THE DATES ARE BOOKED 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30. AS SOON AS WE KNOW THE TEAMS WHO WILL BE IN THE FINALS WE WILL ALLOCATE A DATE.

THE CHARITY CUP VENUE IS BEING DISCUSSED WITH A NUMBER OF CLUBS AT PRESENT.

THE EXECUTIVE CUP FINALS DATES WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON.

FIXTURES FOR THE 27th FEBRUARY ARE NOW ONLINE. REFEREES TO BE ADDED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT BY WAITING UNTIL LAST WEEKENDS FIXTURES WERE PLAYED, IT ENABLED THE FIXTURE SECRETARY TO ALLOCATE 5 EXTRA FIXTURES.

Hotshots Updated.

Fixtures for the 20th January have been added and as soon as Kerry has added the referees they will be added.
Les will be send out the Fixtures for the 27th tomorrow and again they will be added at some point during the day. 

Les is working on the new format for the Executive Cup Competitions and they will be published as soon as he has all the information to hand.  It is very awkward to get too far ahead with fixtures at present as they are affected by so many other factors such as three other leagues and of course county cups.

We hope now to be able to keep at least two weeks ahead. All the club secretaries will be notified in the usual manner and the website will be updated asap.