Club Rules

1. The Club shall be called the Corinthian-Casuals Football Club (the Club).
 (a) The aims of the Club are to promote fair play and sportsmanship, to play competitive football at the highest level possible whilst remaining strictly amateur, and retaining the ideals of the Corinthian and the Casuals Football Clubs.
 
2. The Colours shall be as follows:
 (a) The Shield of the Club’s Coat of Arms with a blue background.
 (b) Chocolate and Pink (old Casuals colours).
 (c) All members shall be entitled to wear the colours described in (a) and (b) above.
 (d) Blue and white (old Corinthian colours).
 (e) Only past members of Corinthian F.C. and new members specially elected in accordance with Rule 5(k) shall be entitled to wear these colours.
 
3. Status of Rules
 (a) These rules (the Club Rules) form a binding agreement between each member of the Club, and the Club itself.
 
4. Rules and Regulations
 (a) The Rules and Regulations of The Football Association Limited and parent County Association and any League or Competition to which the Club is affiliated for the time being, shall be deemed to be incorporated into the Club Rules.
 (b) If any alteration is considered necessary in the Rules of the Club then notice of the same, together with the names of the proposer and seconder shall be sent to the Hon Secretary on or before April 1st of each year, and copies of such proposals shall be sent to the members with the notice convening the Annual General Meeting. No alterations shall be made unless approved by two-thirds of the members present and voting at the Annual General Meeting. No proposed alteration to the Club Rules shall be effective unless the proposed alteration has been approved in writing by The Football Association 14 days or more before the day on which the alteration is proposed to take place.
 (c) The Club will abide by The Football Association’s Child Protection Policies and Procedures, Codes of Conduct and the Equal Opportunities and Anti-Discrimination Policy.
 
5. Executive and Management Committees
 (a) The Officers of the Club shall consist of the President, Vice-Presidents, Chair, Hon Treasurer or Treasurers, Hon Secretary or Secretaries who shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting.
(b)  Overarching decisions on Club strategy, legalities and governance shall be made by the Executive Committee consisting of the President, Chair, Hon Secretary and Hon Treasurer of the Senior Section and guests/experts by invitation.
 (c) The management of the Club shall be vested in a Management Committee consisting of full members each fulfilling a specified role, elected for a three year term at the Annual General Meeting. 
i)  At the first meeting after the Annual General Meeting the Management Committee shall elect one of their number to be Vice Chair for the current term.
 (d) All full members shall be entitled to vote at General Meetings and shall be eligible for election to the Management Committee.
 (e) Management Committee meetings shall be chaired by the Chair or in their absence the Vice Chair or Hon Secretary. The quorum for the transaction of business of the Club shall be five.
 (f) Decisions of the Management Committee:
i)  Shall be made by a simple majority of those attending the Management Committee meeting.
ii)  In the event of an equality of votes the Chairperson, in addition to their ordinary vote, shall be entitled to exercise a casting vote.
iii)  Decisions of the Management Committee shall be entered into the Minute Book of the Club to be maintained by the Club Secretary.
 (g) The Management Committee may appoint Sub-Committees of its number and may co-opt special members not exceeding ten in number, for such purpose and in such manner as it may think fit.
(h)  The members and directors of the company shall so exercise their rights, powers and duties and shall where appropriate use their best endeavours to ensure that others conduct themselves so that the business affairs of the company are carried out in accordance with the rules and Regulations of The Football Association Limited for the time being in force.
 (i) The office of an Officer or Official shall be vacated if such person be suspended from holding office or from taking part in any football activity relating to the administration or management of a Football Club.
 (j) Any member of the Management Committee may call a meeting by giving not less than 7 days’ notice to all members of the Management Committee.
  (k) An outgoing member of the Management Committee may be re-elected. Any vacancy on the Management Committee, which arises between Annual General Meetings, shall be filled by a member proposed by one and seconded by another of the remaining Management Committee members and approved by a simple majority of the remaining Management Committee members.
 (l) Save as provided for in the Rules and Regulations of The Football Association and the County Association to which the Club is affiliated, the Management Committee shall have the power to decide all questions and disputes arising in respect of any issue concerning the Club Rules.
 (m) The Management Committee shall have the right each year to nominate a limited number of members who, for outstanding playing ability and/or services to the club, are considered to have merited the right to wear a Corinthian tie.   Executive Committee to ratify all deserving nominations.
 
 
6. Annual and Extraordinary General Meetings
 (a) An Annual General Meeting (AGM) shall be held, not later than the last day of July, each year:
i)  To receive a report of the activities of the Club over the previous year.
ii)  To receive a report of the Club’s finances over the previous year, together with a Balance Sheet and Statement of Accounts, duly audited by the Hon Auditor or Auditors elected at the previous Annual General Meeting.
iii)  To elect the Officers of the Club and members of the Management Committee of the Club for the current year. It should be noted that no Officer of the Club, or member, shall be eligible to be elected as Honorary Auditor or Auditors.
iv)  To fix the Membership Subscriptions.
v)  Consider any other business.
 (b) Nominations for election of members as Officers of the Club or as members of the Management Committee shall be made in writing by the proposer and seconder, both of whom must be existing members of the Club, to the Hon Secretary not less than seven days before the AGM.
 (c) The Secretary shall send to each member at their last known address (residential and email) written notice of the date of an Annual General Meeting together with the resolutions to be proposed not less than fifteen days before and notice of any resolution to be proposed at the AGM shall be given in writing to the Hon Secretary not less than seven days prior to the meeting with the name of the proposer and seconder.
 (d) An Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) may be called at any time by the Executive Committee and shall be called within twenty-one days of the receipt by the Hon Secretary of a written request signed by not less than fifteen members stating the purpose for which the Meeting is required and the resolutions proposed. Not less than seven days’ notice shall be given of all such meetings and the notice shall state the purpose for which any such meeting has been called. Business at the EGM may be any business that may be transacted at an AGM but is limited to what is on the Agenda for the EGM.
 (e) The Chair, or in their absence a member selected by the Executive Committee, shall take the chair. Each member present shall have one vote and resolutions shall be passed by a simple majority. In the event of an equality of votes the Chair of the Meeting shall have a casting vote.
 (f) The Hon Secretary, or in their absence an assistant or a representative of the Executive Committee, shall enter Minutes of General Meetings into the Minute Book of the Club.
 
7. Club Membership
 (a) The members of the Club from time to time shall be those persons listed in the register of members (the Membership Register) which shall be maintained by the Hon Secretary.
 (b) Membership Categories
i)  Full Members (voting) shall pay an annual subscription of an amount as agreed under Rule 8 (a).
ii)  Life Members (voting), who having paid a lump sum subscription giving membership for life; the amount depending on age and a scale of rates as agreed under Rule 8 (a), shall not be liable to pay any further subscription.
iii)  Social Members (non-voting) who shall pay an annual subscription of an amount as agreed under Rule 8(a). Social membership will allow the member free entry to the club’s ground and premises at King George’s Park, Tolworth but not include the admission charge to matches. 
iv)  Corporate Members (non-voting), who having paid a lump sum subscription giving membership for a set term; the amount depending on a scale of rates as agreed at the time membership is granted.
 (c) Member Election
i)  Full Members - Every candidate for election must be proposed and seconded by a member of the Management Committee and such candidate must be known personally by their proposer and seconder. The names of all candidates shall be circulated to the Management Committee, together with the names of the proposer and seconder, with the notice calling the next Management Meeting. Candidates, to whom no objection is received in writing, or at such meeting, will be automatically elected. Candidates, to whom an objection is received in writing, or at such meeting, may be elected by a simple majority of those attending the Management Committee meeting.
ii)  Life Members - the Annual General Meeting shall have the power to elect a limited number of members (not more than five at any one meeting) who have rendered distinguished service to the Club. Original Life Members shall consist of Corinthian Life Members subject to their consent.
iii)  Social Member - the Management Committee shall grant Social Membership to such persons who purchase an annual subscription and who, in the unanimous opinion of the Committee, are suitable for membership of the club.
 (d) All members of the Corinthian F.C. and The Casuals F.C. at the time of the formation of the Club shall be entitled to full membership but members of the Corinthian F.C. who were not members of The Casuals F.C. at the time of the formation of the Club shall be entitled to continue their membership without payment of subscription.
 (e) Full members on reaching the age of 65 may request the Management Committee to allow them to continue in membership of the Club at a reduced annual subscription of an amount determined under Rule 8(a).
 (f) No person shall be admitted to any category of membership or be admitted to any of the privileges of membership without an interval of at least two days between their nomination or application for membership and their admission, except as a temporary member.
 
8.Annual Membership Fee
 (a) An annual fee, for each membership category, payable by each member shall be determined in the Annual General Meeting.
 (b) Full members’ subscriptions shall become due on election and on the last day of August in each subsequent season.
 (c) Social members’ subscriptions shall become due annually, twelve calendar months after the date of registration.
 
9. Resignation and Expulsion
 (a) A member shall cease to be a member of the Club if, and from the date on which, they give notice to the Management Committee of their resignation.
 (b) In the event of a member’s resignation or expulsion, their name shall be removed from the Membership Register.
 (c) The Management Committee shall have the power to cancel the membership of any Member if:
i)  The subscription of the member is one month in arrears, or
ii)  In the opinion of the Management Committee, the standard of conduct of the member renders them no longer worthy of membership. In such instances part, or all, of the member’s subscription may, at the discretion of the Management Committee, be refunded.
 (d) The Management Committee shall have the power to cancel the membership of any person (other than a Social Member) for either of the following reasons:
i)  If the subscription of a member is three months in arrears provided that one month’s notice in writing of such action is sent to the member’s last known address, or
ii)  If, in the opinion of the Management Committee, the conduct of a member by comparison with the standard of conduct expected from a member of the Club has been such as to render him no longer worthy of membership.
 (e) If the Management Committee shall contemplate the cancellation of membership of any person for Rule 9(c)ii or 9(d)ii the name of the member shall be circulated to the Management Committee with the notice calling the next Management Committee meeting, but the membership of any person shall not be cancelled for such reason unless approved by two-thirds of the members of the Management Committee present and voting at such meeting.
 
10. Club Finances
 (a) A bank account shall be maintained in the name of the Club (the Club Account). Designated account signatories shall be the Executive Committee Chair, Hon Secretary and the Hon Treasurer. All monies payable to the Club shall be received by the Hon Treasurer and deposited into the Club Account.
 (b) The income and assets of the Club (the Club Property) shall be applied only in the furtherance of the objects of the Club.
 (c) The Executive Committee shall have the power to authorise the payment of remuneration and expenses to any member of the Club and to any other person or persons for services rendered to the Club.
 (d) The Club shall prepare an annual Financial Statement in such form as shall be published by The Football Association from time to time.
 
11. The Bar and Clubhouse
 (a) The bar and clubhouse at the premises at King George’s Field, Tolworth may be open to the members at the following hours on the following days, namely:
i) On weekdays:
Monday to Thursday 11:00 to 24:00
Friday to Saturday 11:00 to 00:30
Sunday 11:00 to 22:00
ii) On Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve 11:00 to 00:30
iii) Or such other times as are permitted by the Licensing Authority and are approved by the Management Committee having general management of the affairs of the Club.
 (b) The management of the Bar shall be vested in the Bar Manager and a Bar Committee, a sub-committee of the Management Committee, who have delegated responsibility for the:
i)  Purchase of alcohol from approved distributors
ii)  Reporting on the Bar receipts to the Treasurer and Management Committee.
iii)  Ensuring that the Club Rules are abided by at all times by the members and their guests while they are in the Bar or on Club property.
 (c) The purchase of alcohol is restricted to members and guests who have attained the age of 18.
 
12. General Provisions
 (a) The Club shall enter for such cups and competitions and play other matches as the Management Committee shall, from time to time, determine.
 (b) Tours at home shall be arranged under the Club's name. Tours abroad and special matches may, where authorised by the Management Committee, be arranged under the title of "Corinthian Football Club".
 (c) Team Managers shall be appointed to take charge of matches against the Public Schools.
 
13. Dissolution
 (a) A resolution to dissolve the Club shall only be proposed at a General Meeting and shall be carried by a majority of at least three-quarters of the members present.
 (b) The dissolution shall take effect from the date of the resolution and the members of the Executive Committee shall be responsible for the winding up of the assets and liabilities of the Club.
 (c) Any surplus assets remaining after the discharge of the debts and liabilities shall be transferred to the parent Association who shall determine how the assets shall be utilised for the benefit of the game.  Alternatively, such assets may be disposed of in such other manner as the members of the club with the consent of the parent Association shall determine.
Rules approved by The FA on 4th August 2017