PREMIER LEAGUE

TALENT IDENTIFICATION AND RECRUITMENT
253. Upon a Trialist commencing a trial, the League shall provide to him and his Parent a copy of
these Rules and of the Parents’ Charter.
Pre-Registration Agreements
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT RULES
254. Subject to the provisions of Art. 19 of the FIFA Regulations for the Status and Transfer of
Players, on or after 1st January in any Season a Club may enter into a pre-registration
agreement with a player who does not reside within one and a half hours’ travelling time of
its Academy provided that such a player is then:
254.1. in his Under 16, Under 17 or Under 18 year; and
254.2. in Full Time Education; and
254.3. not registered with another Club or Football League club.
255. A pre-registration agreement shall be in PLYD Form 4 and shall include an undertaking by the
Club to enter into a Scholarship Agreement with the player upon the Club having acquired
the player’s registration and
255.1. in the case of a player in his Under 16 year, on or after the last Friday in June in the
academic year in which the Academy Player reaches the age of 16; or
255.2. in the case of a player in his Under 17 or Under 18 year, upon his ceasing Full Time
Education.
Unless authorised in writing by the Board, a breach of such an undertaking will constitute a
breach of these Rules.
256. Clubs shall submit to the Secretary copies of all pre-registration agreements within five days
of their being entered into.
257. A written Coaching Curriculum shall be annexed to each pre-registration agreement and the
player shall not be coached by or at the Club’s Academy or participate in its matches, tours,
Festivals, Training Camps or Tournaments until the programme has been approved in writing
by the Board and then only to the extent set out in the programme.
Registrations
258. Except for Trialists attending trials in accordance with Rule 243, and players attending
Development Centres and players with whom a Club has entered into a pre-registration
agreement in accordance with Rule 254, no player shall be coached by or at an Academy or
participate in matches, tours, Festivals, Training Camps or Tournaments in which the Club
operating that Academy is involved unless that Club holds his registration.
259. Subject to Rule 260, players in age groups Under 9, Under 10, Under 11, Under 12, Under 14
and Under 16 shall be registered for one year and those in age groups Under 13 and Under 15
for two years.
260. The registration of an Academy Player shall endure until the last Friday in June in the
academic year in which he reaches the age of 16 if:
260.1 he is engaged in the Full Time Training Model; or
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