Hi Nicky, You are correct, SELKENT rules do allow for players to be signed up after Sep 1st and we do have to have a minimum number of players signed up by that date to avoid a ?5 fine. However in order to sign a player up, we need to have their registration documents approved by a registration administrator, these are Selkent officials who sign off on our players to make them eligible to play. We have been advised to hand deliver and collect the registration documents from the administrator to eliminate the risk of them being lost in the post. This hand delivery and collection takes a lot of time for a club volunteer to travel their and back twice. As such, the clubs policy is to have all our players signed up by Sep 1st where possible to avoid the additional trips that one of us will have to make at the clubs expense. If you have any other questions or queries, please contact me. Kind Regards Chris Dulwich Youth FC