Welcome to the 2025/26 North Riding County Cup Handbook which provides a quick guide to important information regarding County Cup competition rules and referee fees. To read the full competition rules please visit northridingfa.com

The handbook will assist all club and team officials with all league administration and procedures and which league officials to contact as well as other useful football related information.

As the new season rapidly approaches, it is important that all club and team officials carry out the necessary administration requirements on England Football Systems to ensure communication between the league, clubs and teams is in place so teams can report results and complete Match Returns etc.

The attached document details what administrative requirements need t

The YFL Standard Code of Rules(Youth) for 2025/26 has been sanctioned by North Riding County FA.

All team officials assigned to a team should be aware of all Match Related Rules 18 to 23.

Here is a simplified version of this year’s key law changes to help prepare clubs, managers, players, referees and spectators for the new season - more detailed information on these changes can be downloaded from the resources section below.

Law 3 – The Players

• Competitions have the option of implementing the ‘Only the captain’ guid