{"id":9870,"date":"2025-01-29T15:51:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T15:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/newfa\/?page_id=9870"},"modified":"2026-07-18T18:06:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T17:06:50","slug":"handbook","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/newfa\/handbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Handbook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-center is-style-default\" style=\"min-height:580px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-17251 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/da0nwk7tgxwcd.cloudfront.net\/16-05-2026-Holywell-Town-v-Airbus-UK-Broughton-193-1024x819.jpg\" style=\"object-position:49% 24%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"49% 24%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/da0nwk7tgxwcd.cloudfront.net\/16-05-2026-Holywell-Town-v-Airbus-UK-Broughton-193-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/da0nwk7tgxwcd.cloudfront.net\/16-05-2026-Holywell-Town-v-Airbus-UK-Broughton-193-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/da0nwk7tgxwcd.cloudfront.net\/16-05-2026-Holywell-Town-v-Airbus-UK-Broughton-193-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/da0nwk7tgxwcd.cloudfront.net\/16-05-2026-Holywell-Town-v-Airbus-UK-Broughton-193-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/da0nwk7tgxwcd.cloudfront.net\/16-05-2026-Holywell-Town-v-Airbus-UK-Broughton-193-2048x1639.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-70 has-background-dim wp-block-cover__gradient-background has-background-gradient\" style=\"background-color:#FFF;background:linear-gradient(4deg,rgb(0,0,0) 19%,rgba(155,81,224,0) 79%)\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-gbold-container container\">\n<div class=\"row wp-block-gbold-grid-row row__all-start\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 col-lg-6 wp-block-gbold-grid-column\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-05b804e75109f1cbfccf90786e8592b3\">Handbook<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"pb-6 wp-block-gbold-responsive-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<aside class=\"in-page-menu is-style-faw-sticky pt-sm-3 pb-sm-3 mb-5\" style=\"background: #fff; box-shadow: 0 1rem 1rem rgb(0 0 0 \/ 19%); z-index: 9999;\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col\"><div class=\"in-page-menu__container\"><h2 class=\"screen-reader-text\">In This Section:<\/h2><nav role=\"navigation\" class=\"in-page-menu__nav\" aria-label=\"Pages In This Section\"><div class=\"faw-sub-menu\"><ul id=\"a4c0b4406b0a2b7c0494afbbdc1cfcfc\" class=\"site-nav-carousel\"><li id=\"menu-item-9884\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-9884\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/newfa\/rules-regulations\/\" class=\"menu-item-9884\">Rules &amp; Regulations<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-9882\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-9882\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/newfa\/referees\/\" class=\"menu-item-9882\">Referees<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-9881\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-9881\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/newfa\/handbook\/\" class=\"menu-item-9881\">Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-9883\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-9883\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/newfa\/disciplinary-lists\/\" class=\"menu-item-9883\">Disciplinary Lists<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/nav><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/aside>\n\n\n<div class=\"pb-6 pb-md-10 wp-block-gbold-responsive-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-gbold-container container\">\n<div class=\"row wp-block-gbold-grid-row row__all-start\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 offset-md-2 col-lg-6 offset-lg-3 wp-block-gbold-grid-column\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-faw-h3-l\">Handbook<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-faw-l-text\">Welcome to the North East Wales Football Association (NEWFA) Handbook. 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