5. If the Player shall prove palpably inefficient or shall be guilty of
serious misconduct or breach of the disciplinary Rules of the Club, the Club
may on giving 14 days' notice to the said Player or the Club may on giving
28 days' notice to the said Player on any reasonable ground terminate this
Agreement and dispense with the services of the Player (without prejudice
to the Club's right for transfer fees) in pursuance of the Rules of all such
Associations Leagues and Combinations of which the Club may be a member.
Such notice or notices shall be in writing and shall specify the reason for the
same being given and shall also set forth the rights of appeal to which the
Player is entitled under the Rules of the Football League and the Laws of
the Football Association.
The rights of appeal are as follows:-
To the Management Committee of the Football League, but such appeal
must be made within seven days of the receipt of this Notice. Such appeal
will be heard within ten days of the receipt of the notice of appeal. If
dissatisfied with the decision of the Management Committee the Player has
a further right of appeal to the Appeals Committee of the League appointed
for that purpose by the Football Association but such further appeal must
be made by him within seven days of the receipt of the intimation of the
decision of the Management Committee and must be accompanied by a
deposit of £5. The Appeals Committee will hear such appeal within ten
days of the receipt of the notice of appeal.
6. The Player on joining His Majesty's Service for any purpose in
connection with the present European War shall have the right at any time
to ask the Club to cancel this Agreement and the same shall be immediately
cancelled without prejudice to the rights of the Club to retain the Player
as a registered League Player of the Club.
7. This Agreement and the terms and conditions thereof shall be as
to its suspension and termination subject to the Laws of the Football
Association and the Rules of the Football League and to any action which
may be taken by the Council of the Football Association or any deputed
Committee and in any proceedings by the Player against the Club it shall
be a sufficient and complete defence and answer by and on the part of the
Club that such suspension or termination hereof is due to the action of the
Football Association, the Football League, or the Council or Management
Committee thereof respectively, or any Sub-Committee thereof to whom the
power may be delegated.
