Amberexile wrote:A few facts that may help -.
The FA recorded that Hayes registration with Wycombe Wanderers was cancelled by mutual consent on 29/08/2017
The FA have never recorded Hayes as being registered with Hemel Hempstead
While the FIFA regulations allow for the registration of players outside the registration (transfer) windows where the contract has expired prior to the end of a registration period, they also state that at the very latest, the ITC must be requested by the new association on the last day of the registration period of the new association.
Thanks, that's sorted then.
Also, there's a timeline of Hayes leaving Wycombe, with an article which is incredibly glowing of him and certainly suggests he didn't walk out (29 August)
https://www.wycombewanderers.co.uk/news ... -the-club/
Being "announced" as "joining" Hemel in their local paper (22 Sep)
http://nonleague.pitchero.com/transfers ... ns-tudors/
Being announced as not having signed for Hemel yet actually (28 Sep)
https://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/sport/foot ... -1-8172826 [why isn't clear]
Article on 18 October noting that Hayes has been playing for Hemel (and has signed for County via Linkedin etc):
https://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/f ... 779219.amp - which is incorrect, because Hayes didn't play for them...
As this article saying Hayes "had't played a game" for Hemel from 7 November confirms:
http://www.dai-sport.com/17505-2/
No idea why Hayes doesn't appear on this list though:
http://www.faw.cymru/en/about-faw/domestic/itc-report/
Anyway, after all that, here are the FA's regulations on ITC.
http://www.thefa.com/-/media/files/thef ... ashx?la=en
It doesn't mention the transfer window, however it does mention that "Players who are registering as professionals are required to follow a different process, and the ITC request
must be made through the FIFA TMS system" - which may be how County got caught out. Hayes leaving Wycombe may have meant he was not a registered
professional (and joining a semi-pro club wouldn't have changed that anyway, and as a result he may have needed to register via the FIFA transfer system, which would only operate during the Transfer Window.
Maybe.