LSPL Cup Terms & Conditions

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The LSPL Cup Terms & Conditions

• This promotion is open to UK residents only, aged 16 or above, excluding employees of GlaxoSmithKline, their immediate families or any person professionally connected with this promotion.
• The selection of the participating teams is at the discretion of the Lucozade Sport representatives, will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
• Selected teams may be asked to participate in publicity associated with this promotion.
• Each selected team must nominate (i) one person to act as the primary contact to liaise between the team and the promoter; and (ii) one person to act as a secondary contact in the event the primary contact is not available. Each contact person must provide a telephone number and email address.
• Each selected team must be willing to register and maintain a team website via Club Website if they are selected to participate in the LSPL Cup (terms and conditions apply see Club Website terms & conditions;) and
• Each selected team must agree to enter their scores onto this team website each week following each of the team's competition games and cooperate with the club website administrators to verify their results as deemed necessary.
• Each team selected to take part in the LSPL Cup must submit an email address for each team member. By submitting contact details, each team member agrees to be directly contacted by Lucozade Sport with information regarding the LSPL Cup as well as other Lucozade Sport promotional activity.
• Only results from competitive league matches will be accepted.
• Friendly matches, cup competitions and other non-competitive games will not count towards a team's LSPL Cup results.
• The match results (and other statistics such as goal scorers etc.) submitted by each selected team are subject to regular spot-checks by the organisers of the LSPL Cup. Any teams found to be submitting inaccurate results will be immediately disqualified from the LSPL Cup.
• Each selected team will agree to have their Club Website pages "re-skinned", i.e. redesigned with Lucozade Sport graphics, for the duration of the LSPL Cup
• Selected teams will receive Lucozade Sport products as they progress through the competition
• Each selected team must have a league game in each of the rounds that the LSPL Cup will be played in.
• The 8 teams who reach the Quarter Final stages will be entered into a mini-tournament where they will actually physically play against each other to determine the winner of the LSPL Cup. The venue for this mini-tournament is to be confirmed by the organiser.
• Each selected team must enter their results on their Club Website by 12.00pm on the Wednesday after the end of the specified LSPL Cup round and shall cooperate with the Club Website administrators to verify any results as deemed necessary.
• Results will not be accepted at any point after 12.00pm on the Wednesday following the end of the round period.
• Once a result has been submitted and the results deadline has passed, the selected team will not be able to adjust the score via their Club Website. The selected team can change their score on their Club Website but this will not be reflected on the LSPL Cup page.
• If the selected team does not have a valid reason as to why the result was not entered, or are unable to fulfil a fixture within the relevant LSPL Cup period, they will forfeit the game.
• Where a selected team has two or more fixtures within a LSPL Cup period their best result within that given period will be recorded as their LSPL Cup result.
• The next round of LSPL Cup fixtures will be displayed on the Lucozade Sport football website on the Wednesday preceding the first game of the next round at 5.00pm.
• If a team has been unable to fulfil at least one valid fixture (ie a league game) during an LSPL round period they must inform the organisers at lspl@lucozade.com why they were unable to fulfil their fixtures in order to be eligible to receive a 'wildcard' into the next round. All queries will be investigated on a case-by-case basis and the outcome communicated to Club Website.
• Club Website will have the ability to override a result within the feed where there are known to be discrepancies.
• The 2009/2010 dates for each round of the LSPL Cup are as follows:
  • 1,024 teams – 1st Round: Sat 3rd Oct – Sun 18th Oct (Three Weeks)
  • 512 teams – 2nd Round: Mon 19th Oct - Sun 8th Nov (Three Weeks)
  • 256 Teams – 3rd Round: Mon 9th Nov – Sun 29th Nov (Three Weeks)
  • 128 Teams – 4th Round: Mon 30th Nov - Sun 20th Dec (Three Weeks)
  • 64 Teams - 5th Round: Mon 4th Jan - Sun 31st Jan (Three Weeks)
  • 32 Teams - 6th Round: Mon 1st Feb - Sun 21st Feb (Three Weeks)
  • 16 Teams - 7th Round: Mon 22nd Feb - Sun 14th Mar (Three Weeks)
  • 8 Teams - Quarter/Semi/Final (Date and Venue TBC)
• The LSPL Cup will officially begin on Sat 3rd October 2009
• The prize for the winning team will be up to 16 VIP tickets to Barclays Premier League games, subject to availability. Please note that players may have to go to separate games as the organisers cannot guarantee 16 tickets to a single fixture.
• The team that wins the LSPL Cup will also receive a Barclays Premier League Club style sponsorship for the 2010/2011 season.
• The prize for the runners-up will be up to 16 VIP tickets to Barclays Premier League games, subject to availability. Please note that players may have to go to separate games as the organisers cannot guarantee 16 tickets to a single fixture.
• The name of the winning team will be available on lucozade.com/football.
• Each team selected for the LSPL Cup will also be eligible to take part in the LSPL Goal of the Month (and Goal of the Season) competitions and other associated LSPL competitions and promotions, subject to their individual terms and conditions.
• In the LSPL Cup and any associated competition, in the event of circumstances outside its control, the promoter reserves the right to substitute similar items of equal or greater value for advertised prizes.
• The promoter is GlaxoSmithKline UK Limited, trading as GlaxoSmithKline Nutritional Healthcare.
• The results mechanic for the LSPL Cup is as follows:
  • The greater goal difference will go through (e.g. 3-1 will beat 4-3)
  • If the goal difference is equal, then the winner will be decided on 'most goals scored' (e.g. 4-3 will beat 3-2)
  • If still equal, then the organising committee will decide who qualifies based on predefined "sudden death" criteria. The sudden death criteria will be decided on the basis of the team that supplies the most e-mail addresses of team members to the competition. If this criteria cannot separate the teams the decision will be at the discretion of the organisers.
  • If neither team in a fixture records a valid result in the game period this place in the next round will be taken by a ‘wildcard’ team. ‘Wildcards’ will be drawn from teams who were unable to play a league game but contacted lspl@lucozade.com to explain the circumstances.
  • In the event that the required number of wildcard teams cannot be allocated in the manner above (due to an insufficient number of teams contacting the LSPL Cup at lspl@lucozade.com to explain the circumstances of their missed fixtures) further wildcards will be drawn from losing teams who have submitted their results in the round period.
  • Outcomes:
  • Where a game has been won on goal difference, the result will be displayed as follows:
    Wheatsheaf 4 v 2 Mariners
    (W 6-2) (W 3-1)
  • Where a game has been postponed and/or a result has not been entered the result will be displayed as follows: Wheatsheaf - v - Mariners
  • Where a game is even on goal difference and won on most goals scored the result will be displayed as follows:
    Wheatsheaf4 v 4 Mariners
    (W 6-2)(W 4-0) (Wheatsheaf win on "Most Goals Scored")
  • Where a game is even on goal difference and goals scored the result will be displayed as follows:
    Wheatsheaf 4 v 4 Mariners
    (W 6-2) (W 6-2)
    (Wheatsheaf win on "Sudden Death")

Lucozade Sport Performance League Goal of the Month (& Goal of the Season) - Terms & Conditions

• Only those teams who have been selected to take part in the LSPL and / or the LSPL Cup will be eligible to submit entries for the Goal of the Month (and Goal of the Season) competitions. Goals must be scored in a competitive fixture.
• The Goals of the Month / Season will be chosen from the entries submitted to the LSPL website during the 2009/2010 season.
• The winning goals will be chosen by a panel of expert coaches supporting Lucozade Sport over the 2009/2010 season, at their discretion.
• Goal of the Month winners will each win two Barclays Premier League tickets. The player who wins the Goal of the Season competition will receive a pair of VIP Barclays Premier League tickets, subject to availability.
• The winners will be contacted by either phone or email. The result will be available on lucozade.com/football.
• No cash or alternative will be offered for the prizes in whole or part. In the event of unforeseen circumstances, the promoter reserves the right to substitute prizes of the same or greater value.

The promoter is GlaxoSmithKline UK Limited, trading as GlaxoSmithKline Nutritional Healthcare.