Section J - Practice Matches

108. Subject at all times to the overriding responsibility of all Clubs to fulfil their obligations to participate in Official Matches, Clubs shall be permitted to play Closed Friendly Matches at any time, whether in the Playing Season or the Close Season. 

109. Clubs shall not require permission to play Closed Friendly Matches. There shall be no requirement to play the Closed Friendly Match in accordance with the Laws of the Game or for the match to be officiated by an appropriately qualified and registered Match Official. The Association’s Disciplinary Procedures Concerning Field Offences Regulations shall not apply to Closed Friendly Matches. No audio or video or photographic coverage or data about a Closed Friendly Match including, without limitation, the team sheets, result or outcome shall be published or broadcast whether before, during or after the match. 

110. Subject at all times to the overriding responsibility of all Clubs to fulfil their obligations to participate in Official Matches, Clubs shall be permitted to play Open Friendly Matches at any time, whether in the Playing Season or the Close Season. If the Open Friendly Match is to be played during the Playing Season, it shall be subject to the prior permission of the Association or the relevant Area Association (as the case may be). If the Open Friendly Match is to be played during the Close Season, it shall only be subject to the prior notice to the Association or the relevant Area Association (as the case may be) unless otherwise required by the Association.  For the avoidance of doubt, the prior permission of the Association or relevant Area Association (as the case may be) must be obtained where a Club wishes to play such an Open Friendly Match as an away game at a club not under the jurisdiction of the Association. 

111. Where the proposed Open Friendly Match is to be played at a Club under the jurisdiction of the Association, that Club shall make the application for permission to play or give prior notice of the Open Friendly Match at least seven (7) days prior to the proposed date of the Open Friendly Match, unless a shorter period is accepted by the Association in its absolute discretion. The application or notice must state whether a match-agent or other third party or intermediary has had, or will have, any involvement in the organisation of the match. Qualifying Clubs shall apply to the Association for permission or give notice to the Association, using the systems and procedures set by the Association from time to time. All other Clubs shall apply or give notice to their Area Association. Any such application or notice by a Club to an Area Association which involves playing a team from another national football association shall be vetted by the Area Association and forwarded to the Association and the Association shall have absolute discretion to decide whether its permission is required and, if so, whether to grant permission. 

112. An Open Friendly Match must be officiated by an appropriately qualified and registered Match Official and the Association’s Disciplinary Procedures Concerning Field Offences Regulations shall apply to Open Friendly Matches. The result of an Open Friendly Match shall be published by the Clubs. 

112(A) Tours outside Wales:- 

112(A).1 No Member, Associate Member or other person or entity subject to the jurisdiction of the Association shall take Players on tour to England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, or to any country outside the United Kingdom under a designation that expressly or impliedly suggests such Players are representing the Association in any way. 

112(A).2 All intended tours of Players outside Wales must first receive the written permission of the Association. All applications for such permission by Members (excluding individual Councillors) or Associate Members shall be made direct to the Association. All other applications for permission shall, in the first instance, be lodged with the Area Association in which the organiser is situated and in these cases the Area Association will vet the application and will forward the application to the Association with its recommendation for acceptance or rejection but the final decision on the application will rest solely with the Association.