LGFA | Creating an application | Club Members

Keywords: Player transfers, transfer application, sanction, permits, moving clubs

Overview

The following article outlines how a member can create a transfer application within the LGFA Association. While the guide below deals with an Inter-County transfer, the information listed throughout the application process on Foireann should help guide you for any other transfers, sanctions, or permits relevant to the association. 

The following applications can be facilitated within Foireann:

• Inter-Club Transfers
  • Same County, Same Province
  • Different County, Same Province
  • Different County, Different Province
• Inter-County Transfers
  
  • Different County, Same Province
  • Different County, Different Province.
• Permits:
  • USAGAA
  • New York
  • Canadian
  • USAGAA / New York J1 
  • European Student Permits

IMPORTANT: It is vitally important to familiarise yourself with the relevant processes and rules to ensure your eligibility to play with your new Club. Players who play while ineligible face severe penalties.

Table of Contents

• Creating and filling out an application

• Adding Supporting Documentation

• Reviewing and submitting an application

• What Happens Next

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Creating and filling out an application

IMPORTANT: When applying for a Transfer or Permit, a Foireann account is required. If the players LGFA Club use a third-party piece of Software to collect their membership fees and they don’t have a Foireann Account, they can ask their LGFA club admin to follow the steps below to give them access so that they can apply for an application. 

The following help document explains how the club admin can invite members to Foireann.

Inviting Members to Foireann

1. Navigate to the Profile section

2. Click on the Player Transfers tab

3. Click on the 'Create New Application' button

NOTE: Via the Player Transfer tab, a player can view the status of any in-progress applications or review any completed ones done on Foireann.

4. The 'Player Details' section of the application will be pre-populated with information from your profile. If any of these details are incorrect, please click the 'Update Profile' button within the blue information box at the bottom of the section.

5. The next section of the application is selecting the leaving and joining club.

For the 'Transfer From' field, choose the club you wish to transfer from.

NOTE: Only Clubs listed in your profile will be available in the dropdown. If the Club you wish to transfer from is not listed, please add it to your profile. 

If you cannot find the Club you wish to join or leave after searching for it, please contact the Secretary of the Club you wish to join.

If the club you are transferring from is a OneClub, you will be required to select the Association from the next dropdown. If the club is not a OneClub, the Association field will be populated for you.

For the 'Transfer To' field, select the County from the dropdown and within the 'Clubs' field, a list of available clubs in that County will be present for you to select.

6. The type of transfer will automatically be detected depending on the transferring from and transferring to clubs listed in the section above.

7. If you wish, you may put in a reason for the application, however, this is optional for LGFA Applications (This may vary for GAA and/or Camogie applications).

Once you are happy with the details entered, click the 'Submit' button to move on to the next stage of the application.

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Adding Supporting Documents

Depending on the transfer type, this section may vary slightly in what information and documents are requested to support the application.

8. The 'Previous Address' section will be automatically populated with the details from your profile. If any of these details are incorrect, please make the relevant changes and ensure that all mandatory fields (marked with a red asterisk) are filled out.

9. Please enter the details of your current address, again, please ensure that all mandatory fields (marked with a red asterisk) are filled out.

10. Please enter the details (Competition Name, Date and Grade) of your last Ladies Football Championship Game.

10. Please enter the details (Competition Name, Date and Grade) of your last Ladies Football Competitive Game.

11.  Click the 'Review' button.

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Reviewing and Submitting an application

The final step of the application form is reviewing and confirming the details entered are correct before applying.

12. If any changes are required, please click the 'Change' button beside each section and make the relevant updates.

NOTE: Once an application is submitted, it cannot be edited therefore please ensure all details entered are correct at the time of submission.

13. Once you are happy with the details, tick the checkbox 'I declare the information in my application is true'. click 'Submit'

14. Click 'Submit'

15. Once the application has been submitted, you will receive an email summarising the next steps in the process. Please also familiarise yourself with the approval process of your application. 

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What Happens Next

As mentioned above, you will receive an email outlining your application submission.

You will also be able to keep track of your application as it moves through the approval process. If you navigate to the 'Player Transfers' tab in your profile, you can review any in-progress applications and see what step the application is at.

NOTE: If your application seems to be delayed, please contact the Secretary of the Club you wish to join. Neither Foireann Support nor the LGFA centrally can expedite the approval process. 

The application will work its way through the approval steps, and the relevant administrators will receive an email notifying them that an application is awaiting their review/decision.

Once a final decision is made, you will be notified via email and advised on the next steps.