That’s such a non league thing, remember players coming and going when we were in the conference because of the different rules they had down there.
Same rule in the EFL (
https://www.efl.com/documents/efl-handbook.pdf - p336)
5588 EMERGENCY GOALKEEPER LOAN
58.1 If all the Professional Goalkeepers at a Club are unavailable as a result of:
58.1.1 having been certified by an independent medical practitioner as being unfit to play;
58.1.2 being suspended;
58.1.3 having been called up to play for his national association representative matches in accordance with the requirements of FIFA as laid down from time to time; or
58.1.4 such other exceptional circumstances as determined by the League (and any such determination will be final and binding and not subject to review in accordance with Section 10 of the Regulations), a Club may register (either before or after the deadlines laid down in Regulations 44.2 and 44.3), a further goalkeeper on a short term basis in accordance with the following provisions.
Guidance
A Professional Goalkeeper is a goalkeeper (excluding any goalkeeper registered as a Non-Contract Player) who has been named in the starting eleven on five or more occasions by:•
any Club (or Premier League club) in any matches in the relevant league or first team cup competitions (other than the EFL Trophy); and/or •
any other club in a professional league in that club’s home association (by way of example, any division of the Scottish Professional Football League, or Serie A, B or C).
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Examples of exceptional circumstances (based on prior examples) for the purposes of Regulation 58.1.4 are bereavement from close family members, childbirth, in custody or suspended by a Club pending the outcome of criminal investigations or proceedings.
58.2 The Club must supply to The League written evidence to demonstrate the circumstances set out in Regulation 58.1 apply, together with the appropriate form(s) for his registration and The League having confirmed that the circumstances conform to the provisions of this Regulation:
58.2.1 in respect of any fixture played on a weekday when the Office is normally open, at least three hours before the match; or
58.2.2 in respect of any other fixture:
(a) 12 noon on the day of the match; or
(b) at least three hours before the match, whichever is the earlier.
Guidance
Medical evidence cannot be accepted from anyone connected to the Club, nor is it acceptable to obtain a report from another Club’s club doctor.
Goalkeepers that have been deemed unavailable cannot be named on a team sheet during the loan period.
Goalkeepers on an Emergency Goalkeeper loan may be recalled by their Parent Club during the period of the loan in exceptional circumstances and subject to the approval of the League (i.e. as per the similar rights in the context of Standard Loans of goalkeepers).
Clubs should be aware that the Premier League does not permit Premier League Clubs to send goalkeepers on seven day emergency loans into the EFL.
58.3 The period of any Emergency Goalkeeper Loan:
58.3.1 shall be for a period of seven days, inclusive of the starting date and finishing date; and
58.3.2 may be renewed for seven days at a time, subject to compliance with Regulation 58.2 in respect of each proposed renewal.
58.4 Any goalkeeper registered under the provisions of this Regulation must be included in the starting 11 on the Team Sheet and must start the Match.
58.5 The provisions of Regulation 55.4.2 shall not apply to an Emergency Goalkeeper Loan
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