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Recommended reading list

The following documents should be read to help you prepare for the exam. The items in bold are available to download below.

You will be sent the additional material upon acceptance of your examination application. The revision list included in your revision pack is correct at the time of writing. Please continue to check this page prior to sitting the examination for any additional material that you may be required to study.

Please note that The FA have introduced revised Football Agents Regulations with effect from 4th July 2009, replacing the existing Regulations from 1st September 2007, which are now part of the revision material. A copy of these Regulations can be downloaded using the link below.

Alongside the new Football Agents Regulations, The FA have introduced new rules regarding Third Party Investments as of 4th July 2009. Please download a copy of these rules using the link below.

Please note that Circular 1093 is no longer part of the revision list. Circular 1142 has now been superseded by Circular 1185, as per below. Any further changes to this revision list will be updated on this page in due course.

1.   The FA (Domestic) Rules & Regulations

2.   FIFA Statutes

3.   FIFA Regulations for the Status & Transfer of Players


4.   Annex 6 of FIFA Regulations for the Status & Transfer of Players

5.   Rules Governing the Procedures of the Players’ Status Committee and the Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC)

6.   FIFA Players’ Agents Regulations 2008


7.   The FA Football Agents Regulations

8.   Third Party Investments 

9.   The FIFA Disciplinary Code (Please read only Chapter 1, Sections 1-6 and Chapter 2, Section 8)

10.   FIFA Circulars (792, 1125, 11301147, 1148, 1160, 1185)


11.   Professional Indemnity Insurance Information

12.   The FA Premier League Rules (Sections K – N) (www.premierleague.com)

13.   Sample Football Players Playing Contract; FA Premier League Contract; Football League Playing Contract

14.   Past Exam Papers