As Colin has said, it"s never too late to join up with the league.
Find your nearest club and provide your details and you can start playing from this Sunday.
I too wish to sign up for my nearest club so I can play in the online league, but I am afraid the "how to" on this forum is anything but intuitive. It has taken me a fortnight to remember my username and password just to get into the forum, in spite of messaging the forum admins and other key members of the APAT and getting no help.
As I do not know how to find my nearest club I and join it am hoping my nearest club will find me and induct me into their team. I am in the South West in Gloucester so I assume my nearest peer group is Bristol. I came 3rd in the last APAT online championship. Whatever team would like me as a member I am happy to join up with them. This could be Cardiff or Birmingham or even Swindon if such teams exist. At present I do not know how to join a team, and my eyes are streaming sore from reading so much text already I will have to knock it on the head for now.