Screwed over by Supporters Club.

There's no winning. 

Good point Murph, but if the FAI/Confederation do exactly that (make criteria for SCs all the same)- they may as well go the whole hog & make that the criteria for FD as well. Which is what some of us have been saying all along. 

I've said this before, but back when I started going to away games, the tinternet was only in its infancy and I wasn't even aware that SC's even existed. Aways were better attended back then, and for 5 of my first 8 away games, I didn't get any ticket off the FAI, those games were all over subscribed, and naturally enough, I was well down the list for official tickets. Through attending games, obviously this changed over time. 

But for a young lad or woman today, maybe reading stuff on here, he/she could easily come to the conclusion that joining an SC would be the way forward. For this particular lad, who would meet any criteria for a ticket in FD, it must be pretty galling that he unfortunately picked one where rules are selectively applied. 

Even though the confederation don't post on here as such, I'm sure certain members of it dip in to Ybig from time to time. There was also a more recently set up SC, who when setting up, spoke of a rake of noble intentions, such as changing the system from the inside & working with the FAI to do so. Aye. Even though this may be an isolated incident (and to be fair, we don't know that either, it's has often been said by certain SC members that Ybig doesn't speak for all fans as a lot aren't on here, well the same might well apply to disgruntled SC members, who might not be on here either), the silence from the likes of them so far tells it's own story, mainly one of self interest, which again, some of us pointed out at the time. 

 

would the western branch be amenable ? though obviously I assume there would need to be some sort of vote ? I know your not a spokesperson

 

I don't recall any objections when first discussed years ago though obviously things may have chamged