FAI made mistakes, concedes Delaney

John Delaney has admitted the FAI made mistakes in their distribution of tickets to Irish supporters for the game against Scotland in Glasgow on November 14 and says that measures will be taken to try and ensure loyal followers of the national team don’t miss out on away games in the future.

However, the FAI boss continues to hold the Scottish Football Association primarily culpable for the ticket problems faced by Irish fans for the big Euro qualifier at Celtic Park, describing their defence of their procedures as “a joke” and suggesting the sale of ‘home’ tickets to ‘away’ fans could have security implications on the night.

“We have had 10,000 applications for 3,200 tickets — we didn’t get enough tickets from Scotland,” said Delaney yesterday, adding that the FAI had requested between 7,000 and 8,000 tickets for the game.