Sully: Grafting for England by Tony Sullivan

Author:Tony Sullivan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: england, football, patriots, hooligans
Publisher: Empire Publications

England Members Club

In 1997, The FA announced a new England Members scheme was being introduced and tickets would only be distributed to members. A loyalty points system was introduced so those going home and away to far flung places would get priority tickets. I’d spent years travelling all over and never had a problem getting tickets and if I did have a problem I would go anyway and jib into the ground. Most, if not all, were piss easy to get in to for free. As I said before, I remember Wembley being half empty not so long ago before football got sexy and all these fucking face painted families started turning up and telling us not to swear. So, I thought ‘fuck it’. I’ll have to join up and if I don’t get a membership card then fuck them, I’ll still go anyway and get in for fuck all.

I filled the form in and sent it off - and with my record I was expecting a knock back to say the least. However, I didn’t and even better, every ticket I applied for I received! I was buzzing. The following year I had to re-apply (as everyone did each year) and my membership card and tickets for the France World Cup were sent through the post and gratefully received.

On my return from France, there was a letter waiting for me at home. The first part of the letter stated ‘I’m sorry to inform you Mr Sullivan, that you are no longer eligible to be an England Member as you have not complied with the terms on the application form which clearly states you must inform us of any convictions for football related violence or any other offence committed.’

I was livid and rang the fuckers up. They said I had to write in if I was not happy with the decision taken. So I wrote in and received a reply saying along the lines of ‘we do not want people like you following the national team’ - which I suppose was a polite way of telling me to fuck off.

This just made me even more determined to go to games and I carried on doing so and got in easily without their fucking membership scheme. You can always get to Wembley and buy a ticket on the day of the game from the ticket office, there are always late returns or lads that have missed trains and couldn’t pick their tickets up and the ticket office staff never ask for membership cards or ID - so the FA can stick their membership scheme up their arse as far as I’m concerned. The main thing that made me laugh was that it took eighteen months for them to find out that I had football related convictions - shouldn’t the thick twats have found that out before accepting me? I mean, all they had to do was type my name into a computer and BINGO!

Ten years later I tried to apply again

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