Football Federation Australia are planning to introduce members only restrictions for all active support areas across the entire A-League for the 2014/15 season.

According to sources close to the FFA and several A-League clubs, the FFA has been lobbied by the leadership of both Melbourne Victory & the Western Sydney Wanderers, to restrict every club in the A-League to membership only ticketing for all active support areas. The measure would mean that no match day tickets would be available to anyone for active support areas in any match this season.

"This season we will continue to show the nation and the world that the Hyundai A-League has the best atmosphere in Australian sport as we aim to empower more fans to get involved with the competition." FFA Marketing for Season 2013/14.

Football Federation Australia responded positively to the alleged lobbying from the two flagship clubs, and are set to slam through these restrictions in time for the start of the A-League in 120 days.

Every CEO of the league & every membership manager is believed to be aware of the changes, with the FFA attempting to enforce a code of silence to ensure that these anti-supporter measures are not given any public airing before they are released. Sources indicate the majority of the other clubs in the league, and perhaps every one of them, have objected to the measures for a variety of reasons. They have been ignored.

Despite being the nominal head of the A-League, Damien de Bohun is said to have not been involved in the specifics of the plan. Instead, FFA General Manager Sam Chadwick is believed to be the main face for the FFA in the planning of the restrictions and handing down the FFA's edicts to the other clubs.

"Ultimately, we want to show people that the unique energy of the Hyundai A-League atmosphere powers the game, we want to show fans â€˜You power the gameâ€™." FFA Marketing for Season 2013/14.

If implemented, these restrictions will kill any chance of natural growth of A-League active support, a stance which flies in the face of the FFA's marketing that supporters that "power the game". No-one will be able to bring new supporters to games to stand alongside them in active support.

These restrictions will have to be maintained by Police & Security, blockading active support areas and interrogating anyone who dares come near the entrances to those bays. This will create an atmosphere of fear and intimidation, this time across the entire A-League, even at clubs like Wellington & the Central Coast.

The FFA & Melbourne Victory are well known for their attempts to silence active support, Victory have been caught running scared from biased media & police in Melbourne for years, and now it appears the Wanderers have joined them in their fight to kill active support or turn it into AFL style "cheer squads".

I also find it extremely disappointing that the Wanderers are said to have been one of the two clubs pushing for these restrictions. Parramatta Stadium is likely to have an upgraded North Terrace at some point in the future, and allowing supporters to move from the expanded top tier into the RBB will help the atmosphere at our matches grow.

For a club which new CEO Paul Lederer said "As Chairman I will always be listening and learning from the community of Western Sydney", this is the exact opposite to what I believe those who support the Western Sydney Wanderers would want to see from their leadership.

This is a disgrace for both clubs if they truly have pushed for these restrictions. It is yet another failure by the FFA to understand and work with active support. The FFA only seem to care about active support when it could make them more money, and only when they can totally control everything that active support does. They failed to control Terrace Australis and then worked to destroy it, and they cannot control the active supporters in the A-League. The FFA has shown their hand in the recently released A-League draw, with the Wanderers having 6 matches against the two sides from Melbourne, with only one on Saturday, the best day for away supporters.

I urge the FFA, the Wanderers & Victory to come to their senses and stop this moronic attempt at restricting the most passionate fans sport in Australia has. The other major codes are envious of the active support that gives the A-League an edge that they do not have. You would be stupid to try and destroy that. Again.