Football fans banned by the A-League's governing body, Football Federation Australia (FFA), say they do not have the right of appeal and are being denied natural justice.

The publication of a list of almost 200 fans banned from FFA sanctioned matches led to mass walkouts by fans at last weekend's games.

"We're getting classified as hooligans, criminals, thugs — it's just uncalled for," banned Western Sydney Wanderers fan Julian Cumbo told 7.30.

He was 16 at the time his FFA ban arrived, in 2014.

"My banning notice from the FFA [says]: 'To Julian Cumbo', [lists] the reason for my ban — they've gone into detail about a brawl," he said.

"I've never got charged by the police.

Julian Cumbo was 16 at the time his FFA ban arrived, in 2014. ( ABC News )

"I got interviewed by police, but they'd seen there was no reason to charge me.

"I got a five-year ban for getting spoken to by the police.

"Other people have been banned for jaywalking, throwing streamers in the air and swearing."

Julian's banning notice says, if breached, the "FFA will seek to have you prosecuted for trespass" and that "your personal details ... are being maintained in accordance with the Football Federation Australia Privacy Policy and relevant Statutes".

The notice was delivered by a private security firm.

"First it was an email, I thought it was a joke from a friend," Julian said.

"Two days later, I got a knock on the door from two people, males, stating that they're from FFA handing me the papers, and didn't say nothing, smiled and walked away.

"Same thing happened the week later, same two gentleman, and for a good six months, every single week, handed me the exact same papers.

"Same people that followed me from work.

"This is an ongoing thing with many other people as well — constant harassment.

"We know them as Hatamoto."

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Hatamoto is a security consultancy firm which the FFA employs to watch fans they believe should be banned, and to serve them with ban notices.

Despite the heavy-handedness that Julian Cumbo experienced, it seems that Hatamoto were not as effective with other people who were banned.

7.30 has learnt that some fans, despite their names appearing on the banned list, have still been attending games.

Hatamoto did not respond to our request for comment.

Many fans have levelled criticism at the FFA and its CEO David Gallop for not defending the sport when Scott Weber, from the NSW Police Association labelled them "grubs".

"No one jumped to our defence," Rod Perez, a Western Sydney Wanderers fan who has not been banned, told 7.30.

Rod Perez has not been banned by the FFA, but he will be boycotting a Western Sydney Wanderers match. ( ABC News )

He and his family have now have been dragged into the stoush, joining the club's more hardline elements in not attending the match this weekend.

"There are a lot of issues but, personally, that one was the most offensive to me and that really gave me the motivation to join the RBB (Red and Black Bloc) and boycott [the game]."

Football commentator and writer Craig Foster believes the FFA's actions have damaged the relationship between the fans and those who run the game.

"I'm not surprised the boycotts will be ongoing this weekend, because the depth of feeling with the fans around the issue now, which escalated three of four times, has now got to the point where the trust is, if not severed between the fans and FFA is severely damaged," Mr Foster said.

Mr Perez, for one, thinks the FFA has gone too far.

"To be honest, it surprises me that the FFA has put such a hardline stance on this," he said.

"I don't know how many are guilty to be honest — I don't support that kind of behaviour — but when it comes to being able to defend yourself, I support every single one of their rights to be able to do that.

"It's Australia — why shouldn't we be able to, why can't we?"

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