There seems to be some misunderstanding about this specific point.
The IFO report states:
“The Supporter received an email from the Club on 27 September 2022 (3 days after the ticket was bought by his son using the Dad’s [the Supporter] account), entitled ‘Important Information about Away...
Sorry I didn’t see your earlier posts on this matter; I was asleep.
I thought I had seen you post as Steve Foster before. Having checked your posting history, I can see that I was mistaken - that was a different poster. Accordingly, I apologise for posting that I believed you were Steve Foster.
There’s a direct contradiction in various Wembley-produced stuff I’ve seen too!
For example:
“All tickets are strictly non-transferable and are not available to distribute to other supporters.”...
Three things:
1. I’m sorry you’ve picked up a ban, but…
2. The club have been talking about (and doing) this for months. It should not be a surprise to anyone who reads anything the club produces or who reads NSC regularly, but mostly…
3. How TF did the club find out? Did you tell them?
The club will. I have it on very good authority that the Mickey mouse European thingie is pretty much break even at best, with all the attendant extra fixtures adding risk to that season’s PL campaign. As fans, we’d love it; for the club, not so much.
Now, the Europa League is a whole different...