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The Irish FA has been working with supporters’ groups for the past year on the idea of linking the schemes and is now delighted to be able to announce details of the initiative which includes a ‘loyalty caps’ and ‘loyalty points’ system.

Loyalty Caps

The loyalty caps system will reward fans who are members of the adult or junior supporters’ schemes and who travel to home and away games i.e. one cap for home games, three for a game in Europe and five for world-wide games. Loyalty caps will be on a three campaign rolling basis.   Three caps will be assigned automatically to all fans (members and non members) who travelled during the Euro 2008 campaign.  Starting from the game against Scotland on 20 August 2008, only members will be awarded loyalty caps for home and away games.

Loyalty Points

The loyalty points system for merchandise sales at the IFA shop at 20 Windsor Avenue and online (www.irishfa.com) only; will reward members with one point awarded for every £1 spent – the points can then be used on merchandise in the IFA shop or in the online shop.  The first target is 200 points (£10 discount), then 300 (£15 discount), then 500 points (£25 discount).

It is not compulsory for Block Bookers or members of a Block Booking party to join the OSS or Junior Supporters; however current members of both of the adult and junior schemes have been automatically transferred to the new membership for the World Cup campaign only for free.  Block Bookers or members of a Block Booking party can join the OSS for £20 (which is half the full membership fee for the World Cup campaign) – members of a Block Booking party who wish to join the OSS can do so at the time of renewing your Block Booking application.  The lead name on the application will be required to submit all the personal details of each person in their party who wishes to become a member of the OSS. 

Anyone else can join the OSS for £40 per campaign by clicking here. The Junior Supporters membership fee will not be discounted due to the enhanced pack on offer.  The cost of becoming a member of the Junior Supporters is £20 per campaign.

The new OSS and Junior Supporters memberships run until 31 December 2009.

If you do not have internet access, please find enclosed an application form to join the Junior and Adult Official Supporters’ Schemes and to start earning your loyalty points and caps!

In addition to the loyalty caps and points system, other benefits of being a member of the OSS include:

• Free entry to U21, U19, U17 and women’s home internationals.
• 10 per cent off IFA merchandise at the IFA shop at 20 Windsor Avenue and in the online shop.
• Invitations to exclusive members-only events.
• Priority ticketing for away games.
• Five per cent off holiday packages when booked with the IFA’s official travel partner Selective Travel.
• A quarterly magazine and a monthly ezine.

CLICK HERE to renew your block booking and to join the Official Supporters Scheme at half price.

In addition to the loyalty caps and points system, other benefits of being a Junior Supporter include:

• 10 per cent off IFA merchandise at the IFA shop at 20 Windsor Avenue and in the online shop.
• Invitations to exciting members-only events.
• Chance to be a match mascot.
• Chance to watch a Northern Ireland team training session.
• Entry to exclusive competitions.
• A Junior Supporters membership pack with a notebook and pen set, a match magnet (with all the World Cup fixtures from Group 3), a sports bag, a mouse mat, colouring pencils and a football keyring.

CLICK HERE to join the Junior Supporters.