Gerard Lawlor says the Northern Ireland Football League will look at reimbursing supporters' club left out of pocket following the postponement of Saturday's Irish Premiership fixtures due to Storm Darragh.
Several games were called off late in the day with away fans having already set off or in some cases having arrived at the venue.
The matches between Coleraine and Portadown, and Dungannon Swifts and Linfield were both postponed 70 minutes before kick-off with the game between Cliftonville and Carrick Rangers called off less than 90 minutes before it was due to start.
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Travelling fans arriving at grounds were left frustrated and out of pocket by the news with the footballing authorities taking a battering on social media for how the situation was handled. Posting on 'X' on Sunday NIFL CEO Lawlor apologised for the situation saying the buck stopped with him and he reiterated that in an interview with Good Morning Ulster on Monday as he said the organisation would look at giving fans a "gesture of goodwill".
"If people are out of pocket at supporters clubs, we will look to see if we can help in some way as a gesture of goodwill," he said. "We will have a meeting with our clubs in January. We will obviously discuss and learn from the situation that took place.
"It's an adult conversation that needs to take place. Unfortunately for us, a lot of our clubs couldn't agree. We are a members association. People are talking about the 70-minute postponement at Dungannon. My staff had been working from 7 o'clock that morning. We had numerous phone calls with those home clubs and numerous phone calls with some of the away clubs.
"We were told by people in the area, on the ground, 'no, there is no threat to the game, it's playable'. You know Dungannon were very angry at the referee calling off the game. They felt their game on Tuesday night [away to Crusaders] was played in worse conditions than Saturday. We can only take the information that is relayed to us in the office, we're not there. The referee arrived and he made a call and we've held our hands up to that."
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