The EFL have reached an agreement with Leyton Orient and Blackpool to allow an allocation of 1000 away fans into their final Football League match at Bloomfield Road.

Fans must be a current 2016/17 season-ticket holder or a LOFT (Leyton Orient Fans Trust) member in order to buy a ticket, something the club’s fans’ trust claim they were not made aware of.

The league’s governing body had backed Blackpool’s request to suspend tickets to O’s fans on Monday after they invaded the pitch in the 86th minute of a 3-1 defeat to Colchester United on Saturday in what was a peaceful protest.

The O’s faithful took matters into their own hands and stormed the Brisbane Road pitch to demonstrate their frustration at both owner Francesco Becchetti and the EFL.

The game was initially cancelled but continued an hour later behind closed doors.

In their initial statement, the EFL said “the rationale for supporting the request is to allow sufficient time for a full review of the match-day safety and security arrangements against the certainty of knowing the specific number of tickets sold to date and in which areas of Bloomfield Road.”

But after meeting on Tuesday including representatives from both clubs, the governing body decided to allow tickets bought previously to stand, and lowered the overall allocation.

A statement read: “A revised allocation of 1000 tickets (from 1700) will be made available to Leyton Orient fans planning to attend Saturday’s Sky Bet League Two fixture at Blackpool.

“Ticket sales had been temporarily suspended on Monday after Blackpool had raised some concerns to the EFL executive.

“However, following extensive discussions and representations made by relevant parties throughout the course of Tuesday, an agreement has been reached that delivers on the EFL’s objective to ensure both sets of spectators can attend the match live. “All remaining tickets sold to Leyton Orient supporters between now and Saturday’s kick-off will be done so only on the basis that the purchaser is a current 2016/17 season ticket holder or a member of the Leyton Orient Fans Trust. All tickets sold prior to Monday’s suspension of sale remain valid.”

An EFL spokesman said: “We are delighted we have been able to find an amicable solution to this particular issue and would like to place on record our thanks to all those parties who have assisted the EFL in achieving the outcome.”

In response LOFT stated on its website the group had not been informed of the restriction requirements.

A statement said: “LOFT is pleased to note common sense has prevailed at the EFL, in respect of yesterday’s suspension of ticket sales for Saturday’s match at Blackpool.

“It is unfortunate this could not have been resolved between Blackpool FC and the EFL without causing O’s fans 24 hours of worry and anger.

“LOFT would like to note that the conditions of eligibility for sale of further tickets to Leyton Orient supporters were not of our asking, nor indeed our suggestion.

“LOFT was not consulted about this, nor will we be divulging who is and is not a LOFT member (in line with our Data Protection Act obligations), nor do we take responsibility for any issues as a result of the EFL’s criteria for sale.

“We feel that no restrictions beyond those which would ordinarily be in place for such a fixture are necessary, nor should it be necessary to restrict the number of tickets available to O’s supporters.”