A-League fans took to Facebook and Twitter to vent their anger at news the RCC was to be shunted from the southern end of Suncorp Stadium to make way for families and children.

A letter from the club explaining the decision to force the RCC back into the ranks of the main supporter group, The Den, accused the crew of displaying offensive banners, using inappropriate language, abusing opposition players and igniting flares.

But many football fans saw it as just another example of the league’s heavy-handed approach towards active support.

After a two-hour meeting with the club’s general manager Sean Dobson at the Roar’s Ballymore headquarters on Wednesday, an RCC representative, who asked not to be named, emerged with the welcome news for members.

“There are definitely options for us – we’re not gone at all,” he told au.fourfourtwo.com.

“We hope to have this resolved in the next seven days and both sides want it sorted out sooner rather than later.”

The RCC leadership texted the club on Wednesday morning asking to meet. It is understood they have been given a range of options to consider. All of them include relocating the group but allowing them to maintain a separate and distinct presence at the stadium. Further discussions will need to take place with ticketing and Suncorp management before a solution can be finalised.

“Not a lot would really change for us,” the RCC representative said. “The club definitely doesn’t want us to change the way we support the club. They want us to keep doing what we do with visual displays and all that.”

At least one supporter was adamant that angry fans had turned the tide in favour of the RCC which has about 60 members aged between 17 and 25.

“When the original letter was sent out it was pretty much a closed book,” he said. “I get the feeling the response from fans definitely had something to do with it.”

But club spokesman Daniel Lato said both sides had been keen to find an amicable solution to the impasse.

“I wouldn’t say there was a backlash,” Lato said. “We’ve had some harsh comment from some within the RCC and general football supporters but I certainly wouldn’t call it a backlash.

“No set resolution was reached but from our point of view the meeting today was quite positive and we’re pretty excited and hopeful of making some progress over the next week or so with the RCC.

“It’s a little bit early to get into what the end result may be. I believe some options have been put forward to the RCC in terms of having a space for them, and now they’ll go away and discuss that with their membership. We’ll hear back from them and continue to work with them.

“They’ve got some internal discussions that they’re going to go away and do and we’re hopeful that they’ll be positive and we’re certainly hoping to be able to have them back on board and within the Roar support base.”