The ridiculous decision, reported in the local paper in Ballymena, is an ill-conceived reaction to punishment meted out by soccer's governing body, following a complaint that was not made by anybody connected to the Swifts club.
In the story in the Ballymena Times, headed 'Dungannon match boycott plan gathers', reporter Stephen Alexander
revealed that the Braid supporters will boycott the league match at Stangmore Park which has been rearranged for Tuesday February 23.
It says their action is a spill-over from the unsavoury incident which resulted in a £1,250 fine being imposed on the Showgrounds club by the IFA after Dungannon goalkeeper Alvin Rouse having been found to have racially abused during a match in August.
'Ballymena and its supporters have consistently denied any wrongdoing but their appeal was dismissed by the IFA, causing widespread condemnation among the football fraternity in this country.
'While their main anger is directed at the IFA, Ballymena supporters also feel that Dungannon could have done more to prevent the situation escalating to the extent it did, given that Swifts made no complaint at the time about the alleged comments, which were erroneously (sic) misheard and misinterpreted by the match delegate and referee.
'The supporters' stance has been backed by the club and it is understood that United officials will not be in attendance at the Stangmore Park fixture on February 23.
'Instead, Ballymena are hoping to arrange a reserve team match at the Showgrounds for that night, with supporters planning to attend there instead and also making a voluntary donation of around £15 – the cost of their travel and admission to the Dungannon match – towards paying off the fine.
'A spokesman for the supporters said: "Naturally, nobody will be forced to boycott the game in Dungannon, nor pressurised to donate money to the club, but we would urge all those who were in attendance that day, and have thus been labelled as "racist" to give some serious thought to this idea."
The club's largest fan grouping – the Seven Towers Supporters' Club – has already announced it will not be providing transport to the match.
"No-one will be ostracised if they decided to go to Dungannon under their own steam to watch their team, but we're hopeful that our supporters will stand together on this because it has been deeply distressing and hurtful to us to have been wrongfully branded racist" the spokesman added.
But Faloon says they've got their wires badly crossed by taking their angst out on the Dungannon club.
"As they themselves acknowledge, we made no complaint. Furthermore, we declined the request to attend the hearing and given evidence.