As Simster rightly says, he clearly encountered a jobsworth, who really should have applied some common sense, or passed it up the chain. No argument there.
Surely its an administrative cock-up on the part of THEIR club? Its not our fault if they didn't include this bloke's name on their Directors list, is it? Thats why he was short of a pass.
On a separate note, what was the problem with this guy just taking them up on the offer of the seat in the...
Why did he not just announce himself as a Director on arrival with the others? Did he have a big BADGE with 'Not a proper Director' emblazened on it?
Why did the rest of the Directors party happily see him seen off?