The work of the Socceroos would do fuck all for the A-League. Just like the Olympics, no one gives a shit about most sports for the four years in between.
This isn't out of the blue. I've been at several Sydney games lately and seen plastic bottles thrown onto the pitch which stopped play. Lots of cops watching, doing nothing. So each time, it's naturally gotten more brazen, and now this. Maybe they're waiting for mask mandates to come back so they can get back to tackling old people to the ground and dragging them out for not wearing a mask.
Adelaide fan here. I can only feel at this stage that anyone can see this is plain wrong. A-league is ruined. Sad to see it, but when you trod on the common fan, this kind of situation is not surprising. Please review the changes, for the fans and for the future of football in this Australia.
@@anthonytudori2771 Not really a protest. That’s how my children act when they don’t get their way. Not sure what smashing the goalkeepers head with a bucket has to do with protest?
I like the part where the failures that make up Victoria Police are booed from the pitch while being pelted with bottles. Where were they when shit broke out, no where to be seen as usual, deliberately out of sight snorting lines of rack.
BRAVO! France and Argentina have some of the most violent craziest fans in football. Keep it up Aussies and you may just make the Word Cup final one day! Congratulations!
We all know they forgot about what they were protesting when they got on the field, their inner hunger to act like an idiot was able to find expression just like any teenager
Watch a bunch of tools. Everyone should have been arrested. I love how the two teams took care of each other leaving the pitch, because in the end, the "FANS" were the enemy, not the teams!!
Thank you to every Melbourne fan who protested, the GF decision was only reversed because the fans stood up against the APL. Hope you're all doing well one year on and can be back in the stadium supporting your club again soon.
@@johnlewis9631 I think you'll find that the Melbourne victory crowd threw it towards the Melb City keeper first. Right or wrong Glover just threw it back.
Kick V out for a season or 2 ,hefty fines, player sanctions. Hit em where it hurts. Fans banned for life (riotous ones). This is sad and does not reflect Australian sport as a whole. Melbourne got some serious gang issues.
As a neutral football fan I am disgusted. They destroyed a great game of football. I understand the frustration over the stupid decision regarding the GF but this is moronic. Lifetime bans for every idiot who invaded the pitch, and prison sentences for the assaults, nothing less.
Football is dependent on the fans. Without it dies. This decision basically killed the league during a time cost high inflation. No average fan can afford flights plus accommodation to watch a grand final in these times. The game will lose kids to other codes and sports. I’m getting my younger ones in the family mountain bikes instead of spending it on something they can’t experience.
@@MrWhitmen1981 you do understand that one team will always have to travel. Fans will always have to travel if they are the away team under the old system. So you're argument does not hold up.
Correct! And if you follow him through the crowd you can get a good look at his face! Especially if watching in 4K! I took a screenshot of his face. 10 seconds of fame = a prison sentence and a lifetime ban.
....and this is why we cant have nice things. All the great work on the games reputation in this country and the sport finally getting a little momentum in australia all gone up in an hour
the a league literally started because the nsl clubs fans were too violent what do you mean you havnt seen that at soccer before. It’s what soccer is all about
Shouldn't the a league consult clubs before making decisions .the CEO of this game is responsible for these actions ,if 10mill in kickbacks which apparently is going back to cubs is the outcome cause every club is struggling come and tell the public be transparent .the a league CEO should be sacked tommorow for the way he went about the deal so don't blame a reaction...we the only country in the world where this calamity of bullshit is taking place ...you are responsible Mr CEO whoever your name is cause nobody really knows who you are .good on you fans you pay the bills,you die hard for your clubs you want answers.wake the f up seriously going on to long...you neglect the source, pay the consequences who will you punish Glover or city or victory you can't answer that can you or will some committee of arbitration be formed to determine a punishment .joke serious wake the problem is deeper than you could imagine,,,,,,watch the space which is almost predictable
Video of the shameful actions has reached Canada. Give Melbourne City the win in this match, use video evidence of the perpetrators to charge offenders and require Victory to play their next 3 home games to an empty stadium. This is disguating, disgraceful behavior.
Basically there was supposed to be a walkout to protest a decision by the league bosses, but a few dickheads were throwing flares, and the opposition keeper threw one back, so they ran on and assaulted him and the referee, giving them both cuts. The match was called off in the end, but probably the death of the A league unfortunately
@@TravelingFosters2012 yes i know the MLS, you've done great things with your league. You've adopted the conference / playoffs system for your finals like the other major leagues in the US. Much like we've adopted the finals system like the other football codes in our country. I like it because it adds a local flavour to our football leagues here and in America. But because of this whoever wins the regular season should get something, in Europe it would mean the championship so it should at least mean hosting rights for the final here.
There’s other context to this that happens before this video started; of the several flares that were being thrown onto the pitch, City GK Glover threw one of those flares into the stand where the Victory supporters are, causing the violent retaliation.
@@iwccinc You yourself just said the answer to that question of yours: *”They had no intention of being civil.”* The players in turn land into a ‘Don’t poke the bear’ situation when things end up in a game-ending disaster. Players have a responsibility to remain professional at all times. Common sense should dictate that picking up a lit flare and throwing it back into an already uncivil and irate supporter group that is very much prone to violence and could potentially rip a player apart to injury or death is unprofessional on the player’s part, let alone a player who’s a part of the arch-rival team. Not to mention the chance that either some innocent spectator who would have absolutely nothing to do with the Terrace or the hooligans, or one of the barracker’s children, could get hit by said flare.
You do realise that it was thrown by accident? It went sideways, so clearly it wasn't intended to land at the active support. And judging by his reaction, I don't think he realised what had happened. I certainly wouldn't be standing there if I threw a flare at a mob of thugs, let alone watching them swarm me knowing that I would be assaulted. Either way, both teams need to be fined for the use of flares, Izzo's netting was cinged by a City flare. But Victory needs to be punished for what really is just a reflection of their club culture. Victory active support were chanting abusive words at Glover before the flares, some idiots in GA threw a bottle at Leckie when he was leaving the pitch. Judging by some of the faces of Victory's active support, they seemed to enjoy the spectacle whilst everybody else were clearly shocked. It's these nasty people that pollute Victory's fan base and they need to be stamped out. The flare was clearly thrown with no intention of hurting anybody, but to throw a bucket of sand at someone's face is just criminal.
@@razor9247 Mate, you are right on so many aspects, but I gotta address this. Sorry, but do you hear yourself there with that first statement? How the actual hell do you throw something by accident? How do you be a goalkeeper who judges the distance between his position and his teammates before throwing the ball back into play, and throw something by accident? That just doesn’t make any sense. Though on Glover’s reaction, as much as players have a responsibility to remain professional throughout the entire time, sometimes logical and rational thinking heads straight out the back door when a volatile situation is unfolding. Both sets of fans were already irate and fired up by the APL’s GF decision. This flare going into the already furious (and prone to violence) supporter group just ended up as the straw that broke the camel’s back. And as to the violent culture and who should cop the fine, do not go about blending the clubs with the so-called supporter bases that claim to represent them. There’s a big difference between the two parties. Fining the club is going to do nothing else but cripple it, and the league, even further and serve as a nothing deterrent for the hooligans. There are so many fans of the clubs that actually love the sport and love the club while at the same time having absolutely nothing to do with these supporter bases. Why should they lose out because of the scum that decided to retaliate? The ones who should ultimately be copping the bill (and the bans) are the hooligans from the “supporter” groups involved, OSM in Victory’s case. The sport already has a poor reputation in this country because of the hooliganism culture. (There’s another big fuelling to the background of this culture, but to avoid having the social warriors stomping my head on the road and having me cancelled rather than using their heads to think about it, I will not mention it here. All I will just say is have a good think about why these incidents are prevalent in Soccer and to a lesser extent in Rugby League, but hardly at all with Footy and Union.) The governing body/ies of the sport in Australia also have to take responsibility, because over the years these sorts of incidents have happened and all these bodies have done is all big words, no action. They’re either blaming the fans outright or blaming the clubs, but they nearly never look at themselves in the mirror and question their actions. As for this, if the game for the moment has to be finished behind closed doors, they should absolutely do it and get it over and done with. No disrespect at all to you Razor, but I have to leave it there on this matter before I trigger someone else out there, since this is starting to tread on some very sensitive territory.
Nazi VicPol nowhere to be seen when there was actual trouble, but come in 2 minutes later. Maybe those idiots would have been stopped if the Nazi VicPol had of been in the right place.
I hate the decision to move the GF to Sydney. It's basically two teams who are playing away for a really big match. E.g. Adelaide v Perth in Sydney. A-LEAGUE YOU NEED TO FIX THIS!!! IT'S TEARING OUR NATION APART!!!
Not defending it at all but that is what happens in the AFL every year with the GF in the MCG. The fans in the other States don’t do this crap though. Kids at the game certainly had their eyes opened up I guess 😂
@@mickysquire205 what makes the A-League and AFL Grand Finals different is that the AFL being at the MCG is a tradition that has been going on for years, sure it might need a change but it’s just tradition so there’s no real drama about it. The A-League on the other hand… doing the complete opposite isn’t a good idea, especially in a sport where some of the fanbase are rather “hostile”
@@OldFossil yer that’s a fair point. I wasn’t at all defending the decision just trying to say the response tonight went too far. Accept what your saying though. 👍
Active support ? These thugs and malcontent should be banned for life. Throw the book at them. You can express passion without resorting to violence and lawlessness. For the sake of our beautiful game ban the ringleaders for good.
Increíble ! Soy de latam , y aquí que las barras son más pesadas, que acá literalmente personas de diferentes equipo se enfrentan a cuchillo por sus equipos, y eso no sucede acá , de invadir y meterse con los jugadores del equipo rival , no pasa acá en latam ( colombia ) Que son barras mucho mucho por muuuucho mas consolidadas que las de allá , con mas gente y con mas gamines y no pasa eso acá. Que tristeza
Se supone que son países desarrollados Pero por lo visto se comportan como salvajes El futbol en Latinoamérica se está dando con más frecuencia pero barra contra barra Lo q paso en Mexico queretaro vs atlas Lo q pasa en Argentina ahi si que la afición visitante no puede ir a alentar a su equipo
Es que son muy confiados, no hay rejas. Han habido ya incidentes dentro y fuera de las canchas, con bastante violencia. Especialmente en Sydney y Melbourne. Hay varios hijos o nietos de europeos, especialmente de los balcanes y otras partes del este de Europa que están involucrados en esto, aunque no son los únicos para ser justos.
The goalkeeper should’ve thrown the flare on the side of the ground not at the fans. Izzo (victory’s main goalkeeper) got way more flares thrown at him and he just chucked it to the side.
What were the police doing?? How can you be over 2 minutes away but still be in the stadium? Surely they should have been moving in as soon as the first flair was lit/thrown?! Seems like they're not their to prevent anything, only criminalise after the fact. So basically they are CCTV drones, that won't protect you, pathetic. One act of stupidity can go unnoticed and be fairly harmless, several together can cause a disaster, as we see here.
At 0:15 you can hear someone say "Where are the police?". Police finally arrive at 2:02 by which time most of the crowd is back over the fence. Where indeed were they?
Here's a thought, no flares, drink containers/bottles, eskys, banners with poles, or any items that could be used as a weapon allowed in the ground. No exceptions.
🇦🇺 You AUSTRALIANS (Ultras) are much braver than the ultras of the United States. It is evident that you have a brave working class among your ranks. PS: I just hope that one day you do not come to confrontations and deaths in combat (in the stadium or outside of it), as unfortunately has happened here in South America for more than 3 decades until now (thousands of dead). You are a developed country, with a high quality of life, I think you should not reach that; you have everything to live peacefully. Greetings from a Chilean ex-Barra Brava (ex-ultra) of the 'Garra Blanca' of the Colo-Colo team. Santiago of Chile 🇨🇱, South America.
@@sararivz668 how...you bloody moron. He set up the tension that's how. So many have fled the state because of his division coz Melbourne Socialism and free stuff. Ya gotta learn the hard way,so be it.
No excuses MV should be made play games at empty stadiums, understand innocents will miss out but do you really wanna take kids to this? Disgraceful behaviour there needs to be severe punishment
@@tributeact6995 LOL... a cooker moron has to open his mouth. If these soccer "fans" are a part of the cooker thugs that rioted in Melbourne in 2020/2021 it wouldn't surprise anybody. They're all f*cking knuckle dragging Neanderthals that need to be sorted out with some of those rubber pellets from the riot cops.
This was a protest by the Melbourne victory supporters because the Australian players league ( APL ) decided to give the grand final hosting rights to Sydney for the next three years. They marketed this As a week long festival of football and with the current inflation prices of accommodation, airfares etc interstate supporters will have a very difficult time being able to afford tickets and to travel to see their deserving team play in the grand final.
Well that makes smashing someone in the head with a metal bucket ok then... These people are just thugs, and snowflakes for kicking off over such a minor issue.
Did not expect to see this in Australia no matter what anger from fans led to this. Scary because those fans didn't seem worried at all about consequences, just a mob of unruly violent mostly young men I would assume. Lawlesness, not a good sign for Australian society.
Invisible fans? I think we know what type of fans they are! And they think this sort of behaviour endears them to head office. Doing themselves no favours
Thank you for posting this, if not for you Iwould not know. It is hard to watch after getting rid of news paper and tv in 1999. There are bigger more important issues these are not interested.
Not from Melbourne so I don't follow AFL or Soccer but that was so weak and gutless. Noticed how they all ran away in a hurry when just a security guard told them to get off the field. They saw it on TV and decided they need to take flares to a match and act like grubs.
I love how the police rock up after the fans have left
True.. hihihi (the police kinda missed the fun)
😂
Too busy booking people on the road
Classic Po Po
Absolute pussies
The good work of the Socceroos has gone up in smoke, first with the A-League board with the Sydney GF and then these hooligans.
If it helps, nobody is talking about the GF hosting rights now…
The work of the Socceroos would do fuck all for the A-League. Just like the Olympics, no one gives a shit about most sports for the four years in between.
@@mifeke6149 huh? Here in the uk it’s the opposite. The couldn’t wait for the prem to start up again and the WC to end.
@@mifeke6149 spot on. People like 1969cmp just recite the garbage peddled by channel 7.
Good to see they had plenty of security there for a derby and the known tension with the GF decision.
GF decision?
It’s because the league don’t want to admit that they are wrong so they say or do nothing
@@philip013 Grand Final
But it's such a friendly city
@@golbs7542 Definitely more friendly than rude Sydney
channel 9, channel 7 and murdoch media will have a field day against football tomorrow. Sad day for Football in Australia.
Would be hard to put this in a good light.
Reason I don’t watch mainstream TV or listen to radio or read Murdoch garbage. They’ve put crap on football for decades.
Does the Murdoch media in Australia not like football? If so, why not?
@@isaacpeachey8609 he’s heavily invested in rugby league and has been pumping it up for decades. He wouldn’t want football to do well (competition).
This isn't out of the blue. I've been at several Sydney games lately and seen plastic bottles thrown onto the pitch which stopped play. Lots of cops watching, doing nothing. So each time, it's naturally gotten more brazen, and now this. Maybe they're waiting for mask mandates to come back so they can get back to tackling old people to the ground and dragging them out for not wearing a mask.
Useless police
Or shooting unarmed civilians in the back with rubber bullets for declining a certain medical experiment.
They are good for the things you mentioned though.
Top quality 4K recording...the Police are gonna have a field day!
100% this video is $$$$ in their eyes
Oink 🐷
Lies again? Beaten By Women
Adelaide fan here. I can only feel at this stage that anyone can see this is plain wrong. A-league is ruined. Sad to see it, but when you trod on the common fan, this kind of situation is not surprising. Please review the changes, for the fans and for the future of football in this Australia.
I'm French, what's happening about A-League and APL? Thanks
It's the A league, no one cares. The level of football is shite anyway. Just a bunch of convict descendants sulking
@@anthonytudori2771 Not really a protest. That’s how my children act when they don’t get their way. Not sure what smashing the goalkeepers head with a bucket has to do with protest?
Don't get your way, start a riot? Beat up on the goal keeper? Hope a heap of those cowards get charged, and/or permanently banned. Bloody disgrace. 👿
@@anthonytudori2771 What's wrong with it being held in Sydney?
I like the part where the failures that make up Victoria Police are booed from the pitch while being pelted with bottles. Where were they when shit broke out, no where to be seen as usual, deliberately out of sight snorting lines of rack.
BRAVO! France and Argentina have some of the most violent craziest fans in football. Keep it up Aussies and you may just make the Word Cup final one day! Congratulations!
see how crazy they are on the day if they want to be locked up. Minimum 6 months Maximum 3 years that should slow them down some what.....🙂
@@petermcgreevy6386 That won't happen to any of them except maybe the guy who hit the keeper with the bucket.
@@raphaelkoch1573 in the news paper it says he was stabbed in herald sun
This isnt a protest, this is thugs causing trouble
It got everyone’s attention so the protest worked.
We all know they forgot about what they were protesting when they got on the field, their inner hunger to act like an idiot was able to find expression just like any teenager
look at them thinking its all a joke. Hope the get identified and put to jail
true
What an atmosphere, worthy of a national public holiday.
And we can call it...
Soccer sucks a fart day.
And we call it immigrants deportation day!
@Yanks R EVIL I literally don't even understand what you said?
Watch a bunch of tools. Everyone should have been arrested. I love how the two teams took care of each other leaving the pitch, because in the end, the "FANS" were the enemy, not the teams!!
never seen so many apprentice panel beaters in one place
This is the proper European football experience.
You're kidding
@@lenovodovo7053 Kind of, but not really.
Nah. Not even close.
From wish, this country’s full of the biggest pussies on the planet don’t put it in the same sentence as europe 🤣🤣🤣 clown, Europeans laugh at this
A load of alcoholic apes getting their 5 minutes of attention
every single person that ran on should be banned for life
Cave men.
Cave men.
Then we would have no fans.
Jog on you nonce
Thank you to every Melbourne fan who protested, the GF decision was only reversed because the fans stood up against the APL.
Hope you're all doing well one year on and can be back in the stadium supporting your club again soon.
This is the kind of behaviour that criminals perform.
Congratulations MVFC football hooligans, you just screwed your club with that behaviour. Good job 👍
@@johnlewis9631 typical blame everyone else for your unacceptable behaviour.
@@johnlewis9631 and did the crow throw it or not?
@@johnlewis9631 I think you'll find that the Melbourne victory crowd threw it towards the Melb City keeper first. Right or wrong Glover just threw it back.
@@johnlewis9631 true if supporters are banned so should Glover.
Simple you make Melbourne victory play all home games behind close doors & dont let their fans attend any away games.
Just break the club up and erase all evidence of it ever existed!
@@flyingfox10001biggest club in australia with the most history and fans
@@flyingfox10001but some of the fans arnet good
Oh my god, a clear video, fcking well done mate, video quality is better than what NASA have done in the last 100 years, well done 😎😂
Kick V out for a season or 2 ,hefty fines, player sanctions. Hit em where it hurts. Fans banned for life (riotous ones). This is sad and does not reflect Australian sport as a whole. Melbourne got some serious gang issues.
Nuffy
The club didn't encourage this. Collective punishment is a pathetic action.
@@gice7 we need to punish these fans not a good look the idiots who did this should be in jail
True it's messed up.
if u kick them out it all dies
As a neutral football fan I am disgusted. They destroyed a great game of football. I understand the frustration over the stupid decision regarding the GF but this is moronic. Lifetime bans for every idiot who invaded the pitch, and prison sentences for the assaults, nothing less.
This justifies the A League in moving the GF to Sydney
wanker.
protests get ignored, now people have to force the issue in order to be taken seriously, keep taking the jab man.
Football is dependent on the fans. Without it dies. This decision basically killed the league during a time cost high inflation. No average fan can afford flights plus accommodation to watch a grand final in these times. The game will lose kids to other codes and sports. I’m getting my younger ones in the family mountain bikes instead of spending it on something they can’t experience.
i think the last 2 gf were in melbourne
@@MrWhitmen1981 you do understand that one team will always have to travel. Fans will always have to travel if they are the away team under the old system. So you're argument does not hold up.
@@ACL.TPS.Ultimate.SOCCER The Last 2 seasons had teams from Melbourne finish on top.
The guy with the blue hat and green shorts threw the bucket
Did you get his ID?
Hope the *sshole gets charged and a holiday in jail. What a cowardly act.
Correct!
Correct! And if you follow him through the crowd you can get a good look at his face! Especially if watching in 4K! I took a screenshot of his face. 10 seconds of fame = a prison sentence and a lifetime ban.
hi philcore lol
....and this is why we cant have nice things. All the great work on the games reputation in this country and the sport finally getting a little momentum in australia all gone up in an hour
You worry too much ,this is just one incident .
Huge sponsor money behind the game , it isn't going anywhere , will only grow from here .
@@farangutan6773 It's not just one incident and this is not a small thing.
i am western sydney wanders fan and i have never seen that in my whole life in soccer history. thats just really horrible. i hope Tom Glover is ok
Glover started the show throwing the flare back into a populated crowd
@Oh Why the flare was with the crowd then they threw to Glover
@@ohisww You really dont know what ”started it means” dumbass
the a league literally started because the nsl clubs fans were too violent what do you mean you havnt seen that at soccer before. It’s what soccer is all about
@@ohisww so what was he meant to do? sit on it?
I feel so bad for the city goalkeeper he got a concussion
He threw flares into the crowd
@@dmw798 he was assaulted beforehand
@@willloterzo8131 no he through the flares first i witnessed it lol
@@TeeJayyW LMAO buddy getting thrown a flare at him is assault already you absolute genuine clown lol
@@TeeJayyW Did he bring a flare out onto the pitch, light it and throw it into the crowd? Or did the crowd throw it at him and he threw it back?
Can anyone guess why Qatar banned alcohol at the stadiums ?
I'm surprised women weren't also ban as that's a local law
@@shadowaussie1012 Very often in life people make " claims " but can never present evidence.
This is the best thing I've seen in ages, really brings soccer back to the dark ages again in this country 😃
Do they expect children to go to these meetings of the cavemen?
Shouldn't the a league consult clubs before making decisions .the CEO of this game is responsible for these actions ,if 10mill in kickbacks which apparently is going back to cubs is the outcome cause every club is struggling come and tell the public be transparent .the a league CEO should be sacked tommorow for the way he went about the deal so don't blame a reaction...we the only country in the world where this calamity of bullshit is taking place ...you are responsible Mr CEO whoever your name is cause nobody really knows who you are .good on you fans you pay the bills,you die hard for your clubs you want answers.wake the f up seriously going on to long...you neglect the source, pay the consequences who will you punish Glover or city or victory you can't answer that can you or will some committee of arbitration be formed to determine a punishment .joke serious wake the problem is deeper than you could imagine,,,,,,watch the space which is almost predictable
what a shame! Melbourne has been my No. 1 City for decades😢
It is not what it used to be after being Dan Andrewed
Leave the fans alone . They simply wanted to play soccer ⚽️ as well .......
Horrible. Give lifetime bans for all of ‘em. Hurting a player is completely unacceptable.
Dark bucket hat, military green shorts, white runners. Enjoy your life ban and possible criminal record buddy.
Absolutely based victory ultras… this league needs to learn the hard way
Video of the shameful actions has reached Canada. Give Melbourne City the win in this match, use video evidence of the perpetrators to charge offenders and require Victory to play their next 3 home games to an empty stadium. This is disguating, disgraceful behavior.
MLS guy here in the states. Help me out, whats the back story for this pitch invasion etc? Thanks.
Basically there was supposed to be a walkout to protest a decision by the league bosses, but a few dickheads were throwing flares, and the opposition keeper threw one back, so they ran on and assaulted him and the referee, giving them both cuts. The match was called off in the end, but probably the death of the A league unfortunately
The goalkeeper threw a lit flare into the crowd
Usually league leaders get to play grand final in their state but APL decided all grand finals will be played in Sydney from now on.
@@dmw798 Got it. That’s how MLS does it too. League leaders get to host the championship game. Hope that doesn’t change. Thanks.
@@TravelingFosters2012 yes i know the MLS, you've done great things with your league. You've adopted the conference / playoffs system for your finals like the other major leagues in the US. Much like we've adopted the finals system like the other football codes in our country. I like it because it adds a local flavour to our football leagues here and in America. But because of this whoever wins the regular season should get something, in Europe it would mean the championship so it should at least mean hosting rights for the final here.
Aussies of Slavic and Middle-Eastern appearance certainly are passionate about their game 😄
Yes they all looked to be part of a certain demographic.
wtf do you mean? that's most Australians? Australia is super multi-cultural especially Melbourne, everyone are from difference places.
There’s other context to this that happens before this video started; of the several flares that were being thrown onto the pitch, City GK Glover threw one of those flares into the stand where the Victory supporters are, causing the violent retaliation.
So? typical bullshit response. They had no intention of being civil. Why throw the flares in the first place??
@@iwccinc You yourself just said the answer to that question of yours:
*”They had no intention of being civil.”*
The players in turn land into a ‘Don’t poke the bear’ situation when things end up in a game-ending disaster. Players have a responsibility to remain professional at all times.
Common sense should dictate that picking up a lit flare and throwing it back into an already uncivil and irate supporter group that is very much prone to violence and could potentially rip a player apart to injury or death is unprofessional on the player’s part, let alone a player who’s a part of the arch-rival team. Not to mention the chance that either some innocent spectator who would have absolutely nothing to do with the Terrace or the hooligans, or one of the barracker’s children, could get hit by said flare.
You do realise that it was thrown by accident? It went sideways, so clearly it wasn't intended to land at the active support. And judging by his reaction, I don't think he realised what had happened. I certainly wouldn't be standing there if I threw a flare at a mob of thugs, let alone watching them swarm me knowing that I would be assaulted. Either way, both teams need to be fined for the use of flares, Izzo's netting was cinged by a City flare. But Victory needs to be punished for what really is just a reflection of their club culture. Victory active support were chanting abusive words at Glover before the flares, some idiots in GA threw a bottle at Leckie when he was leaving the pitch. Judging by some of the faces of Victory's active support, they seemed to enjoy the spectacle whilst everybody else were clearly shocked. It's these nasty people that pollute Victory's fan base and they need to be stamped out. The flare was clearly thrown with no intention of hurting anybody, but to throw a bucket of sand at someone's face is just criminal.
@@razor9247 Mate, you are right on so many aspects, but I gotta address this. Sorry, but do you hear yourself there with that first statement? How the actual hell do you throw something by accident? How do you be a goalkeeper who judges the distance between his position and his teammates before throwing the ball back into play, and throw something by accident? That just doesn’t make any sense.
Though on Glover’s reaction, as much as players have a responsibility to remain professional throughout the entire time, sometimes logical and rational thinking heads straight out the back door when a volatile situation is unfolding. Both sets of fans were already irate and fired up by the APL’s GF decision. This flare going into the already furious (and prone to violence) supporter group just ended up as the straw that broke the camel’s back.
And as to the violent culture and who should cop the fine, do not go about blending the clubs with the so-called supporter bases that claim to represent them. There’s a big difference between the two parties. Fining the club is going to do nothing else but cripple it, and the league, even further and serve as a nothing deterrent for the hooligans. There are so many fans of the clubs that actually love the sport and love the club while at the same time having absolutely nothing to do with these supporter bases. Why should they lose out because of the scum that decided to retaliate?
The ones who should ultimately be copping the bill (and the bans) are the hooligans from the “supporter” groups involved, OSM in Victory’s case. The sport already has a poor reputation in this country because of the hooliganism culture.
(There’s another big fuelling to the background of this culture, but to avoid having the social warriors stomping my head on the road and having me cancelled rather than using their heads to think about it, I will not mention it here. All I will just say is have a good think about why these incidents are prevalent in Soccer and to a lesser extent in Rugby League, but hardly at all with Footy and Union.)
The governing body/ies of the sport in Australia also have to take responsibility, because over the years these sorts of incidents have happened and all these bodies have done is all big words, no action. They’re either blaming the fans outright or blaming the clubs, but they nearly never look at themselves in the mirror and question their actions.
As for this, if the game for the moment has to be finished behind closed doors, they should absolutely do it and get it over and done with.
No disrespect at all to you Razor, but I have to leave it there on this matter before I trigger someone else out there, since this is starting to tread on some very sensitive territory.
@@XTrapolis942M nice shot with the bucket. love from london
Nazi VicPol nowhere to be seen when there was actual trouble, but come in 2 minutes later.
Maybe those idiots would have been stopped if the Nazi VicPol had of been in the right place.
The “Victory” needs to play to empty home stands and no away supporters for at least this season.
if u banned Victory it all dies this was the plan they were smart to do this they bring in most of the fans
Good Stuff, your getting like us. - Millwall Supporter. No one likes us, we don’t care. 🦁👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
mIIIILLLLL
I hate the decision to move the GF to Sydney. It's basically two teams who are playing away for a really big match. E.g. Adelaide v Perth in Sydney. A-LEAGUE YOU NEED TO FIX THIS!!! IT'S TEARING OUR NATION APART!!!
So thugs use it as an excuse please
Not defending it at all but that is what happens in the AFL every year with the GF in the MCG. The fans in the other States don’t do this crap though. Kids at the game certainly had their eyes opened up I guess 😂
@@mickysquire205 what makes the A-League and AFL Grand Finals different is that the AFL being at the MCG is a tradition that has been going on for years, sure it might need a change but it’s just tradition so there’s no real drama about it.
The A-League on the other hand… doing the complete opposite isn’t a good idea, especially in a sport where some of the fanbase are rather “hostile”
So play the match where more of these smooth brained idiots can be in attendance?
@@OldFossil yer that’s a fair point. I wasn’t at all defending the decision just trying to say the response tonight went too far. Accept what your saying though. 👍
A League needs to take action against these extremists, but also the fans who stayed in the stands and cheered when a goalkeeper was assaulted.
Extremists everywhere.?
Shut up you big fanny
Active support ? These thugs and malcontent should be banned for life. Throw the book at them. You can express passion without resorting to violence and lawlessness. For the sake of our beautiful game ban the ringleaders for good.
League and Union get all the bad press, but this carry-on seems more rife in soccer.
You just cannot beat football ⚽️ for this. 😂
@@QPRTokyo go qpr great win last night cmon u rrrrrs
Melbourne obviously needs another lock down
Increíble ! Soy de latam , y aquí que las barras son más pesadas, que acá literalmente personas de diferentes equipo se enfrentan a cuchillo por sus equipos, y eso no sucede acá , de invadir y meterse con los jugadores del equipo rival , no pasa acá en latam ( colombia ) Que son barras mucho mucho por muuuucho mas consolidadas que las de allá , con mas gente y con mas gamines y no pasa eso acá. Que tristeza
son diferentes estratos sociales en latam donde reina la violencia, pero aqui es algo inusual y le da una mala reputacion a este deporte
Se supone que son países desarrollados
Pero por lo visto se comportan como salvajes
El futbol en Latinoamérica se está dando con más frecuencia pero barra contra barra
Lo q paso en Mexico queretaro vs atlas
Lo q pasa en Argentina ahi si que la afición visitante no puede ir a alentar a su equipo
Es que son muy confiados, no hay rejas.
Han habido ya incidentes dentro y fuera de las canchas, con bastante violencia. Especialmente en Sydney y Melbourne. Hay varios hijos o nietos de europeos, especialmente de los balcanes y otras partes del este de Europa que están involucrados en esto, aunque no son los únicos para ser justos.
@@TheTimurdempire Who the fk are you calling a savage?
Anyone looking for the definition of idiots watch this video
How are they going to identify anybody? They all look like generic thugs to me
play closed door for rest if season as penalty
Yep ban all Victory fans from games for the season . Even if any manage to sneak in and don their shirts during a game , remove them from the stadiums
At least Ricky Nixon wasn’t implicated in last nights soccer fiasco
Who would want to take their kids to that?
APL Greed caused this.
The goalkeeper should’ve thrown the flare on the side of the ground not at the fans. Izzo (victory’s main goalkeeper) got way more flares thrown at him and he just chucked it to the side.
Does not justify what happened and if you think it does then you are just the same as the idiots involved here. It is NOT acceptable.
Cops took their sweet time as well
What were the police doing?? How can you be over 2 minutes away but still be in the stadium? Surely they should have been moving in as soon as the first flair was lit/thrown?! Seems like they're not their to prevent anything, only criminalise after the fact. So basically they are CCTV drones, that won't protect you, pathetic. One act of stupidity can go unnoticed and be fairly harmless, several together can cause a disaster, as we see here.
Trying so hard to be like fans from the Balkans. Just chant, light your flares and watch the game smh. Flogs only ruined it for yourselves.
This is the best thing that I've seen from the A league. Real fans showing real passion for getting the shaft.
Take your meds
Too many boosters have finally given the results. Safe and effective.
Did Melbourne hire the Ottawa Police Service?
Where the hell were the cops and security to begin with?
Doughnut van.
The police were no where to be seen, must have been eating donuts and coffee
At 0:15 you can hear someone say "Where are the police?". Police finally arrive at 2:02 by which time most of the crowd is back over the fence. Where indeed were they?
1.11 wasnt the whole point to be silent after the 20 minute mark?
Here's a thought, no flares, drink containers/bottles, eskys, banners with poles, or any items that could be used as a weapon allowed in the ground. No exceptions.
What was their reasoning for the fans storming the field?
The goalkeeper threw a flare that landed on the pitch back into the crowd and they went mad
In this video I can see and zoom who threw the bucket. He is wearing a black bonet.
Yeah… A-League will be dead in five years.
the cops didn´t know what they were doing. They just showed up and left
Danny Townsends legacy.
I’ve heard news reports how bad this was after watching it wasn’t that bad .
🇦🇺 You AUSTRALIANS (Ultras) are much braver than the ultras of the United States. It is evident that you have a brave working class among your ranks.
PS: I just hope that one day you do not come to confrontations and deaths in combat (in the stadium or outside of it), as unfortunately has happened here in South America for more than 3 decades until now (thousands of dead). You are a developed country, with a high quality of life, I think you should not reach that; you have everything to live peacefully.
Greetings from a Chilean ex-Barra Brava (ex-ultra) of the 'Garra Blanca' of the Colo-Colo team.
Santiago of Chile 🇨🇱, South America.
See how funny it is that the only time the police dare to come out is when everything is over😂
The Bacon comes in when it's all over... wtf happened there?
Melbourne Victory should do the right thing and ban themselves for a year for this
Killed football for decades to come
Kick the side and its supporters out of the league..
Acting tough when none of them weigh over 60kgs soaking wet 😅 They couldn’t even tear the goal down with that many of them. Embarrassing
Now that is what I call stoppage time!!!!
Dan Andrew’s type of crowd
How?
@@sararivz668 how...you bloody moron. He set up the tension that's how. So many have fled the state because of his division coz Melbourne Socialism and free stuff. Ya gotta learn the hard way,so be it.
No they're acting more like anti vax protesters
As an Australian this is embarrassing.
What were they protesting?
No excuses MV should be made play games at empty stadiums, understand innocents will miss out but do you really wanna take kids to this? Disgraceful behaviour there needs to be severe punishment
This is just wrong. The substitute should have all come and protect the goal keeper
Arrest the lot of them. Ban them for LIFE!!
arrest you for not standing with the fans that are treated with utter contempt.
fan power.keep taking the jab .
@@tributeact6995WTF
@@tributeact6995 just continually showing yourself to be a moronic f….wit, get back to us when your IQ reaches double digits
@@tributeact6995 LOL... a cooker moron has to open his mouth.
If these soccer "fans" are a part of the cooker thugs that rioted in Melbourne in 2020/2021 it wouldn't surprise anybody.
They're all f*cking knuckle dragging Neanderthals that need to be sorted out with some of those rubber pellets from the riot cops.
Are there a lot of "newer" immigrants among these people ?
This was a protest by the Melbourne victory supporters because the Australian players league ( APL ) decided to give the grand final hosting rights to Sydney for the next three years.
They marketed this As a week long festival of football and with the current inflation prices of accommodation, airfares etc interstate supporters will have a very difficult time being able to afford tickets and to travel to see their deserving team play in the grand final.
No Melbourne teams will make grand finals for a few years.
Well that makes smashing someone in the head with a metal bucket ok then...
These people are just thugs, and snowflakes for kicking off over such a minor issue.
That does NOT justify what happened!
Good point, clearly justifies using a weighted metal projectile to smash an elite athlete in the face…
Did not expect to see this in Australia no matter what anger from fans led to this. Scary because those fans didn't seem worried at all about consequences, just a mob of unruly violent mostly young men I would assume. Lawlesness, not a good sign for Australian society.
Invisible fans? I think we know what type of fans they are!
And they think this sort of behaviour endears them to head office. Doing themselves no favours
i think they meant to put imbeciles fans lol
Ah, soccer fans, natures runts. They'll always be fourth class citizens. In international soccer and even within local sport.
racist much?
@@Tibor860 Retard much? Since when have soccer fans been a race?
It's FOOTBALL.
Thank you for posting this, if not for you Iwould not know.
It is hard to watch after getting rid of news paper and tv in 1999.
There are bigger more important issues these are not interested.
Who was the group that ran onto the pitch?
Victory fans
Original style Melbourne
Bunch of wankers
@@drjunk7918 any particular reason? Or are they just a bunch of imbeciles?
@@ZTRAIIN626 not real supporters just there for trouble wearing balaclavas for a reason.
Let's hope the videos help get these pricks arrested asap
Injuring a player is not how you protest.
As a Victory fan, these wankers should be banned for life. And for the ones that attacked players and officials, they should be fined and jailed.
Diversity is our strength, right?
The Australia I grew up in wouldn't have allowed this.
Your daughters and grand daughters are getting dicked by immigrants, cry about it 🤣
Not from Melbourne so I don't follow AFL or Soccer but that was so weak and gutless. Noticed how they all ran away in a hurry when just a security guard told them to get off the field. They saw it on TV and decided they need to take flares to a match and act like grubs.
J ai HONTE pour CE FAMEUX CLUB dont je suis fan depuis 2010 et à vie jusqu'à ma mort Je n'ai que 56 ans et je suis français
Ils apprennent de l'Europe
Argentina,Messi No 1.
@@martinnewell6260 fake title