Suspected Melbourne City FC supporters storm a pub in Cremorne in a violent altercation with rival fans
Footage has emerged of men wearing “crowd safety” vests appearing to throw several punches and kicking a man on the ground during a brawl at the Canberra event.
There are ongoing concerns about hostility between officials and spectators at matches after a referee’s jaw was broken during a game in south-west Sydney.
Attitudes towards referees are a worry. It starts at your children’s club.
Magistrate Glenn Walsh said 25-year-old Adam Abdallah appeared to beat the soccer referee “savagely” and posed an “unacceptable risk” to the community.
Greenacre withdrew its top men’s team from a suburban Sydney soccer competition in response to a violent assault on a referee,as police charged a 25-year-old man over the incident.
Khodr Yaghi was acting as a linesman in south-west Sydney on Friday night when a spectator threw him to the ground and punched him in the face,breaking his jaw.
Three teens suffered stab wounds and a 22-year-old is fighting for his life after an attack,but police say most revellers behaved well on New Year’s Eve and into the early hours of 2023.
Here,the spirit of Christmas takes a back seat,which is why a giant blow-up koala had to be deflated to avoid blocking cameras.
The hysteria about soccer crowds ignores the truth about what happens in other codes.