Inside Sport

Swastikas painted on soccer pitch in Altona


https://forum.insidesport.com.au/Topic1086310.aspx

By ton.of.bricks - 4 May 2011 9:30 AM

Quote:

http://tinyurl.com/3u9tocf

VANDALS burnt an Australian flag, spray painted Nazi Swastikas onto and dug grave shaped holes into the pitch of a suburban soccer club in a senseless attack yesterday.

Zak Milenkovski, Altona Magic soccer club junior coordinator, said over $40,000 had been done in the inexplicable attack.

"We were dismayed, disappointed and gutted," he said.

Signs and goal posts were damaged and a window broken as a Swastika and a Greek flag were spray painted onto the ground of the soccer club.

Holes dug in the pitch are ankle deep and even when repaired may put players at risk of injury, according to Mr Milenkovski.

"It puts players at risk, it's like running in a park with pot holes everywhere," he said.

He feared those responsible were trying to make a political point on his club.

It will take six weeks to return the field to playing condition.

Police believe the brazen vandals struck the Paisley Park Complex at the corner of Mills and Ross roads in Altona at about 9am yesterday morning and are looking for a number of offenders.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or to visit www.crimestoppers.com.au



Edited by ton.of.bricks: 4/5/2011 09:35:11 AM
By chris - 9 May 2011 7:31 PM

newfootball wrote:
heart4ever wrote:
mr_footballroo wrote:
The home ground of a macedonian soccer club was chosen for the vandalism, a greek flag was painted on the ground, greeks and macedonians don't get on, state league games between greek and macedonian clubs are often played behind closed doors for fear of ethnic violence, but this incident won't draw a connection between senseless ethnic tension and australian football!!!

Who are some of you blinkered idiots kidding.


I tend to agree with most of your post.

If the choice of venue for the vandalism was a football ground belonging to a macedonian club and the vandals left their signature by painting a greek flag, how can the game of football escape the negative attention and reflection? Don't greeks and macedonians usually show their dislike for each other at football grounds only? where else do they do it ecxept in local football matches? Of course it will reflect negatively and badly on our game, as things like that usually do.


If this is correct and greeks and macedonians in Australia only try to sort out their ethnic differences when they see each other in football games, how can this incident not reflect badly on our sport? Take away club competitions that include these clubs or just do away these clubs and european ethnic differences in Australia are a thing of the past. WTF are we doing to our sport? We're killing it by not acting on this.


lol bigtime at the above

On another note I was contemplating goinh to a victory match but decided it is way too dangerous to take my family there

VPL is.much much safer

Bring on the independe enquiry please

HAL is a very dangerous place

as for the altoa vandals, there is no way things are as they seem