May as well have an individual thread for this disgusting yet unfortunate historical occurrence. A major turning point or moment for the league and sport. Disgusting scenes with Glover assaulted and the ref covered in some kind of material. 

Can't imagine the game resuming. Assault on anyone in that manner surely annuls it and it's time to go home for the day.

Bunch of dickheads.

some voices claiming glover threw a flare back into the crowd and that incited them, nonsense though i saw it and he just threw it over the ad hoarding nowhere near anybody

That's right. This will all be used for wild claims now. I was expecting some drama but assaulting others is just way beyond what I thought would happen.

officially the AL in everyway including fan behavior is worse then the NSL ever was without any of the great community engagement and warmth of cultural diversity.  

thank fuck these morons saying the nsl had fan behavior issues can now stfu because with the APL has done has shown the AL is 'WORSE' then the NSL as it essentially has sterilized fans as much as possible and is still a shit

That was the first one. The second one was thrown back into the crowd. 

You’re going to need to speak up about this and repeat it, because this story will take on a life of its own.

Just when us fans had the opportunity to get a one-up on football administration..a small minority just decided to feck it up for us all. We had one job. 

That or it is a *puts on tinfoil hat*
F A L S E  F L A G

There is footage showing Glover throw a flare into the crowd. 

LMAO... Those weren't assaults!  You pussy-willows needed to be around the CFMEU building in the city, or Studley Park Road during the #Scamdemic / vax pogroms protests... Now, THOSE where what I call "assaults"!  🍿🤩

https://pyroonthepitch.com/2021/04/02/pyro-on-the-pitch-21-melbourne-croatia-vs-melbourne-jugoslav-nsl-17-07-1989/

Yeah right

Were they "misoogynistic", "Trump supporter", "Nazi", "anti-vaxxers" too, Trudeau? 👌😅

Down with the Sickness, by Justin Trudeau (feat. Richard Cheese)

Surprised you can receive a signal through those tin foil clad walls at home.

I wish lmao

Yeah after looking at some other shots he does throw another back right into them where it came from and it kicks off from there. If they try to shift the blame to glover though its just ludicrous

I’d say they are probably lead-lined, but there must be a gap somewhere. Hopefully not big enough for him to escape.

Yeah that’s the end of the league. 

Following shocking scenes during the first half of the A-League Men’s match between Melbourne Victory FC and Melbourne City FC at AAMI Park on Saturday 17 December, where fans from the Melbourne Victory FC end entered the field of play, Football Australia match officials have abandoned the match in accordance with Law 5.3 of the Laws of the Game in order to protect the integrity of the match.

Such behaviour has no place in Australian Football, with a full Football Australia investigation to commence immediately, where strong sanctions to be handed down.

The amount of money football will now lose through lost  sponsors, tv money and fan numbers is going to hamstring football for a while, and ironically will probably be the catalyst for ceasing NSD plans and ensuring football remains "plastic". Idiots have destroyed the game they claim to love. 

Yeah I’ve seen the footage now, he does throw it into the crowd.

Glover really had no business throwing it back into the crowd. I can understand him being frustrated and annoyed, but it was like a red rag to a bull. Of course it doesn’t justify the assault at all, but jeez, what an idiot. He probably deserves a sanction himself.

I’m absolutely fuming 

I'm always gonna be a fan of the socceroos. I'll always support my local. However with the A-League... I'm just so burnt out. I'm out for the foreseeable future. 

Why bother getting your hopes up about the game in this country when shit like this is just gonna pop up and ruin it. 

This coming from the guy who was so blinded with optimism that I thought we had a decent shot of getting to the quarters back in 2014. 

Sponsors and broadcasters are going to demand an extraordinarily strong response to this. I'm talking suspending Melbourne Victory from the league big. 

I wouldn't be surprised to see some points penalty that essentially ends their season and a penalty for Glover that severely impacts his career.

And videos on youtube allow many of the people (including the guy throwing the bucket) to be easily identified to anyone who knows them. I wonder who will have the balls to name and shame them.

Hmm, I’m pretty sure suspending the best supported team in the league is not in the sponsors’ or broadcasters’ interests. 

Where do the fans jump on the field and attack players and officials in this match?

I think you'll find that if some form of drastic action isn't taken against them (probably not suspension - more likely a big penalty including some no-crowd rounds), then there'll be sponsors leaving the league. They'll be in massive damage control right now trying to keep sponsorship on board.

I think that’s more likely. It’d be ironic if Destination NSW pulled their money …