An extreme hooligan group has been linked to the disturbing pitch invasion during the aleaguemen derby between gomvfc and MelbourneCity, while Australian soccer great Robbie Slater believes the whole thing could have been avoided. 7NEWS
between Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City, while Australian soccer great Robbie Slater has told Sunrise he believes the whole thing could have been avoided.
A police image of some of the pitch invaders during the A-League game between Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City.Slater said the problem was in the build-up and a direct cause of the Australian Professional League’s grand final announcement when it revealed the Monday before the derby“This was done pretty much without consultation with the major stakeholder in the game. And the major stakeholder in the game is the fans,” Slater said.
“This built-up and built-up and what we saw in the A-League on the weekend was walk-outs at all the stadiums, of course most them were peaceful, but the one in Melbourne certainly wasn’t.“But that’s the background as to why this happened ...There is no excuse for what those people did and it’s great to hear that Victorian Police are onto this and I know that Football Australia are looking at it very closely and there will be sanctions against Melbourne Victory.
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