Melbourne Derby abandoned

TEL

Game just abandoned due to a pitch invasion. 

City's goalkeeper clobbered by a bucket, ref punched. 

Sounds worse than it looked but the keeper needed stitches so it couldn't really have gone on. 

hoof_it_up_to_benty

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11548779/Melbourne-City-goalkeeper-smashed-face-BIN-League-game-descends-chaos.html

Sounds properly mental...

ForeverAddickted

Who takes a bucket to a game?

TEL

There is footage on Twitter. Tv pundits made it sound like Millwall at Luton all those years ago but it was all over in a few minutes. 

North Lower Neil

ForeverAddickted said:

Who takes a bucket to a game?

Probably a sand bucket grabbed from the side of the pitch or something?  Seems weird otherwise, I agree.

TEL

ForeverAddickted said:

Who takes a bucket to a game?

It was a fire bucket for flares. The keeper lobbed a flare back towards the crowd that landed close to him. Then it went off. 

Chizz

TEL said:

ForeverAddickted said:

Who takes a bucket to a game?

It was a fire bucket for flares. The keeper lobbed a flare back towards the crowd that landed close to him. Then it went off. 

The flare or the crowd? 

TEL

https://twitter.com/neilsherwin/status/1604041330023596032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1604041330023596032%7Ctwgr%5E0a2ee91ee91aac7a4d283b767ec6ac8c0ab0d35e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-2548832332706554201.ampproject.net%2F2211302304001%2Fframe.html

Gribbo

ForeverAddickted said:

Who takes a bucket to a game?

Window cleaner went straight from work. Had his squidgy, washing up liquid and ladders confiscated at the turn-style because you're not allowed in with them

Solidgone

Next thing you hear is that someone has taken a spanner to a football match. I must of been a wrench🤓

T_C_E

Solidgone said:

Next thing you hear is that someone has taken a spanner to a football match. I must of been a wrench🤓

Would never happen! 😉

killerandflash

ForeverAddickted said:

Who takes a bucket to a game?

You've never been to a match with Hyacinth Bucket?

Lincsaddick

the rivalry between Melbourne and Sydney over anything is close to if not quite as bitter as the Celtic/Rangers divide .. this 'riot' was a protest over big games being switched from Melbourne to Sydney .. not a g'day mate

Clem_Snide

ForeverAddickted said:

Who takes a bucket to a game?

Pretty sure it was a bucket of sand that the stewards were using to douse flares.

letthegoodtimesroll

We sent all our convicts there, is it any wonder ?

soapy_jones

It was West Ham convicts

Friend Or Defoe

Lincsaddick said:

the rivalry between Melbourne and Sydney over anything is close to if not quite as bitter as the Celtic/Rangers divide .. this 'riot' was a protest over big games being switched from Melbourne to Sydney .. not a g'day mate

Not on the same level, more Liverpool and Manchester. Having the grand final at Sydney each season is a piss take though.

TEL

Rivalry? Nah it's all fabricated... it's a damp squib really. I've been to a lot of games over here, it's very sterile. 

tom_k

Lincsaddick said:

the rivalry between Melbourne and Sydney over anything is close to if not quite as bitter as the Celtic/Rangers divide .. this 'riot' was a protest over big games being switched from Melbourne to Sydney .. not a g'day mate

Celtic/ Rangers, give it a rest.

TEL

Friend Or Defoe said:

Lincsaddick said:

the rivalry between Melbourne and Sydney over anything is close to if not quite as bitter as the Celtic/Rangers divide .. this 'riot' was a protest over big games being switched from Melbourne to Sydney .. not a g'day mate

Not on the same level, more Liverpool and Manchester. Having the grand final at Sydney each season is a piss take though.

The piss take is having a grand final at all. 

TEL

Having seen the full footage the flashpoint was the goal keeper throwing a flare back into the stands landing amongst the fans who then went onto the pitch. Whilst it's being widely condemned about the injuries to the keeper, a cameraman who was bowled over and the referee being shoved, there's no mention of the keeper throwing a flare into a congested area full of fans. He's equally to blame but I bet he gets away Scott fee, such is the way of football. 

Off_it

TEL said:

Having seen the full footage the flashpoint was the goal keeper throwing a flare back into the stands landing amongst the fans who then went onto the pitch. Whilst it's being widely condemned about the injuries to the keeper, a cameraman who was bowled over and the referee being shoved, there's no mention of the keeper throwing a flare into a congested area full of fans. He's equally to blame but I bet he gets away Scott fee, such is the way of football. 

How much are you betting?