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Melbourne Derby abandoned

TEL
TEL Posts: 10,100
in Charlton International
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. 

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  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,483
    edited December 2022
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11548779/Melbourne-City-goalkeeper-smashed-face-BIN-League-game-descends-chaos.html

    Sounds properly mental...
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,728
    Who takes a bucket to a game?
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    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
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,983
    edited December 2022
    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
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    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
    Chizz Posts: 28,348
    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
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    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
    Gribbo Posts: 8,516
    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
    Solidgone Posts: 10,223
    Next thing you hear is that someone has taken a spanner to a football match. I must of been a wrench🤓
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,423
    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! 😉

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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,960
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Who takes a bucket to a game?
    You've never been to a match with Hyacinth Bucket?
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,381
    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
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,745
    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
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,649
    We sent all our convicts there, is it any wonder ?
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,381
    It was West Ham convicts
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,117
    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
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    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
    tom_k Posts: 1,207
    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
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    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
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    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. 

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  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,907
    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?

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