Posted on 12/17/2022 11:28:26 AM PST by BenLurkin
Video posted to social media shows a fan throwing a bucket with a white substance at Tom Glover, Melbourne City’s goal-keeper during the team’s match with Melbourne Victory. Glover was taken off the field dazed and bleeding, and officials said he had suffered a possible concussion, according to a report.
Fans rushed onto the soccer field after the 20-minute mark at the AAMI Stadium in Melbourne as City led the match 1-0.
Tensions were high from the start of the game, with fans planning to leave after the 20-minute mark to protest Australia Professional Leagues’ recent decision to award hosting duties for the next three championship matches to Sydney in a deal with the New South Wales state government.
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The Aussies couldn’t care less about vaccines, lockdowns, or losing free speech and gun rights - but NEVER MESS WITH THEM when it comes to ‘football’.
Where women glow and Men plunder
Can’t you hear can’t you hear that thunder?
You better run you better take cover.
The silly thing is I don’t even think that’s a top three sport in Australia. At the very least rugby and Australian Rules footballer ahead of it.
I just looked up a list of the top 10 most popular sports in Australia and soccer wasn’t even on it. As I suspected cricket and Tennis are ahead of it so are American football and basketball.
What would they do to Ben Simmons their countrymen who has one of the worst case cases of Yips I’ve ever seen?
Soccer is not close to those three sports in popularity.
Shootin’ roos.
Beatin’ up scallywags.
Waltzing with Matilda.
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover, yeah
Maybe if soccer wasn’t so dreadfully boring, the audience wouldn’t get violent.
Gay kickball sounds really fun.
They used to say soccer was only for Wogs, Pooftahs and Sheilas.
Good point.
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