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Fans storm field, attack goalie at Australian soccer match
NY Post ^

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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1 posted on 12/17/2022 11:28:26 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

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’.


2 posted on 12/17/2022 11:42:10 AM PST by BobL (By the way, low tonight in Latvia: 11 degrees, brrrr!)
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To: BenLurkin

Where women glow and Men plunder
Can’t you hear can’t you hear that thunder?
You better run you better take cover.


3 posted on 12/17/2022 11:48:41 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: BobL

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.


4 posted on 12/17/2022 11:49:38 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: BobL; BenLurkin

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.


5 posted on 12/17/2022 11:51:27 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: BobL; BenLurkin

What would they do to Ben Simmons their countrymen who has one of the worst case cases of Yips I’ve ever seen?


6 posted on 12/17/2022 11:51:47 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
In Australia, it's cricket, aussie rules football, rugby, and not necessarily in that order. Those are the "big 3" over there, just like baseball, basketball, and football are here.

Soccer is not close to those three sports in popularity.

7 posted on 12/17/2022 11:57:53 AM PST by PallMal
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To: nickcarraway

Shootin’ roos.

Beatin’ up scallywags.

Waltzing with Matilda.


8 posted on 12/17/2022 12:01:12 PM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: nickcarraway

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


9 posted on 12/17/2022 1:21:47 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: BenLurkin

Maybe if soccer wasn’t so dreadfully boring, the audience wouldn’t get violent.


10 posted on 12/17/2022 2:01:39 PM PST by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: BenLurkin

Gay kickball sounds really fun.


11 posted on 12/17/2022 2:25:19 PM PST by Fireone (When they pry them from my cold, dead, unvaccinated hands.)
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To: PallMal

They used to say soccer was only for Wogs, Pooftahs and Sheilas.


12 posted on 12/17/2022 2:30:13 PM PST by slorunner
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To: aimhigh

Good point.


13 posted on 12/17/2022 3:27:29 PM PST by nickcarraway
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