Footbrawl

Association football

2011
June 21, Chiefs play down racism row
June 8, Friendly fire: arrests as flares disrupt soccer international
May 21, Editorial: Crowd deserves red card
Apr 30, Club fears losing Thunder if crowd trouble fine sticks
Apr 14, Security guards attacked at soccer match in Heidelberg West
Feb 18, Police 'scared off by Melbourne Victory soccer louts' + (video) Victory fans blamed for soccer violence

2010

2009
Dec 20, Soccer Fans Brawl
Sep 20, Ban soccer hooligans
July 17, Soccer thugs banned under-16 player banned after opponent assaulted
June 25, State League soccer clubs get boot after spectator brawl
Apr 20, Fans banned in race rivalry gone mad
Feb 15, Thugs get the boot

2008
Aug 25, Footbrawl at Shark Park
Aug 24, FFA's iron fist in fight against hooliganism
Aug 18, No goals but plenty of punch
Aug 16, Video footage of fans fighting at Sydney v Victory
May 10, It's not sport without sportsmanship (towards bottom of article)

2007
Nov 14, Clamp on hooligans
Nov 13, FFA calls on fans to dob in the hooligans
Nov 13, Troublemakers in sights as FFA reviews security
Nov 12, Wannabes make hard work of risky business
Nov 12, Ruined by a lunatic fringe
Nov 12, Come down hard on the hooligans
Nov 12, FFA inquiry into Sydney fans' misbehaviour
Nov 11, Capsicum spray used on A-League fans
Oct 26, Racism row over hiring
Oct 17, Cowards, idiots threaten Reds
Oct 14, Crowd Trouble? You should go to a one-dayer
Oct 14, Police keep soccer fans apart + The Football Tragic response
Oct 9, Soccer's return to shame + Rank and Vile response
Sep 10, Victory fans may be banned
June 26, Good Crowd, Bad Publicity
June 21, Victory v South Melbourne + some footage

2006
Dec 10, Victory v Sydney
Dec 17, Kevin Muscat responds to stories of crowd violence
Dec 4, Adelaide v Victory
Oct 10, Spectator stomped player in soccer brawl
Sep 10, Hooligan Hell

2005
Aug 21, Football violence erupts in Melbourne
May 17, Soccer club to answer for 'entrenched' violence
Apr 26, Police called to quell disturbance between rivals
Apr 18, South Melbourne v Preston
March 14, Sydney United v Bonnyrigg

2003
January 14, Sydney United fined over crowd disturbance

2001
Phil Cleary on the Melbourne Knights
7 May, Soccer violence at Melbourne game
The Chaser takes a satirical look at Bobby Despotovski

General
Extensive football violence bibliography from a soccerphobic site

Click on a link below to see media reports of crowd violence and related issues pertaining to that sport. Association football Australian Rules Cricket Rugby League Tennis Other sports Please contact us with examples we haven't picked up, other sports that suffer from spectator violence or suggestions about the 'Footbrawl' section.

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Sport violence books

All Part of the Game Violence and Australian Sport, ed Dennis Hemphill

Crowd Violence at Australian Sport, ed John O'Hara