Melbourne Victory have been hit with a file $550,000 high-quality following the gang violence which led to the abandonment of final month’s A-League Males derby with Melbourne Metropolis.
The golf equipment might be ordered to renew the fixture – which Metropolis led 1-Zero on the time of the abandonment – in April, with play ranging from the 22nd minute.
As a part of an array of sanctions handed down by Soccer Australia following the December 17 violence, Victory have been handed a suspended 10-point deduction.
That deduction might be invoked at any time this season or over the next three campaigns, ought to there be extra situations of fan violence.
Victory is not going to be allowed lively fan concessions for the rest of this season.
“Melbourne Victory has introduced the sport into disrepute,” Soccer Australia chief government James Johnson informed a press convention in Sydney on Tuesday.
“The photographs seen have been the worst within the historical past of our recreation.”
– AAP
