BREAKING Football Australia hands down final punishment to Melbourne Victory for violent pitch invasion, including $550,000 fine.
Melbourne Victory have been spared an immediate points deduction but will spend the rest of this season - and the next three - with a heavy penalty hanging over their heads as Football Australia handed down its final punishment for last month’s violent pitch invasion.
The club has been hit with a bill for $550,000, which includes $450,000 in fines and damages and a further $100,000 in lost revenue, while they will be subject to a 10-point deduction which will be triggered for each instance of “serious supporter misconduct” from now until the end of the 2025-26 men’s season.
Access to seating behind the goals at the northern end of AAMI Park will be blocked for the rest of this season and the finals series, while Victory fans will not be given allocated seating at away matches during that time. Melbourne City goalkeeper Tom Glover was left bleeding and concussed after fans stormed the pitch on December 17.Football Australia, which has already issued 17 individual stadium bans to people who entered the field of play, also said it would establish and manage a taskforce, together with experts from Victorian and NSW police forces, to curb the use of flares at matches and review the management of active supporters.
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