FA's next step as Victory answer hits desk

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Football Australia has revealed there's "no timeline" connected deciding however Melbourne Victory volition beryllium punished successful the aftermath of the A-League riot.

The governing assemblage confirmed connected Wednesday greeting that Victory had submitted a reply to the show-cause announcement issued to the club, but the shot satellite remains successful the acheronian astir the severity of the consequences acceptable to beryllium imposed.

"Football Australia understands the value of swift action; however, it volition instrumentality immoderate clip is indispensable to enactment done this submission earlier determining what sanctions volition beryllium imposed upon the club. No timeframe has been enactment connected this process," a FA connection read.

"Football Australia is besides assessing what measures whitethorn request to beryllium implemented, and volition beryllium moving with the Australian Professional Leagues, Melbourne Victory FC, Western United FC and the operators of AAMI Park arsenic to however they program to guarantee the information of each fans, players, officials and unit astatine the scheduled A-League Men's Boxing Day match."

FA main enforcement James Johnson had spilled connected the imaginable punishments earlier connected Wednesday.

"There are fiscal penalties that tin beryllium implemented and that tin beryllium a scope of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars," Johnson said connected Nine's Today.

"When it comes to sporting sanctions we tin look astatine imaginable constituent deductions.

"We've inactive got to code what the result of the lucifer against Melbourne City volition be. Is it replayed oregon is it awarded to Melbourne City?

"And we tin look astatine imposing immoderate benignant of sanctions against radical entering the stadiums.

"The nonsubjective isn't to destruct the club; the nonsubjective is deter this enactment and guarantee the assemblage feels harmless to participate these stadiums."

Johnson was coy erstwhile pressed connected whether Victory would beryllium forced to play down closed doors for the remainder of the season.

"It's a anticipation but I'm not going to remark connected that due to the fact that I haven't adjacent seen the reply of Melbourne Victory," Johnson said.

"We've got to look astatine that reply and we've got to springiness the club, who is simply a respondent, the quality to spell done a earthy justness process."

Police complaint 13 radical implicit A-League transportation invasion

Saturday night's Melbourne derby astatine AAMI Park was abandoned successful the 21st infinitesimal aft astir 150 spectators stormed the pitch, protesting the Australian Professional Leagues' determination to grant the hosting rights of the adjacent 3 A-League expansive finals to Sydney.

Fans from some clubs had thrown flares connected the pitch, but erstwhile City goalkeeper Tom Glover hurled a flare backmost into the Victory supporters country astatine the bluish extremity a stampede of Victory fans unleashed.

Glover was hospitalised with concussion and required stitches aft being smashed successful the caput with a bucket filled with sand.

Two men received beingness bans for their engagement successful the invasion.

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