Stadium's sensational backflip on football fan ban

A determination to prohibition each Melbourne Victory supporters from attending A-League Men's games astatine an Adelaide stadium has been reversed.

Adelaide Venue Management (AVM) released a connection connected Thursday pursuing the unveiling of the A-League gully for the upcoming season.

It announced Victory fans volition beryllium locked retired of purchasing tickets to the March 9 crippled against Adelaide United, if the crippled is played astatine Coopers Stadium.

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But conscionable hours aft the connection was released, AVM revoked it and took to societal media to connection an update.

"Please note, the caller station regarding the Adelaide United v Melbourne Victory March 2024 lucifer has been removed," the connection read.

"In the tone of goodwill, we volition proceed to enactment collaboratively with each due parties to resoluteness the substance and execute a satisfactory result for all."

The archetypal media merchandise from AVM included a YouTube video highlighting convulsive scenes astatine games betwixt the Victory and United successful past seasons (watch a illustration of the video successful the subordinate astatine the apical of the page).

It said "only valid Adelaide United members and summons holders with a South Australian postcode volition beryllium permitted entry".

"Stadium absorption and SAPOL met with the APL and Adelaide United elder absorption successful March 2023 to sermon ongoing information concerns and the request to further amended patron, subordinate and constabulary safety, arsenic good arsenic the enactment wellness and information of our employees, astatine Adelaide United vs Melbourne Victory matches," AVM brag Anthony Kirchner said.

"Security footage was presented to the APL and Adelaide United highlighting our concerns, and we requested that the APL supply america with further tangible initiatives to enactment improved information astatine these high-risk fixtures contempt the already far-reaching hazard absorption strategies implemented and the deployment of bonzer further venue information and constabulary resources.

"Sadly, the APL did not respond and has ignored our concerns. Consequently, stadium absorption has been near with nary prime but to proceed to prohibit Melbourne Victory supporters from Coopers Stadium successful the involvement of nationalist information until further notice."

Coopers Stadium hosted 2 games betwixt Victory and United past season.

The archetypal was plagued by assemblage troubles, but the 2nd was not.

That 2nd fixture successful Adelaide featured nary Victory supporters aft sanctions imposed by Football Australia owed to abstracted convulsive incidents.

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In December, Melbourne City goalkeeper Tom Glover was assaulted erstwhile a information of the assemblage stormed the field during a crippled against Victory.

Glover was struck successful the look by a metallic bin and had to spell to infirmary successful what erstwhile Socceroos subordinate Danny Vukovic labelled the "darkest time for shot successful Australia".

Kirchner conceded it was not conscionable Victory members who were liable for the past incidents successful Adelaide.

"Many Adelaide United 'casuals' be this fixture each play with the halfway intent of engaging successful high-risk behaviour and provoking Melbourne Victory supporters, constabulary and security," helium said.

"There is simply a request for the APL to enactment with stadium managers and clubs to amended support shot fans and those moving astatine precocious hazard matches earlier thing precise superior occurs."