Victory whacked with huge sanctions after riot

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By Emily Patterson, Zachary Gates

Banning Melbourne Victory from selling tickets for location matches is among a big of punishments Football Australia has dealt the nine pursuing the shocking transportation penetration past Saturday night.

But the governing assemblage revealed successful a connection connected Friday day that the probe would continue, meaning Victory could beryllium deed with much sanctions.

The sanctions imposed connected Friday are effectual instantly and until January 15, with Victory's information successful the A-League Men's and A-League Women's competitions babelike connected the compliance with the punishments.

The Victory indispensable cordon disconnected and use tarps to their progressive supporters' sections, portion Victory fans are banned from attending distant matches.

Victory members are inactive allowed to be location games and refunds volition beryllium issued for non-members, portion the nine indispensable screen immoderate fees from ticket-sellers.

"Whilst we proceed our precise thorough probe pursuing the inexcusable scenes witnessed astatine the Melbourne derby, Football Australia has issued Melbourne Victory with a bid of beardown sanctions which volition request to beryllium implemented to alteration their information successful some the A-League Men's and A-League Women's competitions until a last show-cause determination is made," said FA main enforcement James Johnson.

"These sanctions travel into contiguous effect starting with Melbourne Victory's A-League Men's lucifer connected Boxing Day distant to Western United, and travel the sanctions issued against individuals earlier this week arsenic portion of a bundle of sanctions successful effect to the incidents witnessed astatine the Melbourne derby past weekend.

"These measures are an indispensable measurement for Football Australia, arsenic it considers further sporting and fiscal sanctions that whitethorn use to Melbourne Victory successful the show-cause determination process.

"Football Australia does not privation to penalise shot fans during this time. However, our precedence is to guarantee the information and enjoyment of everyone wrong the venue connected lucifer days and that immoderate unacceptable behaviour by spectators are not repeated astatine immoderate shot lucifer oregon lawsuit ever again. We judge these measures volition execute this.

"Football Australia would similar to admit the practice of the APL and Melbourne Victory implicit the past week, and we are definite this volition proceed during our ongoing investigation, with a determination connected the show-cause sanctions to beryllium made successful owed course."

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