Australian football hooligans

[midfielder]

A mate on the MV forum sent this tho to me and I am sharing it now on our forum. The conversation http://theconversation.edu.au ran an article about Australian football hooligans, re the report released by the Melbourne police some time back.

The Conversation http://theconversation.edu.au/who_we_are is an independent source of information, analysis and commentary from the university and research sector — written by acknowledged experts and delivered directly to the public. Our team of professional editors work with more than 1,600 academic authors to make this wealth of knowledge and expertise accessible to all.

Part of the article is below, it’s very long but if you are interested in this academic independent analysis of our game then it is worth the read … also if you know any policy making folk a copy of this article would not do football any harm…

http://theconversation.edu.au/a-league-fans-dont-label-them-football-hooligans-3355

Speaking in February 2011, Superintendent of the Victorian Police Rod Wilson publicly declared that many of his officers had become “scared” of certain sections of Melbourne Victory’s supporter base. The problem has got so bad in the last seven matches, he said, that at one game, 23 supporters were ejected from the ground, and at another 14 flares were let off in crowded areas – as a result, many of his officers would now “rather volunteer for other sporting events”.

 

[Wombat]

What a joke. Are they Police Officers or girl guides.

I guess policing cne day cricket must be a terrifying experience for these poor lambs as well.