Melbourne City FC Thread

The media are definitely looking on here for breaking news. 24 hrs after it’s posted on here it’s everywhere.
 
Tbilisi said:
Why have City had their "Ultras" section behind the goal shut?
From what I saw it was the City keeper and Victory fans that caused the trouble.
Australian FA killing the game there.
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Okay just to explain.

The A-LEAGUE is now managed by a new entity APL, Australian Proffessional League not Football Australia. APL board is made up by some (not all) A League clubs. Mainly due to some A League clubs are owned by the League.

Anyway the Melbourne City active support ban is for 2 matches, no active season ticket holders are permitted entry, although they can still buy General admission, but lets not go down that path. The ban was self imposed by the club, not the FA or APL and was basically due to flares being thrown from our end during the derby. From memory there was atleast 15 thrown, mostly after we scored.

Now flares have been banned for years, many incidents of bad burns. Its an ongoing debate with flares but ultimately they haven't been used much in the last few years. Now during the World Cup and the Socceroos run decent crowds gathered at Fed square in the middle of the night and from what I was told it was a mixture of City, Victory and Western actives but they all seemed together and alot of flares were ripped. Being night and no reported incidents it looked great, the Police who "should " have acted let it go.

So that led to some of the less intelligent individuals at both ends think that its now okay to start using flares again.

I actually support the clubs stance, a line was crossed. We might lose some from the active but long term it's the only alternative.

For the record my boy is an active member. And I sit up the back drinking beers.
 
heartman said:
Okay just to explain.

The A-LEAGUE is now managed by a new entity APL, Australian Proffessional League not Football Australia. APL board is made up by some (not all) A League clubs. Mainly due to some A League clubs are owned by the League.

Anyway the Melbourne City active support ban is for 2 matches, no active season ticket holders are permitted entry, although they can still buy General admission, but lets not go down that path. The ban was self imposed by the club, not the FA or APL and was basically due to flares being thrown from our end during the derby. From memory there was atleast 15 thrown, mostly after we scored.

Now flares have been banned for years, many incidents of bad burns. Its an ongoing debate with flares but ultimately they haven't been used much in the last few years. Now during the World Cup and the Socceroos run decent crowds gathered at Fed square in the middle of the night and from what I was told it was a mixture of City, Victory and Western actives but they all seemed together and alot of flares were ripped. Being night and no reported incidents it looked great, the Police who "should " have acted let it go.

So that led to some of the less intelligent individuals at both ends think that its now okay to start using flares again.

I actually support the clubs stance, a line was crossed. We might lose some from the active but long term it's the only alternative.

For the record my boy is an active member. And I sit up the back drinking beers.
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Thanks for the explanation, much appreciated.
 
Playing tomorrow 1pm KO (Melbourne time) across the ditch in Wellington.

My early fears of the new coach seem to misheld. Although a very small sample size, 2 games and 20 minutes we seem to have transitioned seamlessly from one bloke to another. In fact we look a little more fluid.

With a 1pm KO and a public holiday this will be an interesting scenario for yours truly but looking forward to it. Can't remember the last time we played in NZ.
 
Watched the last half hour, thought Wellington were well on top and probably should have equalised.

3rd goal very much against the run of play.
 
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