Opinion: The weary issue of A-League crowd behaviour has popped up again after the first Sydney Derby was held at the new $828 million Allianz Stadium, writes Andrew Webster.
How a change to Origin can help the national and international gameHow many fans were thrown out of the AFL preliminary final between the Sydney Swans and Collingwood at the SCG on September 17?
Now tell me this: how many fans do you think were turfed from Allianz last Saturday night during the fiery A-League match between Sydney FC and the Western Sydney Wanderers? Given some of the headlines, I’d say 30 or more.The weary issue of A-League crowd behaviour has popped up again after the first Sydney Derby was held at the new $828 million Allianz Stadium.
Those who attended the event were surprised by the story. They witnessed little or no trouble on the night. Stadium staff and A-League officials reported the same thing.Credit:Nevertheless, the narrative about soccer fans running through the streets like lunatics was away and Bulldogs bossSeveral people replied to Gould with sickening footage from the NRL’s Magic Round earlier this year when drunken fans had belted each other in the stands at Suncorp Stadium.
Is this the end of days? Not really. A-League bosses would be privately jumping up and down on their ergonomic office chairs with glee about what transpired on Saturday night. There will be collateral damage. Seats will get broken. Traffic will get stopped. Tibby Cotter will get tagged.
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