MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Football Australia has issued life-time bans to two Melbourne Victory supporters who rushed onto the field during an A-League game, including one who allegedly hit Melbourne City goalkeeper Tom Glover with a metal bucket.
Glover had a concussion and a facial laceration after being hit by the bucket wielded by a pitch invader and referee Alex King was also injured in the incident as about 150 people ran onto the field during Saturday night’s Melbourne derby in Australia’s top-flight soccer competition.
Football Australia issued a statement Tuesday saying it had conducted an investigation and had banned for life from all soccer-related activities a 23-year-old man who has already been charged by Victoria state police with violent disorder among a range of offenses.