Footbrawl

Australian Rules

2008
Sep 25, September starts at a simmer then the heat goes up
Aug 2, Naked footballers harassed female ambo: claim
July 22, Coach stops game as violence mars under-9s footy match
July 22, Cops probe junior footy brawl in western suburbs
July 18, What's going wrong with local football?
July 3, Police called after AJAX game
June 18, Disgust for Collingwood fan who spat at Brendan Fevola
June 11, Police officers had punch-up at footy, OPI hearing told
June 6, Umpires take stand against abuse, team suspended
May 18, Football violence on the up
May 13. League warns fans
May 12, Bloody brawl mars AFL Hall of Fame tribute match
May 12, SFL President pledges further action to clean up our game
May 11, Senior SFL player reported for striking 14 year old boy
May 7, Tribunal finds runner guilty of striking junior player + Club runner out until 2014
May 2, Newman, Footy Show 'entrench misogyny'
Apr 30, On a hiding to nothing: people who fight at the footy just spoil it for everyone else
Jan 24, Six fans banned from NTFL for brawling

2007
Dec 3, Kangaroos players clash with police
Nov 5, Footy grand final brawlers banned + video footage
Sep 29, Police investigate Power fans over hotel flare
Sep 17, Radio packs a punch & Action aplenty off-field (scroll down)
Sep 9, Violence mars CAFL grand final
Sep 9, No excuse for attacking a junior coach
Aug 28, MCG Members #2
Aug 19, MCG Members #1
Aug 12, Get off kids -- you're not safe
Aug 6, Punch-ups at the Showdown
Apr 21, WA Police officer injured in pub footy brawl
Apr 4, Footbrawl Fury

2006
Oct 21, Anti-semitism and country footballers + Dec 23 2007, Police 'hindered' race probe
Oct 2, Goulburn Valley Grand Final
Sep 12, Collingwood v the vendors
Aug 31, AFL Tasmania to screen junior level coaches in bid to stop the biff
Jun 29, Racism in the Wimmera
May 22, Teen charged with umpire assault

2005
Sep 26, Man seriously hurt in post-grand final brawl
Sep 7, 2005, Segregation at Port v Crows

2004
Oct 13, North Queenland
Sep 27, Bashed Port fan wakes from coma

2002
Sep 25, Spectator charged with assaulting umpire
June 17, AFL under pressure to clamp down on crowd violence
June 4, Code of practice to tackle sports violence

2000
June 18, 2000 Rural crackdown on violence in sport

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Sport violence books

All Part of the Game Violence and Australian Sport, ed Dennis Hemphill

Crowd Violence at Australian Sport, ed John O'Hara