CHAOS broke out at a non-league game on Saturday after a player appeared to strike a fan amid a brawl behind one goal.
The Northern Premier League Division One West game between Avro FC and Kidsgrove Athletic played host to startling scenes in the stands.
Home side Avro were cruising to victory with a 6-0 lead as the eighth-tier match entered its final ten minutes.
Kidsgrove’s player-manager Tom Pope became the visitors’ third sending off of the afternoon on the sidelines when he was handed his marching orders in the 80th minute of the already testy affair.
But things escalated further when a separate argument in the stands turned physical.
Multiple Kidsgrove players then abandoned the field to intervene in the scuffle themselves.
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The scene quickly devolved into a full-on brawl behind the Kidsgrove goal, with visiting players and fans from both sides seemingly involved in the scrap.
The peak of the conflict came when a fan threw a punch at a Kidsgrove player skirting between the goal and the barrier, before lashing out at the team’s goalkeeper.
The goalkeeper did not hold back in his response, ducking the hand and firing back with a punch to the supporter’s face over the barrier at the end of the pitch.
Avro players can then be seen swarming back and tussling with the keeper on the pitch.
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The unsavoury scenes at the Vestacare stadium, based in Oldham, resulted in the match being abandoned at 6-0 in the 83rd minute.
The decision leaves uncertainty around how the game will be recorded, with the game currently being listed as suspended.
Avro sit fourth in the Northern Premier League West Division, while Kidsgrove currently occupy the 12th spot.
However Kidsgrove’s No1 justifies his reaction, he would surely be fortunate to avoid any repercussions from the league after the events in the video.
And one would not be surprised to see further sanctions on the players and clubs involved, especially as video of the incident continues to be shared around to a larger audience.
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