Football Australia has strongly condemned a "small number" of Sydney United 58 fans who appeared to perform Nazi salutes and booed the Welcome to Country during last night's Australia Cup final.Former Sydney United 58 player Craig Foster has condemned some of the club's fansMore than 16,000 fans attended the match at CommBank Stadium in Western Sydney, with A-league team Macarthur FC beating Sydney United 58 2-0.
Fans continued to chant and make noise as Erin Wilkins stepped up to deliver the Welcome to Country, before some started to boo.
Was it another slow news day ? drunk men and foot ball surprised they didn't rip up their sets and attack the other team call me what that happends ok?
This is why soccer will never be a mainstream Australian sport. This behaviour is so un-Australian, it reflects 'foreign' wars, battles and mindsets. And please let's not fall back into the old, tired excuse of 'these are only a small minority of supporters' distraction.
Want to comment on the burning of our flag last week by Lidia Thorpe and Co
Shoooooot Farkın
So was the booing because the Nazis were welcomed, or were the Nazis booing the welcome?
I suspect this isn't as bad as Fossie and theirabc have made it out to be
This was hilarious. A country so multi-cultural, but being driven to believe that we should basically be 2 countries in the 1 … With so many communities like the Cro’s, you really think “The Voice” debacle isn’t divisive? Wake up and understand why…
FootballAUS allowed foreign flags back into football, with predictable results. Sydney United has a long history of ethnic inspired violence, learning nothing from history.
Probably sponsored by Russia. putin is a nazi as proven by his war mongering and stealing of other peoples countries.
Perhaps the “small number” of SU fans would be able to explain a punishment like, banning them from all competitions for a spell! That may make them reflect on their appalling behaviour- if the club can’t control them, they may make them think again!
Gross, can't a culture who is knowledgeable, honest and look to look after land not be respected for a minute or two? Disgraceful behaviour if you ask me.
Ban em
Don’t blame football. This sick nation have never stopped being nazis.
Croat ethnic minorities in Australia expressing themselves freely. Like the Muslims calling for beheadings of non-believers in Syd CBD.
oh, Croatia, explains alot.
Crickets from the 'if you don't like the way we do things I'll take you to the airport' person.
Ustase gonna ustase - just like in any other country in the world, there are a few deluded far right extremists - these clowns just happen to be of Croatian heritage.
What is it with the 'round ball' game?
Ban them.
Croatia was an enthusiastic puppet state for the axis in WWII
It's only OK if you are Ukrainian apparently
I'm happy for fascists to keep exposing themselves to everyone. keep it up guys. you are forever remembered on the internet
Ignorant grubs…
Losers
Finally, the Nazis the ABC has been praying for. They can dine out on this for decades.
Why Australian govt is sponsoring Nazism Bandera regime in Ukraine... Aust govt is sending Aust tax dollars to be laundered in Ukraine... Aust govt supports US engineered crisis in Ukraine, then Nazism is the new western ideology...
One good thing to come out of last night's appalling behaviour from the Sydney United fans was it probably killed off the slim chance ethnic based clubs had of returning to the topflight. The A-League is closed to them now for a generation.
Bloody hell. And they say COLOURED ppl are filthy. Filth comes from inside not outside. But again Only ppl with brain would understand it. 🤬🤬🤬
We're all getting a little sick and tired of this ridiculous 'welcome to nation' garbage!! I was born in Australia and do not want anyone to welcome me into my Own Country!!
Well Croatia was allied with Nazi Germany, ran death camps and engaged in the most horrific violence that even sickened the Germans. 'Nuff said. There's something wrong with these people
The ABC this year: Thousands of Nazis in Ukraine? Nooo problem! What 'Nazis'? A dozen cosplay dickhead Nazis at football match in Sydney? OMG!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS? SOMEONE MUST PAY!
Right. So are we dealing with them now or shall we wait for the terrorist attack they will no doubt commit in the future
Another great day for the 'beautiful game'... 🤔
Have some respect. After all its a world game.
“aLeAgUe NeEdS a 2nD dIvIsiOn” 🤪
Must be Ukraine supporters.
Who is responsible for burning our flag & threatening white people? The usual Fictional Nations activists, who invite retaliation in kind. Excuse me while I yawn.
There is no place for Nazi salutes during a Welcome to Country Ceremony. In their 120,000-year history in Australia, First Nations peoples were never involved in Nazism. They were a peaceful and nomadic people who brought no-one any harm at any stage.
Utterly shameful. My father fought the Nazis for 6 years. This disrespects his sacrifice. Frankly they should be deported to Croatia. Let them be someone else’s problem. And their Club should be heavily fined.
Absolutely repulsive behaviour. Sport really is a f**ked institution!!!!
Jesus Christ... And they say Asian, Middle-Eastern and African migrants don't assimilate... Will Pauline Hanson tell these white Europeans to 'piss off' back to Croatia?
Extremists ruin everything.
So the left's immigration policies working out well..Just remember the left has fought for Decades for multi cultural societies despite being warned of the dangers of it ..
Kick the nazi scum out of Australia we don’t need or want them here.
I await Pauline Hanson’s denunciation and insistence that they ‘go back to Croatia.’
Send them to russia 🤦
sokkkah, the people's game
So changing the names of the clubs didn't work; what's the next piece of official cleverness.......
It wasn't just salutes, it was fascist flags and fascist chants also.
This makes me so ashamed of my Croatian heritage
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