EXCLUSIVE: Sack-whackers, kayakers, pissants and stranglers – the A-League has had its fair share of madness as we look back at ten of the craziest episodes in the league.
There were a number of other moments that just missed out. So, honourable mentions go to Lawrie McKinna for singing on local radio, a cardboard cut-out of Miron Bleiberg at a press conference, Gold Coast fans making a run for it to the Beach during the cap fiasco and Miron’s many and varied interviews on Fox Sports.
Last season a disaster was narrowly avoided when Sydney FC’s Matty Jurman went to celebrate a winning goal from new Finnish striker Juho Makela. As the players and Cove fans celebrated across the hoardings at the SFS, fans surged and knocked down the barrier trapping Jurman planked and squashed underneath as players and fans desperately tried to avoid permanently damaging the central defender. Luckily his trapped leg survived relatively unscathed. He’s now playing for Brisbane Roar.
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