A former Hibernian striker and an ex-Easter Road trialist have been caught up in a chaotic Australian pitch invasion which ended in the game being abandoned.
The Melbourne Derby descended into mayhem after ex-Hibs trialist, Thomas Glover, was struck by a bin following a pitch invasion by a group of supporters.
Among those caught up in the shocking scenes included Jamie Maclaren, who spent a couple of years playing for the Leith team back in 2018.
Fans of both Melbourne City and rivals Melbourne Victory had planned to stage a protest in the 20th minutesahead of the game, where a number of fans would walk out of the game to protest the A-League's decision to move to take the next three Grand Final showpieces to Sydney.
However, things quickly went wrong when a number of supporters ended up on the field and stopping the action on the park.
A section of the support behind Glover's goal streamed onto the field and hopped over advertising boards, before the goalkeeper was struck in the head by a metal bin by one pitch invader, and was left with a nasty cut on his face as his teammates rushed to his aid.
The referee quickly suspended the game and urged both sets of players and management to leave the field.
The game was abandoned following the incident. City were leading 1-0 at the time of the flashpoint. Melbourne City have now made a statement which you can see below.
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