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The A-League’s most notorious active support group, the Red and Black Bloc, have announced they won’t be attending any more matches this season, including any potential finals matches for the Western Sydney Wanderers.
The RBB has been at the centre of a number of controversies in recent times. In February some members were given year-long bans from attending A-League games due to use of flares, the Wanderers were penalised by the A-League for the behaviour of their fans.
The RBB released a statement via their social media channels on Friday saying they had attempted to be in contract with the FFA and Wanderers management in order to come to an agreement, but this had failed and they’ve made the decision to not provide any organised active support at the franchise’s remaining games this season.
You can read the full statement below.
As voiced in our last statement, we have given both the club and FFA time to hear us out in regards to the state of active support. Up until now we have not heard from the FFA nor club management. Only club staff have reached out and stated the following are proposed to be put in place for the remainder of the season
– removal of capo stand
– capo ban for swearing during a chant remaining in place
– potential dismissal of club marshalls
– increase police and hatamoto presence for remainder of the seasonAs a result, we have taken the decision to not attend games for the rest of the season. Whilst this decision burns us to our core as we live for the badge and colours of this club, this decision has been made in order to reconvene with all stakeholders during the off season to come back bigger and stronger next season.
It’s through these increasing restrictions that active support is suffering and nearing non existence. We encourage all to support the team how they sit fit, however, due to the increasing measures taken by various managements, there will be no organised active support during the remainder of this A league season (including any potential finals).