Police investigating a large Sydney park brawl before Sydney FC's A-League match against Melbourne Victory intend to charge more people and have them banned from games.
Four Victorian men have so far been charged over the Ward Park brawl at Surry Hills on Friday, which involved around 30 people and allegedly the use of road works equipment as weapons.
Superintendent Allan Sicard said the charged men were part of a group of 15 people in the Allianz Stadium stands identified as possibly being linked to the incident.
"We are working closely with the A-league and Sydney Cricket Ground Trust to identify who these other people are," he told reporters on Saturday. "With the intent of pursuing criminal charges and also with the intent of banning them from future A-League games."
A Football Federation Australia spokesperson said the group would consider its own action including whether people should be put through the banning process.
Sup Sicard said the charged men supported the one team but it's thought fans from both sides were involved in the fight.
The three 18-year-olds and one 19-year-old arrested at the game after video analysis was used were granted conditional bail to appear in court at various dates in April.
A 24-year-old man, who was seated with the four charged, was searched and found to be in possession of a small amount of ecstasy.
He was given a court attendance notice for possession of a prohibited drug.
Sup Sicard said there was no violence during the game and that the alleged brawlers represented a "small group" of fans that wanted to make trouble.
The behaviour was "totally unacceptable for any street, any town, any community", he said.
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