Football Australia issues two lifetime bans after pitch invasion

FLARE UP: Tom Glover of Melbourne City picks up a flare to remove it from the pitch. Picture: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

Football Australia has issued the first two of many lifetime bans it expects to hand out as part of its ongoing investigation into the pitch invasion that left a player and a referee injured during the abandoned A-League derby.

Melbourne City goalkeeper Tom Glover was concussed after being struck in the face by a metal bucket and referee Alex King suffered a cut to his head as fans from the Melbourne Victory end stormed onto the pitch on Saturday.