VICTORIA Police say they are still reviewing incidents from last week’s A-League semi-final as reports of shocking behaviour by a section of the crowd begin to emerge.

While 11 fans were evicted and four infringement notices were issued, crowd behaviour at Eithad Stadium was generally praised after last Friday night’s clash of cross-town rivals Melbourne City and Melbourne Victory.

But some patrons say families were forced to leave as violence escalated in the second half, with reports of seats being torn out and hurled from the third level onto spectators below, along with full bottles of water.

Flares were also let off.

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Victory supporter Dan McGinlay told radio station SEN he returned the ground the next day for the AFL match between the Western Bulldogs and St Kilda and noticed an area cordoned off because of damage to seats.

He said he saw several families leave the A-League game.

“Suddenly we started getting the plastic cups thrown down and because it wasn’t much of a contest in the second half more and more missiles started coming down and I saw a bloke in front of me get hit by a bit of seat.

“The worst thing was it just marred the victory. We were beating our cross town rivals to get into the first grand final in six years and we couldn’t enjoy it because we were trying to catch bottles to stop them from hitting people.

“I’m a victory fan myself but I don’t mind pointing the finger it was our fans that were an absolute disgrace.”

Etihad Stadium spokesman Bill Lane said a small number of seats were damaged towards the end of the second half and debris was thrown from level three.

“Given the size of the crowd (50,873) we felt the general behaviour was excellent and the atmosphere at the semi final was great, however, there was just a small element of the crowd which provided some concerns,’’ he said.

“A bay of seats was cordoned off for the AFL event the following day.’’

Victory fan Dan McGinlay said he was sitting on level two behind the north end goal when the crowd was pelted with material from above.

“We started getting the plastic cups thrown down and because it wasn’t much of a contest in the second half more and more missiles started coming down and I saw a bloke in front of me get hit by a bit of seat,’’ he said.

“So clearly they were ripping up the seats.’’

Victoria Police said in a statement that they were disappointed with some elements of unruly crowd behaviour and were still reviewing incidents from the match.

“It is not just a police role to create a family-friendly environment at these games. Patrons have a responsibility to abide by the law,” a spokesperson said.

“And, as we have been discussing with the Football Federation of Australia, they also have a role to play to ensure the safety of everyone attending their event.”

The FFA thanked the majority of well-behaved fans for “creating a fantastic atmosphere” and condemned a “fringe element” that did the wrong thing.

“FFA will work with police, the two competing clubs and Etihad Stadium to identify those responsible for igniting flares and behaving in an unruly manner.

“We don’t want these individuals at football matches anywhere in Australia. Under FFA’s zero tolerance policy, we’ll impose five-year bans for those caught igniting flares and even longer bans for those who engage in acts of thuggery.”