FORMER Richmond player Jake King has asked for an explanation from the MCG after he was barred from entering the ground on Saturday night.

King was attempting to attend Richmond’s thrilling after-the-siren victory over Sydney, but was denied entry by security after being told he was lining up in the wrong section.

“I lined up, like everyone else,” King told 3AW on Monday. “We got to where they do metal scanning. They scanned me and then my partner. We’d walked through and then one security guard said ‘you can’t be in this line’. I asked what he meant and he said ‘you have to line up in another line to get your bag checked’.

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“I grabbed my partner’s bag to check it, but he said ‘no you can’t come through this line with bags’. I then turned around and everyone was coming through with bags.

“He started carrying on like an imbecile, then a police officer came and asked what the problem was. I said ‘he won’t check my bag so we can go in’, she checked the bag and said everything was okay. But because I disagreed with that security guard, he refused me entry into the ground.”

Jake King played 107 games for the Tigers. Picture: Michael Klein. Source: News Corp Australia

King said he had been taking photos with fans while standing in line, with supporters from both Richmond and Sydney taking his side during the confrontation.

“He started yelling, carrying on and causing a scene, to the point where Richmond and Sydney fans were yelling abuse at the security guard,” King said.

“The police officers and I stood away to not cause any more of a scene. To be honest, it was pretty embarrassing.

“They knew who I was, so it wasn’t a case of trying to push in line or anything. We lined up as normal and did everything as normal. We’ve got footage of the police checking the handbag, as normal, and everything is fine. But one security guard was on his high horse and causing drama.”

King said he was “escorted off the premises” and revealed his lawyer has asked for an official explanation as to why he was denied entry.

“I still don’t know what the problem was,” he said. “Even the police officer asked the security ‘what’s the problem?’ and he said ‘no I’ve made my mind up’.

“It’s absolutely ridiculous and I’d like to know from the AFL what the hell was the reasoning for it.

“My lawyer actually wrote a letter saying ‘please explain’ because it was ridiculous.”

However, King won’t let the experience turn him away from attending more games at the MCG in the future.

“Of course I’ll go to another game,” he said. “I love watching the boys play and I couldn’t have been any more proud on Saturday night. But I’m disappointed I wasn’t there to see it first-hand.

“I was absolutely stoked, full of emotion and absolutely rapt. I couldn’t sleep that night because I was excited for the boys. It was the worst game to miss.”