<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A Sydney community is calling for the end of a local soccer club because of continued brawls and abuse.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Today the Banksia Tigers didn't want to answer any questions and when 9News arrived, they called the police.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The soccer match hadn't even finished between the Banksia Tigers and Scots FC Lions.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/eastern-creek-crash-man-dies-after-race-roll-over/07754e60-a981-4e13-aa44-1f2e1c6f4504"><strong><span>Motorsport world mourns 53-year old former champion after deadly crash</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police confirmed a brawl was sparked by spectators rushing onto the pitch mid-match and attacking opposing players at Gardiner Park in Banksia yesterday afternoon.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 20-year-old was assaulted and the match was abandoned.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Locals claim this and a whole lot worse happens most weekends at the Banksia Tigers home ground.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-soccer-match-brawl--georges-river/30b22163-291a-4e55-a23f-a36d664c21d4" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Police are a fairly regular occurrence, it's the fourth time they've turned up this year alone," resident Garnet Brown said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Parking issues, brawls, abuse to residents, so it's far from ideal really.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We've had families move out of the area, we've had couples move out of the area because they're fearful. Every weekend everyone's on edge, everyone's nervous."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>9News reached out to the Banksia Tigers for comment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Authorities are investigating a video from last month that shows a Banksia Tigers player kicking a person in the head after a match in Peakhurst.</span></div></div>
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