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THE wife of besieged Richmond coach Danny Frawley has vowed not to take their three children to the footy.
Anita Frawley took her stand yesterday after fans spat and screamed abuse at her husband and his players during Friday night's match.
Mrs Frawley said the frenzy left her feeling threatened and frightened and had sapped her enthusiasm for the game.
She told the Sunday Herald Sun she was terrified at Telstra Dome, where the Tigers were crushed by Adelaide by 75 points.
"I did not feel safe walking around to my seat," Mrs Frawley said.
She arrived at half-time to see a man trying to leap over the boundary and bash her husband.
"I felt so ashamed. There is no man alive who deserves that treatment. You are not allowed to do that in the street so why at a football match?" she said.
Police will meet with the AFL over the incident and expect to charge two men, who also face being banned by their club.
AFL boss Andrew Demetriou condemned the behaviour and warned that boorish spectators would be severely dealt with.
He said both police and the AFL's football operations department would investigate the man caught on camera spitting on players and coaches.
Police are expected to charge a second man, 25, who allegedly spat at Frawley at half-time, with offensive behaviour.
Mr Demetriou said if the men were found to be members of the Richmond Football Club, their memberships would be automatically cancelled.
Superintendent Mick Williams described the behaviour as unacceptable and said police would seek meetings with the AFL and Richmond over other incidents during the post-match frenzy.
Frawley said fans spitting at players and coaches was intolerable.
"Everyone's pretty dirty around the club and why wouldn't you be? But that's overstepping the mark," he said.
He said any increased attention on the conduct of fans might lead to supporters getting more out of control – at all clubs.
Mr Frawley's mother, Shirley, said yesterday she and husband Brian had to keep moving seats to avoid the abuse on Friday night.
His sister, Anne, said that the crowd behaviour would probably keep her family away from future Tigers games.
Tigers president Clinton Casey feared that media coverage of the events encouraged riotous behaviour.
Collingwood Football Club president Eddie McGuire was appalled by the incident.
Richmond has lost 17 of its past 19 games and is on the bottom of the ladder.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,9384018%5E19742,00.html
Anita Frawley took her stand yesterday after fans spat and screamed abuse at her husband and his players during Friday night's match.
Mrs Frawley said the frenzy left her feeling threatened and frightened and had sapped her enthusiasm for the game.
She told the Sunday Herald Sun she was terrified at Telstra Dome, where the Tigers were crushed by Adelaide by 75 points.
"I did not feel safe walking around to my seat," Mrs Frawley said.
She arrived at half-time to see a man trying to leap over the boundary and bash her husband.
"I felt so ashamed. There is no man alive who deserves that treatment. You are not allowed to do that in the street so why at a football match?" she said.
Police will meet with the AFL over the incident and expect to charge two men, who also face being banned by their club.
AFL boss Andrew Demetriou condemned the behaviour and warned that boorish spectators would be severely dealt with.
He said both police and the AFL's football operations department would investigate the man caught on camera spitting on players and coaches.
Police are expected to charge a second man, 25, who allegedly spat at Frawley at half-time, with offensive behaviour.
Mr Demetriou said if the men were found to be members of the Richmond Football Club, their memberships would be automatically cancelled.
Superintendent Mick Williams described the behaviour as unacceptable and said police would seek meetings with the AFL and Richmond over other incidents during the post-match frenzy.
Frawley said fans spitting at players and coaches was intolerable.
"Everyone's pretty dirty around the club and why wouldn't you be? But that's overstepping the mark," he said.
He said any increased attention on the conduct of fans might lead to supporters getting more out of control – at all clubs.
Mr Frawley's mother, Shirley, said yesterday she and husband Brian had to keep moving seats to avoid the abuse on Friday night.
His sister, Anne, said that the crowd behaviour would probably keep her family away from future Tigers games.
Tigers president Clinton Casey feared that media coverage of the events encouraged riotous behaviour.
Collingwood Football Club president Eddie McGuire was appalled by the incident.
Richmond has lost 17 of its past 19 games and is on the bottom of the ladder.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,9384018%5E19742,00.html

