Workers heard coach call jogger derogatory remarks, and tell him to 'piss off' and 'fucking leave' during the confrontation
An umpire coach with four decades of service to Australian football was dismissed after CCTV footage captured him in a physical confrontation with a member of the public on a training oval.
The coach approached a jogger on 8 April 2025, asking him to leave as the venue was booked for umpire training, but when the jogger refused, the situation escalated into a physical altercation lasting several minutes.
The incident was reported through an integrity portal by the jogger, triggering an internal investigation that led to the coach being stood down on 15 April 2025 and ultimately dismissed on 8 May 2025 for breaching the code of conduct through threatening, intimidating and aggressive behaviour.
On 8 April 2025 just prior to 5pm, the coach arrived at the oval to open it for umpires to use. At 6:10pm, the coach noticed a man running laps of the oval who he did not recognise.
The man was not wearing the usual attire which would have identified him as an official and instead...
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