Galway underage football ‘disgrace’ as video shows fighting adults pitch brawl

This is the horrific moment that saw an under-14s football tournament ruined after a brawl kicked off involving disgraced adults throwing punches on the pitch.

The Cup Final match between Kilshavney United and Gort United was highly anticipated by both under-14s teams as it kicked off at Eamon Deacy park on Friday night – before it was ruined by scenes of violence.

The game was brought to a halt prematurely when a group of people invaded the pitch and started a scrap after on an field incident decision.

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In video footage from the match, seen by Galway Beo, it shows people talking to players on the pitch as one of them begins to walk towards the goal posts.

Suddenly, the video shows a group of three other people dressed in black emerge and walk onto the pitch whereupon they assault a man, forcing him to the ground after which they appear to headbutt and kick him.

There is shock amongst the young teenage players and other people associated with the match as some of them disperse to avoid the scrap, while others attempt to intervene and manage to tear them off.

The man who was tackled stands up, before one of the males comes back and swings a punch at him. The video then pans away from the scrap as the team members walk away from the incident.

In another video that carries on from the end of the first video, it shows the man in black suspected of throwing the punch being escorted away off the pitch. Shouting and screaming can be heard from the crowds in the stands as a whistle is blown repeatedly.

The camera then pans over to a sudden brawl breaking out between the people dressed in black near the goalposts, who can be seen throwing punches at one another. People intervene and manage to break up the brawl before the clip ends.

Galway Beo has contacted gardai over the incident.

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