Overview
- Melbourne Victory and league-leading Newcastle Jets drew 2-2 in an A-League match that saw a sudden flock of seagulls crowd the touchline late on.
- The birds gathered around the spot of a Newcastle free kick in stoppage time as the referee allowed play to continue.
- Newcastle’s Lachlan Bayliss and Eli Adams rolled the set piece along the ground through the flock, and the chance came to nothing.
- The seagulls flew off once play moved down the line, and the match finished without further incident.
- The result clinched first place in the regular season for Newcastle and left sixth-place Melbourne still chasing a play-off berth.