Bizarre scenes as broken goalpost stops A-League game

A snapped goalpost has caused a bizarre delay in the A-League game between Central Coast and Perth in Gosford.

The incident occurred in the 10th minute of the game at Gosford’s Central Coast Stadium on Monday night.

Tomislav Mrcela twisted and snapped the left-hand post as he tumbled into the net after heading in Neil Kilkenny’s cross from an offside position.

That led to the bemusing scene of groundsmen scrambling to fix the post as players passed balls among themselves.

Both teams and the officials eventually left the field as a replacement goal was fitted.

Play finally resumed after a delay of around 45 minutes, with training posts brought in as a replacement.

Glory won 4-1 after play got back underway.

Andy Keogh and Fabio Ferreira ended goalscoring droughts as Glory ended 2018 top of the A-League and Central Coast completed their year from hell.

with agencies