List of Violent Spectator Incidents in Sports - 1999

1999

• May 2 – During the deciding match of the Scottish Premier League season, between Celtic and Rangers at Celtic Park, which Rangers won 30, referee Hugh Dallas was struck in the head with a missile, causing him to need attention for a cut, and a drunk Celtic fan who abused and attempted to remonstrate with Dallas from the upper tier fell over the balcony to the lower tier. Rangers players were also booed, pelted with various objects and subject to beer pouring and taunting by Celtic fans while leaving the pitch at the end of the bad-tempered Final which saw three players shown a red card (ejected). Four drunk and drug-affected Celtic fans also invaded the pitch during the Final and attempted to attack Dallas and Rangers players; they were arrested and banned from Celtic Park for life. The match was shown live on Sky Sports.

• August 10 – During a game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the St. Louis Cardinals at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, two D-Cell batteries were thrown at Cardinals outfielder J.D. Drew. Drew had been drafted by the Phillies a few years earlier, but expressed disappointment with the franchise and held out in order to avoid playing with them; he re-entered the draft and was chosen by St. Louis.
• September 24 – During a game between the Houston Astros and the Milwaukee Brewers at Milwaukee County Stadium, Astros outfielder Billy Spiers was attacked by a drunk fan, Berley W. Visgar, while standing in right field. Spiers suffered slight injuries, and Visgar was sentenced to 90 days in jail.
• November 22 – After having been pelted with snowballs throughout the second half of a game against the Denver Broncos, Charles Woodson of the Oakland Raiders retaliated by throwing a snowball back into the crowd which hit a woman in the face. An arrest warrant was later issued for Woodson. Raiders tackle Lincoln Kennedy later ran into the stands and punched a drunk Broncos fan, who had thrown a snowball at him, in the face. The fan was ejected from the stadium.