The Greek government cancelled the rest of the season yesterday in Greece’s top three football leagues due to continued crowd violence at matches.

The shocking announcement followed ugly scenes at last weekend’s derby between bitter rivals Olympiakos and Panathinaikos. 

A brawl then broke out between club officials Tuesday at a board meeting between league organisers.

Syriza, which came into power a month ago, reached an agreement with sports officials and vowed to stamp out the problem.

The league had already been suspended twice this season due to football-related violence. 

Back in September a fan was killed when supporters of third- division teams Ethnikos Piraeus and Irodotos clashed.

And in November the assistant director of the refereeing committee was attacked.

But it is now three strikes and out for Super League Greece with the left-wing party confirming the league would not start up again until all 18 clubs introduced smart-card ticketing and security camera systems at matches.

“What we have been informed is that the Super League and the Football League have been suspended indefinitely,” Super League president Giorgos Borovilos told reporters.

“We have a new government who are looking to bring this subject up for discussion and implement state laws related to it.”

Borovilos added: “The government wants games to start again as soon as possible but for that they want to see immediate reactions from all of us.

“There will be further discussions between ourselves, the board of the Hellenic Football Federation and the Football League where we will see how we can build legislative frameworks and implement security measures to ensure football is safe.”