Police were called to Dandenong's Thomas Carroll Reserve last Sunday week when the under-9s match between Cranbourne Junior Football Club 'Golds' and Dandenong Saints erupted into a fight and threatened to spill off the field when parents intervened.

An independent investigator has been called in to review the incident, but DJFL general manager Anne-Marie Brown said it was just a bit of tit for tat.

She said there had been no disciplinary action taken against any players or spectators because the league had not heard from both sides.

"We've heard a lot from Cranbourne but not much from Dandenong yet,'' she said.

The round 11 match came to an abrupt halt in the fourth quarter when Cranbourne coach David Harrison stepped onto the ground and called his players off.

Mr Harrison said he made the decision after one of his players was punched and man-handled, and then kicked when he was on the ground.

It was not the first violent incident he and his assistant coaches had witnessed during the game, and he had "had enough''.

"My whole reason to take up coaching was to promote the game and see young kids enjoy football, but this is not something that should ever happen in football, let alone junior football.

"We are talking about kids from seven to nine who are in the game for fun, to keep active and to make friends, not to see aggression,'' he said.

The long-time football player and recently accredited coach said on Tuesday he had never seen that level of violence in more than 20 years of involvement with football, and was still "in disbelief''.

The incident comes just weeks after the Dandenong Saints withdrew their under-17 team from the Moorabbin Saints Junior Football League after a post-match incident left a player with a broken jaw. Caulfield CIU is continuing to investigate an incident at the Ormond ground on June 17.

Despite several attempts, the Journal was not able to contact Dandenong Saints president Sean Cornell for comment.