Bizzare: Footballer gets 50-year ban for abusing match officials

 Ricardo Ferreira of Portugal Futebol Clube was hammered with a 50-year ban after a remarkable incident with a referee.

Despite not being fielded by his team in his side's 1-0 defeat by SC Worb in the Bern league, he ensured he created the scene which got him the odd suspension from the game of football until June 5 2064 when he would have clocked 78 years of age. 

According to Swiss newspaper Blick, the player kicked the ball in the referee's face and then proceeded to spray him with water while he was busy hurling insults at the official as he left to depart down the tunnel at full-time. (According to Eurosports)

As for why the ban is so long for the offence, the lawyer of Switzerland's amateur football league attempted to explain.

"We do not want such a player in our league,” said Robert Breiter, the lawyer of Switzerland’s amateur football league.

"Unfortunately we encounter such cases about once a year."

As for Ferreira, he was left utterly bewildered by the whole situation and was left sounding pretty distraught.

"I had expected one or two years maximum. But 50 years? Football’s my life," he said.

It is not the first time for the volatile player, who was once banned for 45 matches after being found guilty of assaulting opposition players and abusing officials.