Player gets 30-year ban for ref attack

A FOOTBALLER has been given a 30-year ban for head-butting the referee during an amateur soccer match.

Player gets 30-year ban for ref attack
Sat, 18 Dec, 2004 - 00:00
Alan Erwin

Victor Sproule, 32, attacked Jim Edwards after he abandoned a game in south Belfast.

Another player was barred from playing for five years for racial abuse directed at Mr Edwards, a Scot.

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