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This list of reasons for a teenage footballer’s ban is glorious

Published 15:32 13 Feb 2016 GMT

Updated 15:32 13 Feb 2016 GMT

Tom Victor
This list of reasons for a teenage footballer’s ban is glorious

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If you played football as a kid, you'll know the rules were slightly different.

Horror tackles were shaken off as part of the game, but there was zero tolerance of swearing or a failure to respect your elders. Then again, it was really tough to land yourself a suspension - you'd have to do a lot wrong. And American teenager Brian Garruto did a lot wrong. We're not sure what our favourite part of this is. At the moment it's probably a tie between 'wearing cowboy hat during game' and 'pretending to shoot bow and arrow at opposing players after scoring'. garruto1 garruto2

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This list of reasons for a teenage footballer's ban is glorious