St Mirren ball boy bizarrely SENT OFF by referee after throwing ball away against Rangers as fans boo the youngster off the pitch while he’s escorted away with the ball

In a rather peculiar turn of events, a ball boy in Scotland found himself being unexpectedly dismissed following an incident that involved Rangers’ defender, Leon Balogun. Merely eight minutes into the game, with the score standing at 0-0, Balogun casually approached the sideline to retrieve the ball for a throw-in. As the camera shifted its focus, it captured the ball boy holding the ball in his grasp before casually tossing it aside.

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