Tranmere ball boy has gone viral for his reaction to being pushed by Exeter's Cheick Diabate

There was a rather bizarre incident involving a ball boy during Tranmere Rovers’ 2-0 win over Exeter City on Monday afternoon.

A goal from Josh Hawkes just before the half-time break and a late strike by Elliott Nevitt secured the win for Tranmere on home soil.

But neither of those goals were the headline incident from the League Two game, which instead involved Exeter defender Chieck Diabate.

In the 57th-minute of play, the 20-year-old became enraged with a ball boy’s time wasting tactic by the corner flag and opted to push him with two hands.

Diabate was certainly in the wrong and it’s safe to say the ball boy didn’t back down.

In fact, he reacted as if he were ready to have a tear up with the Exeter player on the touchline and stewards eventually had to step in to defuse the situation.

Check out footage of the incident…

And the prize for this season’s most lairy ballboy goes to… Tranmere Rovers ( cc @nadderley ) pic.twitter.com/IgDGI8j63v

You do not mess with the Tranmere ballboys…g’wan lad! pic.twitter.com/Se3GfbrvzA

58 | I'm sure a Tranmere ball boy has just been ejected from the ground??? An incident as Cheick went to retrieve the ball from a throw in.#TRFC 1️⃣-0️⃣ #ECFC#OneGrecianGoal

Well, you certainly don’t see that every game.

Diabate was booked by the referee for pushing the ballboy and to be honest, he was incredibly lucky the colour of the card was not red.

Back in 2013, Chelsea legend Eden Hazard was sent off for a physical altercation with a ball boy during a League Cup match away at Swansea City.

That time Eden Hazard got sent off for kicking a ball boy