Footballer on bench gets involved after receiving painful ball to head

This substitute finally got in on the action at an Irish cup match – but probably not in the way he had hoped.

During the O'Neill Leinster Junior Cup final in Dublin, a substitute tucked into the dugout gets blasted in the face after a tackle near the touch-line.

The dazed sub clutches his face in pain – but instead of sympathy, his team-mates can't stop giggling.

The video was captured on May 20.