• Sepp Blatter, centre, Michel Platini, left, and German legend Franz Beckenbauer, right, arrive for the 10th ‘Sepp Blatter Tournament’ gala match in August 2007. Laurent Gillieron / Keystone / AP
    Sepp Blatter, centre, Michel Platini, left, and German legend Franz Beckenbauer, right, arrive for the 10th ‘Sepp Blatter Tournament’ gala match in August 2007. Laurent Gillieron / Keystone / AP
  • British artist Frank Shepherd, top, puts the finishing touches to a giant effigy of Sepp Blatter to be burned in Bonfire Night celebrations in November 2015. Jack Taylor / AFP
    British artist Frank Shepherd, top, puts the finishing touches to a giant effigy of Sepp Blatter to be burned in Bonfire Night celebrations in November 2015. Jack Taylor / AFP
  • Sepp Blatter shown addressing the media after his ban from football by Fifa in December 2015. Walter Bieri / EPA
    Sepp Blatter shown addressing the media after his ban from football by Fifa in December 2015. Walter Bieri / EPA
  • A protester wearing a mask depicting Sepp Blatter shown at the Fifa Congress in May 2015. Michael Probst / AP
    A protester wearing a mask depicting Sepp Blatter shown at the Fifa Congress in May 2015. Michael Probst / AP
  • Sepp Blatter shown amidst a flurry of banknotes after comedian Simon Brodkin hurled them at him in Zurich in August 2015. Ennio Leanza / Keystone / AP
    Sepp Blatter shown amidst a flurry of banknotes after comedian Simon Brodkin hurled them at him in Zurich in August 2015. Ennio Leanza / Keystone / AP
  • Sepp Blatter shown with the World Cup trophy during a media briefing in Pretoria, South Africa in June 2010. Themba Hadebe / AP
    Sepp Blatter shown with the World Cup trophy during a media briefing in Pretoria, South Africa in June 2010. Themba Hadebe / AP
  • Sepp Blatter shown with a cow named Colombo, a gift to the ex-Fifa president from the city of Obergoms in Switzerland in August 2015. Laurent Gillierone / Keystone / AP
    Sepp Blatter shown with a cow named Colombo, a gift to the ex-Fifa president from the city of Obergoms in Switzerland in August 2015. Laurent Gillierone / Keystone / AP
  • Sepp Blatter leaves after a press conference at the Fifa headquarters after standing down from his presidential post in June 2015. Valeriano Di Domenico / AFP
    Sepp Blatter leaves after a press conference at the Fifa headquarters after standing down from his presidential post in June 2015. Valeriano Di Domenico / AFP
  • Sepp Blatter shown being shown out the door at a Fifa press conference in Zurich in July 2012, Steffen Schmidt / EPA
    Sepp Blatter shown being shown out the door at a Fifa press conference in Zurich in July 2012, Steffen Schmidt / EPA
  • Sepp Blatter shown during the Fifa Congress in Zurich in June 2011. Christian Hartmann / Reuters
    Sepp Blatter shown during the Fifa Congress in Zurich in June 2011. Christian Hartmann / Reuters
  • Sepp Blatter shown during the Club World Cup in Morocco in December 2014. Christophe Ena / AP
    Sepp Blatter shown during the Club World Cup in Morocco in December 2014. Christophe Ena / AP

Farewell, Sepp: A look at Blatter at his most blunderous – in pictures


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Images of Sepp Blatter, the deposed ex-Fifa president who on Monday was banned from football for eight years, in more humourous times. Click (desktop) or swipe (mobile) the arrows below to scroll through the photos.

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