An amateur footballer has been given a four-match ban for calling an opposition player a 'n-----' during a spiteful semi-final between two old boys' teams who will play each other again in a grand final this weekend.

A St Kevin's Old Boys player, who has not been named by his league, was suspended after racially abusing a member of the Collegians football team during the final quarter of the Victorian Amateur Football Association premier section semi-final on September 1.

It is understood the St Kevin's Old Boys player said "get off me, you n------" after being tackled.

An amateur footballer was suspended after racially abusing an opposition player. Credit:

The player was not referred to the league's tribunal and instead fronted a separate investigation committee, which handed down the four-week penalty for the racist slur.