Ex-Town goalie is arrested

Friday 16th January 2009, 4:00PM GMT.

Former Shrewsbury Town goalkeeper Ian Dunbavin has been arrested in connection with a bar brawl which allegedly involved England and Liverpool star Steven Gerrard, police sources said today.

Police said a 28-year-old was arrested today on suspicion of assault and affray.

A source named the man as Dunbavin, who now plays for Accrington Stanley.

The brawl took place in the Lounge Inn bar in Southport, on December 29.

Part-time DJ Marcus McGee allegedly lost a tooth and suffered a cut face.

Gerrard, the Liverpool FC captain, was celebrating the Reds’ win over Newcastle when the trouble began.

The 28-year-old player was arrested and charged with assault and affray.

Gerrard, of Formby, Merseyside, will appear at North Sefton Magistrates’ Court on January 23 along with John Doran, 29, and Ian Gerard Smith, 19, both of Huyton.

They also face counts of assault and affray.

Coleen Rooney’s 19-year-old brother, Anthony McLoughlin, was also arrested in connection with the brawl but was released pending further inquiries.