Keeper admits brawl role

Six co-defendants of England footballer Steven Gerrard - including former Shrewsbury Town goalkeeper Ian Dunbavin - today admitted their involvement in a bar-room brawl.

It meant Gerrard, 29, faced trial alone for a charge of affray in which businessman Marcus McGee was injured at the Lounge Inn, in Southport, on December 29.

Admitting affray were Accrington Stanley footballers Dunbavin, 28, of Guildford Road, Southport, and Robert Grant, 19, of Enstsone Avenue, Litherland.

Ian Gerrard Smith, 19, of Hilary Avenue; John Doran, 29, of Woodlands Road; and Paul McGrattan, 31, of Linden Drive, all Huyton, also admitted affray.

John McGrattan, 34, of Rimmer Avenue, Huyton, admitted threatening behaviour after denying affray.

Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star