Drink-driving footballer pulled over by police after downing post-match pints

A NORTHUMBERLAND footballer was caught drink-driving when an officer spotted him leaving a pub after he had enjoyed some post-match pints.

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Nathan Allan, a manager at a Volvo dealership, had played a game for Seghill Village FC in Northumberland, when he and his teammates went to the Blake Arms for some food and drink. However, police spotted the 29-year-old dad leaving the pub's car park in his Volvo V60 and decided to pull him over.

A court heard that Allan failed a roadside breath test, having had three pints, and later gave a reading of 51mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath when the legal limit is 35mcg.