Gerrard arrested in assault probe

England and Liverpool footballer Steven Gerrard has been arrested following an alleged assault.

Police were called at about 0230 GMT following an incident at a pub in Southport, Merseyside. Six men were detained later in a nearby street.

The men, four from Huyton, one from Formby and one from Litherland, remain in police custody.

A 34-year-old man from Southport was taken to hospital with facial injuries, not thought to be life-threatening.

Club captain

The incident is alleged to have taken place at the Lounge Inn, on Bold Street.

Four men aged 33, 31, 29 and 19, all from Huyton, a 28-year-old from Formby and an 18-year-old from Litherland were arrested a short time later on nearby Lord Street.

Midfielder Gerrard, 28, is Liverpool captain and scored twice in his team's 5-1 victory over Newcastle on Sunday.

A police spokesman said: "Merseyside Police is investigating an assault that took place in the early hours of Monday December 29 on Bold Street in Southport.

"At around 2.30am this morning officers attended a disturbance at a licensed premises on Bold Street.

"Six men were arrested on suspicion of section 20 assault on Lord Street."

The spokesman added all currently remained in custody.

Gerrard was born and grew up on Huyton's Bluebell Estate.

He started his footballing life playing for Whiston Juniors, before being spotted by a Liverpool scout at the age of eight.

Last month the Premier League star was given the freedom of his home borough of Knowsley in recognition of his contribution to football.

Hope they lock the c**t up or ban him from football.

Batman wrote:England and Liverpool footballer Steven Gerrard has been arrested following an alleged assault.

Police were called at about 0230 GMT following an incident at a pub in Southport, Merseyside. Six men were detained later in a nearby street.

The men, four from Huyton, one from Formby and one from Litherland, remain in police custody.

A 34-year-old man from Southport was taken to hospital with facial injuries, not thought to be life-threatening.

Club captain

The incident is alleged to have taken place at the Lounge Inn, on Bold Street.

Four men aged 33, 31, 29 and 19, all from Huyton, a 28-year-old from Formby and an 18-year-old from Litherland were arrested a short time later on nearby Lord Street.

Midfielder Gerrard, 28, is Liverpool captain and scored twice in his team's 5-1 victory over Newcastle on Sunday.

A police spokesman said: "Merseyside Police is investigating an assault that took place in the early hours of Monday December 29 on Bold Street in Southport.

"At around 2.30am this morning officers attended a disturbance at a licensed premises on Bold Street.

"Six men were arrested on suspicion of section 20 assault on Lord Street."

The spokesman added all currently remained in custody.

Gerrard was born and grew up on Huyton's Bluebell Estate.

He started his footballing life playing for Whiston Juniors, before being spotted by a Liverpool scout at the age of eight.

Last month the Premier League star was given the freedom of his home borough of Knowsley in recognition of his contribution to football.

Hope they lock the c**t up or ban him from football.

You still wouldnt win the league.

So you are a believer now that Liverpool will win the league.

This will make it all the more sweeter when you bottle it and come away with nothing at the end of the season.



Muhahaha!

Batman wrote:England and Liverpool footballer Steven Gerrard has been arrested following an alleged assault.

Police were called at about 0230 GMT following an incident at a pub in Southport, Merseyside. Six men were detained later in a nearby street.

The men, four from Huyton, one from Formby and one from Litherland, remain in police custody.

A 34-year-old man from Southport was taken to hospital with facial injuries, not thought to be life-threatening.

Club captain

The incident is alleged to have taken place at the Lounge Inn, on Bold Street.

Four men aged 33, 31, 29 and 19, all from Huyton, a 28-year-old from Formby and an 18-year-old from Litherland were arrested a short time later on nearby Lord Street.

Midfielder Gerrard, 28, is Liverpool captain and scored twice in his team's 5-1 victory over Newcastle on Sunday.

A police spokesman said: "Merseyside Police is investigating an assault that took place in the early hours of Monday December 29 on Bold Street in Southport.

"At around 2.30am this morning officers attended a disturbance at a licensed premises on Bold Street.

"Six men were arrested on suspicion of section 20 assault on Lord Street."

The spokesman added all currently remained in custody.

Gerrard was born and grew up on Huyton's Bluebell Estate.

He started his footballing life playing for Whiston Juniors, before being spotted by a Liverpool scout at the age of eight.

Last month the Premier League star was given the freedom of his home borough of Knowsley in recognition of his contribution to football.

[color=darkred]Hope they lock the c**t up or ban him from football.[/color]

So you don't think it necessary to bother with so minor an inconvenience as a trial then before declaring him guilty. After all innocent people being arrested is unheard of in Britain isn't it? He is entitled to be presumed innocent until proven guilty. Has he even been charged yet?

Batman wrote:England and Liverpool footballer Steven Gerrard has been arrested following an alleged assault.

Police were called at about 0230 GMT following an incident at a pub in Southport, Merseyside. Six men were detained later in a nearby street.

The men, four from Huyton, one from Formby and one from Litherland, remain in police custody.

A 34-year-old man from Southport was taken to hospital with facial injuries, not thought to be life-threatening.

Club captain

The incident is alleged to have taken place at the Lounge Inn, on Bold Street.

Four men aged 33, 31, 29 and 19, all from Huyton, a 28-year-old from Formby and an 18-year-old from Litherland were arrested a short time later on nearby Lord Street.

Midfielder Gerrard, 28, is Liverpool captain and scored twice in his team's 5-1 victory over Newcastle on Sunday.

A police spokesman said: "Merseyside Police is investigating an assault that took place in the early hours of Monday December 29 on Bold Street in Southport.

"At around 2.30am this morning officers attended a disturbance at a licensed premises on Bold Street.

"Six men were arrested on suspicion of section 20 assault on Lord Street."

The spokesman added all currently remained in custody.

Gerrard was born and grew up on Huyton's Bluebell Estate.

He started his footballing life playing for Whiston Juniors, before being spotted by a Liverpool scout at the age of eight.

Last month the Premier League star was given the freedom of his home borough of Knowsley in recognition of his contribution to football.

Hope they lock the c**t up or ban him from football.

Not to rain on your parade Batty but 6 people were arrested and he being 28 and from Huyton doesn't fit any of the descriptions

Hence my emotion!

None of this story makes any sense!

If it wasn't for the first line, you wouldn't have even thought that Gerrard had been there!

EMPeror Augustus wrote:

Batman wrote:England and Liverpool footballer Steven Gerrard has been arrested following an alleged assault.

Police were called at about 0230 GMT following an incident at a pub in Southport, Merseyside. Six men were detained later in a nearby street.

The men, four from Huyton, one from Formby and one from Litherland, remain in police custody.

A 34-year-old man from Southport was taken to hospital with facial injuries, not thought to be life-threatening.

Club captain

The incident is alleged to have taken place at the Lounge Inn, on Bold Street.

Four men aged 33, 31, 29 and 19, all from Huyton, a 28-year-old from Formby and an 18-year-old from Litherland were arrested a short time later on nearby Lord Street.

Midfielder Gerrard, 28, is Liverpool captain and scored twice in his team's 5-1 victory over Newcastle on Sunday.

A police spokesman said: "Merseyside Police is investigating an assault that took place in the early hours of Monday December 29 on Bold Street in Southport.

"At around 2.30am this morning officers attended a disturbance at a licensed premises on Bold Street.

"Six men were arrested on suspicion of section 20 assault on Lord Street."

The spokesman added all currently remained in custody.

Gerrard was born and grew up on Huyton's Bluebell Estate.

He started his footballing life playing for Whiston Juniors, before being spotted by a Liverpool scout at the age of eight.

Last month the Premier League star was given the freedom of his home borough of Knowsley in recognition of his contribution to football.

[color=darkred]Hope they lock the c**t up or ban him from football.[/color]

So you don't think it necessary to bother with so minor an inconvenience as a trial then before declaring him guilty. After all innocent people being arrested is unheard of in Britain isn't it? He is entitled to be presumed innocent until proven guilty. Has he even been charged yet?

Agree, the football hate should remain as such in football and should not apply to other matters, 2ndly there shouldnt be a football hate you can dislike certain things etc but hate is too much.

110% wrote:

Batman wrote:England and Liverpool footballer Steven Gerrard has been arrested following an alleged assault.

Police were called at about 0230 GMT following an incident at a pub in Southport, Merseyside. Six men were detained later in a nearby street.

The men, four from Huyton, one from Formby and one from Litherland, remain in police custody.

A 34-year-old man from Southport was taken to hospital with facial injuries, not thought to be life-threatening.

Club captain

The incident is alleged to have taken place at the Lounge Inn, on Bold Street.

Four men aged 33, 31, 29 and 19, all from Huyton, a 28-year-old from Formby and an 18-year-old from Litherland were arrested a short time later on nearby Lord Street.

Midfielder Gerrard, 28, is Liverpool captain and scored twice in his team's 5-1 victory over Newcastle on Sunday.

A police spokesman said: "Merseyside Police is investigating an assault that took place in the early hours of Monday December 29 on Bold Street in Southport.

"At around 2.30am this morning officers attended a disturbance at a licensed premises on Bold Street.

"Six men were arrested on suspicion of section 20 assault on Lord Street."

The spokesman added all currently remained in custody.

Gerrard was born and grew up on Huyton's Bluebell Estate.

He started his footballing life playing for Whiston Juniors, before being spotted by a Liverpool scout at the age of eight.

Last month the Premier League star was given the freedom of his home borough of Knowsley in recognition of his contribution to football.

Hope they lock the c**t up or ban him from football.

Not to rain on your parade Batty but 6 people were arrested and he being 28 and from Huyton doesn't fit any of the descriptions

When they say where a person is from they mean their current address. Formby could be where he lives now. If anything it makes it more likely as it means he is meeting the friends he grew up with.

110% wrote:

Batman wrote:England and Liverpool footballer Steven Gerrard has been arrested following an alleged assault.

Police were called at about 0230 GMT following an incident at a pub in Southport, Merseyside. Six men were detained later in a nearby street.

The men, four from Huyton, one from Formby and one from Litherland, remain in police custody.

A 34-year-old man from Southport was taken to hospital with facial injuries, not thought to be life-threatening.

Club captain

The incident is alleged to have taken place at the Lounge Inn, on Bold Street.

Four men aged 33, 31, 29 and 19, all from Huyton, a 28-year-old from Formby and an 18-year-old from Litherland were arrested a short time later on nearby Lord Street.

Midfielder Gerrard, 28, is Liverpool captain and scored twice in his team's 5-1 victory over Newcastle on Sunday.

A police spokesman said: "Merseyside Police is investigating an assault that took place in the early hours of Monday December 29 on Bold Street in Southport.

"At around 2.30am this morning officers attended a disturbance at a licensed premises on Bold Street.

"Six men were arrested on suspicion of section 20 assault on Lord Street."

The spokesman added all currently remained in custody.

Gerrard was born and grew up on Huyton's Bluebell Estate.

He started his footballing life playing for Whiston Juniors, before being spotted by a Liverpool scout at the age of eight.

Last month the Premier League star was given the freedom of his home borough of Knowsley in recognition of his contribution to football.

Hope they lock the c**t up or ban him from football.

Not to rain on your parade Batty but 6 people were arrested and he being 28 and from Huyton doesn't fit any of the descriptions

I guess the ''Gerrard ha sbeen arrested'' is a misprint

He is no different from Joey Barton and deserves time inside IMHO

C**T DESERVES IT.

What if the hearing is around Feb-March.

L-r d wrote:

110% wrote:

Batman wrote:England and Liverpool footballer Steven Gerrard has been arrested following an alleged assault.

Police were called at about 0230 GMT following an incident at a pub in Southport, Merseyside. Six men were detained later in a nearby street.

The men, four from Huyton, one from Formby and one from Litherland, remain in police custody.

A 34-year-old man from Southport was taken to hospital with facial injuries, not thought to be life-threatening.

Club captain

The incident is alleged to have taken place at the Lounge Inn, on Bold Street.

Four men aged 33, 31, 29 and 19, all from Huyton, a 28-year-old from Formby and an 18-year-old from Litherland were arrested a short time later on nearby Lord Street.

Midfielder Gerrard, 28, is Liverpool captain and scored twice in his team's 5-1 victory over Newcastle on Sunday.

A police spokesman said: "Merseyside Police is investigating an assault that took place in the early hours of Monday December 29 on Bold Street in Southport.

"At around 2.30am this morning officers attended a disturbance at a licensed premises on Bold Street.

"Six men were arrested on suspicion of section 20 assault on Lord Street."

The spokesman added all currently remained in custody.

Gerrard was born and grew up on Huyton's Bluebell Estate.

He started his footballing life playing for Whiston Juniors, before being spotted by a Liverpool scout at the age of eight.

Last month the Premier League star was given the freedom of his home borough of Knowsley in recognition of his contribution to football.

Hope they lock the c**t up or ban him from football.

Not to rain on your parade Batty but 6 people were arrested and he being 28 and from Huyton doesn't fit any of the descriptions

I guess the ''Gerrard ha sbeen arrested'' is a misprint

He is no different from Joey Barton and deserves time inside IMHO

What does ha sbeen mean?

No different to Barton... deserves time inside

Batman wrote:A 34-year-old man from Southport was taken to hospital with facial injuries, not thought to be life-threatening.

Scholes?

I guess the facial injuries are his ginger freckles, ugly c**t

You seem to have lost your way here 110%..it seems like you're deflecting.

Ade wrote:

L-r d wrote:

110% wrote:

Batman wrote:England and Liverpool footballer Steven Gerrard has been arrested following an alleged assault.

Police were called at about 0230 GMT following an incident at a pub in Southport, Merseyside. Six men were detained later in a nearby street.

The men, four from Huyton, one from Formby and one from Litherland, remain in police custody.

A 34-year-old man from Southport was taken to hospital with facial injuries, not thought to be life-threatening.

Club captain

The incident is alleged to have taken place at the Lounge Inn, on Bold Street.

Four men aged 33, 31, 29 and 19, all from Huyton, a 28-year-old from Formby and an 18-year-old from Litherland were arrested a short time later on nearby Lord Street.

Midfielder Gerrard, 28, is Liverpool captain and scored twice in his team's 5-1 victory over Newcastle on Sunday.

A police spokesman said: "Merseyside Police is investigating an assault that took place in the early hours of Monday December 29 on Bold Street in Southport.

"At around 2.30am this morning officers attended a disturbance at a licensed premises on Bold Street.

"Six men were arrested on suspicion of section 20 assault on Lord Street."

The spokesman added all currently remained in custody.

Gerrard was born and grew up on Huyton's Bluebell Estate.

He started his footballing life playing for Whiston Juniors, before being spotted by a Liverpool scout at the age of eight.

Last month the Premier League star was given the freedom of his home borough of Knowsley in recognition of his contribution to football.

Hope they lock the c**t up or ban him from football.

Not to rain on your parade Batty but 6 people were arrested and he being 28 and from Huyton doesn't fit any of the descriptions

I guess the ''Gerrard ha sbeen arrested'' is a misprint

He is no different from Joey Barton and deserves time inside IMHO

What does ha sbeen mean?

No different to Barton... deserves time inside

Not sure.

And yeah i agree.

Gerrard is probably the type of bloke that only acts hard when his mates are around him to back him up.

Batman wrote:Gerrard is probably the type of bloke that only acts hard when his mates are around him to back him up.

are you hard Batty? Oooh¬ I bet you're super hard.


Gerrard is awesome. Even if he is guilty I say let him off with a fine

The other five lads will take the fall for Gerrard - I know, he usually takes falls for himself .

Anyway, if he actually did bottle someone, then him and his bird are a perfect match:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-400348/The-girl-hit-face-bottle-Gerrards-fiancee.html

The HuddFather wrote:The other five lads will take the fall for Gerrard - I know, he usually takes falls for himself .

Anyway, if he actually did bottle someone, then him and his bird are a perfect match:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-400348/The-girl-hit-face-bottle-Gerrards-fiancee.html

Wahey

Even if Gerrard murders people I say let him off, he's too good a footballer to spend time in jail!

Luis wrote:Even if Gerrard murders people I say let him off, he's too good a footballer to spend time in jail!

Would your opinion still be the same if Gerrard was a Chelsea player?

Batman wrote:

Luis wrote:Even if Gerrard murders people I say let him off, he's too good a footballer to spend time in jail!

Would your opinion still be the same if Gerrard was a Chelsea player?

Yes

When he sat in his police cell in Southport yesterday, Steven Gerrard will have had plenty of time to reflect on what the previous 24 hours had served up for him and, beyond all the usual worries about the welfare of his wife, children and friends, there will doubtless have been another looming concern. The title race. Because in Liverpool nothing can be allowed to shake the team's sense of purpose.

Top at the halfway point, Liverpool are only just starting to believe that this could be their year after 17 seasons of waiting. Two goals from Gerrard in the 5-1 thrashing of Newcastle, Chelsea drawing at Fulham – no wonder Gerrard felt like celebrating on Sunday night. Let's not get carried away: one altercation in Southport does not undo all that. But it lays that seed of doubt that when everything should be going smoothly – when at last the momentum is building – something like this comes along to make you wonder whether Liverpool are ever going to get a break.

Gerrard has not yet been charged and there is no suggestion that he has done anything wrong. The bare facts are that he, and five others, were arrested in the Lounge Inn restaurant, bar and nightclub on Bold Street in Southport on Merseyside at 2.30am on Monday morning. The DJ at the club was taken to hospital and as of last night Gerrard was in police custody in Southport.

Whatever the fallout, it is an unwelcome wrinkle in what had been a fabulous Christmas for Liverpool and Gerrard. After draws against Hull and Arsenal, Liverpool scored eight goals, dispatching Bolton and Newcastle in the two games after Christmas Day. They anticipate the return of Fernando Torres from injury after the FA Cup third round next weekend. But, of course, the one man they cannot afford to be without, the one man whose head must be right if Liverpool are to be champions is Gerrard.

The reason he was in Southport, a posh satellite town north of Liverpool, is because it is safer for Liverpool's players, especially their most famous player, to do their socialising outside the city centre. Robbie Fowler famously complained that, as a footballer walking into the average Liverpool bar or pub, he reckoned half the clientele wanted to shake his hand and the other half wanted to fight him. Gerrard was doing himself a favour by sticking to Southport, home of the likes of Alan Hansen and Kenny Dalglish, who settle there for the privacy and the golf courses.

Given that Gerrard is unlikely to figure against Preston North End in the FA Cup on Saturday, it must have seemed like a safe bet to go out in Southport, although there is no such thing as a safe bet when you are as famous as Gerrard in a city that can feel as claustrophobic as Liverpool. As a son of Liverpool from the Bluebell estate in Huyton – four of the others arrested were from Huyton too – Gerrard has known the tough side of his hometown.

In April, Gerrard's father Paul testified in court to the character of John Kinsella, who was later found guilty of robbery at Liverpool crown court but then absconded. Kinsella, Paul Gerrard said in a letter to the court, had helped sort out a problem for his son. The problem was a man called George Bromley Jnr, known locally as "The Psycho", who had threatened to shoot Gerrard in the legs.

As well as having to dodge "The Psycho", who chased him home from training on one occasion, Gerrard also has to deal with the antipathy of the blue half of the city. Not all Everton fans are guilty of it, far from it, but there are many who sing a certain song about Gerrard that is one of the most unpleasant still heard in football grounds. Unfortunately it is catching on – it could be heard at the Emirates this month – and it is not a taunt that anyone should have to put up with.

In his autobiography, Jamie Carragher, Gerrard's team-mate and a former diehard Evertonian, described the song in question as "personal, vindictive and disgusting". "It goes beyond the kind of banter that is acceptable in any form of life, not only football." There is no suggestion this song played a part in the events of Monday morning but it is an indicator of what Gerrard has to endure.

Given his profile in Liverpool, Gerrard has done well to avoid the kind of incident that occurred in Southport. In October 2001 he had to apologise to the then England manager Sven Goran Eriksson for drinking late in another bar in Southport the day before the England team met up for the famous World Cup qualifier against Greece at Old Trafford. Gerrard's reaction to the incident in his own autobiography was "So fucking what?" He said that he had been in bed by 12.30am and, as a single man, had been "trying to pull a few birds, not get drunk". He suspected the culprit who tipped off the Daily Mail was a "cocky Everton lad" he had encountered in the bar.

Liverpool players tend to start their Christmas parties at Aldo's, the pub owned by former player John Aldridge in the city centre, and this year was fairly low-key. As the control-freak that he is, Rafael Benitez will be probably be more worried about Gerrard drinking than anything else but even he has had to accept that his superhuman captain needs to let off steam sometimes.

If Gerrard is seeking a reassuring precedent, he need look no further than when Sir Alex Ferguson had to collect a hungover Roy Keane from Bootle Street police station in Manchester four days before the 1999 FA Cup final. United still won and went on to win the Champions League, albeit without Keane. A night or two in the cells is no disaster – it is what happens afterwards that counts.

this is ridiculous

cant wait what gerrard has to say for himself after all this.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7804056.stm

There are reports that he has been charged with abh and affray now.

http://news.aol.co.uk/gerrard-charged-with-abh-and-affray/article/20081229111624875774039?rsp=uk_mainnews

Wonder which record the beaten up DJ didn't want to play.

If it was 5 against 1 the coward should be permanently banned from the English team

He still has not been convicted of anything. They are all entitled to be presumed innocent until then. Would be interesting to find out what location this incident happened in. CCTV should tell the story.

Mr McGee, 34, lost a tooth and suffered cuts and bruises when he was allegedly set upon by the footballer and his friends after refusing to play Gerrard's favourite song while acting as a DJ in a bar in Southport, Merseyside.

Witnesses of the alleged attack said Mr McGee, a Manchester United fan, was in charge of a card which allowed the music to be changed.

They claimed Gerrard asked for a particular tune but was told that it was not club policy to play requests.

At that point the footballer allegedly pushed past Mr McGee, catching him with an elbow.
A police source said: 'Mr McGee retaliated and swore at Gerrard, which was when Gerrard's mates turned violent and assaulted him.'

Friends of the England star insisted he had been reacting to provocation and had thrown no punches himself.

Mr McGee, a father of two who runs a double glazing firm, was taken to hospital where he received four stitches to his forehead and treatment on a cut nose, swollen eye and a dislodged tooth.

A witness said there had been bad feeling in the bar earlier. He said: 'Marcus came into the bar with two friends and some time later Gerrard walked in. One of Gerrard's mates had had a dispute with one of Marcus's pals and they eyeballed each other.
'Marcus stepped in a peacemaker and it calmed down for a while. Everyone was drinking and having a good time, but when Marcus's mates left, he was on his own and that's when he and Gerrard started rowing by the dancefloor.'

The bar was closed for much of yesterday while damage from the 2am brawl was cleared up. Spots of blood were clearly visible on the floor.

Gerrard and five friends - all but one from the tough working class Huyton area where he grew up - were arrested on suspicion of assault and ordered to spend the night in the cells at the town's police station.




If this is what happened I think it's safe to say Batman will be very disappointed

They should throw the book at him. Hanging's too good for that sort.