Yet another ‘baller misuses a festive social gathering

Rumour: A Premier League and England player steamrollered two girls in the back of his car during his club’s Christmas party. At the end of the evening, he was far too intoxicated to drive the thing home, so he had to beg his wife to come to the party in a taxi so that she could drive them both home in the same car he had been entertaining his guests in earlier.

The Spoiler’s truth-o-meter: This one came from inside the club camp, so it stinks of authenticity.

Update: Hey Sherlock, need some help deducing identity of the player? The Kickette ladies are getting all methodical about the denouement process.

And remember, the rumour doesn’t state that the incident definitely took place during the most recent festive season…

Lamps and Shevchenko clearly didn’t read the memo

Yes, it’s the time of year when the overpaid megastars of the Premiership wear even stupider clothes than usual, and it was Chelsea’s turn to ring in the festive season in London last night.

While some players got in the spirit by donning fancy dress (see JT and Pizarro below), others treated it like a casual night out. Princess Frank wore his normal Princess attire, with socks rolled all the way up in order to please Fabio Capello.

Andriy Shevchenko is under the impression it’s still 1994, and wore a baggy rollneck accordingly.

John Terry had a tough time picking between