Ince handed ban after admitting drink-driving

Former England captain Paul Ince has been banned from driving and ordered to pay £7,085 after admitting drink-driving.

The 57-year-old appeared at Chester Magistrates' Court on Friday where he admitted driving his black Range Rover while over the limit on 28 June in Neston, Cheshire.

District Judge Jack McGarva told Ince: "The message has got to be if you're going to drive you don't drink at all."

He was banned from driving for 12 months, fined £5,000 and ordered to pay a £2,000 statutory surcharge and £85 costs.

Arriving at court, he signed an autograph with a fan and posed for a selfie with another.

The former West Ham, Manchester United, Inter Milan and Liverpool midfielder won 53 caps for his country.

After retiring, he moved into management, most recently working for Reading between 2022 and 2023.

Ince was appointed manager of Blackburn Rovers when the club were in the Premier League, but was sacked after less than six months in 2011.

His next appointment was at Blackpool in 2013 where he lasted less than a year, and was famously sacked by text while talking to Daily Telegraph journalist Henry Winter during a UEFA coaching course.