Newcastle skipper kevin nolan has been fined almost ã4000, after pleading guilty of speeding in a built up area.
28 year old nolan, top scorer at the club since the jan transfer of andy carroll to liverpool, admitted doing 60mph in a 30mph zone in longbenton, north tyneside.
A clearly upset nolan said outside the court, "im gutted about this, i was confident i would have recieved a much harsher punishment, even maybe a custodial sentence, as ive been caught speeding before.
Since joey barton cleaned up his act, after being jailed in 2008 for common assault and afray, and also recieved a suspended sentence for aggravated assault on a team-mate, the lads have been struggling to find a proprer role model to show them how spoilt, overpaid, prima donnas are supposed to behave.
With his conviction for common assault last year, it looked like big ando was going to take up the mantle. But we''ve lost his talents since he moved to merseyside.
I felt as club skipper that it was my duty to show the lads what its all about, at least until some other nutter comes along.
28 year old nolan, top scorer at the club since the jan transfer of andy carroll to liverpool, admitted doing 60mph in a 30mph zone in longbenton, north tyneside.
A clearly upset nolan said outside the court, "im gutted about this, i was confident i would have recieved a much harsher punishment, even maybe a custodial sentence, as ive been caught speeding before.
Since joey barton cleaned up his act, after being jailed in 2008 for common assault and afray, and also recieved a suspended sentence for aggravated assault on a team-mate, the lads have been struggling to find a proprer role model to show them how spoilt, overpaid, prima donnas are supposed to behave.
With his conviction for common assault last year, it looked like big ando was going to take up the mantle. But we''ve lost his talents since he moved to merseyside.
I felt as club skipper that it was my duty to show the lads what its all about, at least until some other nutter comes along.
