The Daily Mirror today has a story about Frank Worthington being given a six-month driving ban after causing a motorway
pile-up.

The former England striker, 54, alledgedly "tailgated motorists, flashing his lights and sounding his horn to make them move over."

Apparently a Peugeot 306 failed to make way, and Frank went by on the inside lane. The Peugeot swerved and hit the central reservation on the M62 near Manchester before bouncing back into the path of two other cars, causing a multiple crash.

Passenger Jane Rantzen told Bury magistrates:

"He turned and shook his fist. I was absolutely terrified. Afterwards he just sped off."

Witness Karen Swinburne, 24, said:

"I thought that I was going to die."

Worthington, of Huddersfield, West Yorks, was convicted of driving without due care after denying the charge. He was fined £500 with £250 costs.

The Wortho Cup has now been renamed the Carling Cup after Frankie's conviction...

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