10 football players with criminal records

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Jermaine Pennant playing with an electronic tag on his ankle.

Jermaine Pennant playing with an electronic tag on his ankle.

Jermaine Pennant

Pennant has played for a number of esteemed clubs in England such as Arsenal, Liverpool, Birmingham City and Portsmouth. But it is a career not without some off the field issues accompanying it. One of the bizarre stories that come to mind is when he accumulated five months worth of parking tickets when he parked his Porsche at a railway station in Zaragoza (where he played in 2009-2010). His excuse? He’d “forgotten” about the car he owned!

But it was at Birmingham City when he was caught by the long arm of the law. After a failed relationship led to a drinking binge, he got behind the wheel of a Mercedes and was involved in a minor crash. He was given a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to drink-driving, driving while disqualified, and driving without insurance. He was released after 30 days and served the rest of the sentence by wearing an electronic tag to keep track of his whereabouts. He even played a match for Birmingham with the tag in his sock.

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