People at your club who were actual prisoners

[Pérou Flaquettes]

Mine, a classy baddie (OK, not my club, PSG, but very close - another Parisian club, a proper one), blows all your small fry out of the water.

But I'll wait for ursus, or any other connoisseur of fine Parisian clubs, to step up to the plate.

[1974ddr]

... then there's David Hillier and Graham Rix...

[1974ddr]

It's really difficult to search for my team's players, aside from I don't think there are many. I keep reading about nutters from Boston.

Including Arsenal??? No love for Peter Storey then? Counterfeiting, running a brothel...

[Southport Zeb]

Our first summer signing of 2014 Russell Benjamin was arrested a few weeks later and is currently two years into a nine-year sentence as the ringleader of a criminal gang exporting heroin and cocaine. We also had Courtney Meppen-Walter last season, who served 9 months in 2013 for causing death by dangerous driving.

We also had Russel Benjamin. Terry Fearns, who holds our record for most goals in a season, was sentenced to seven years after £30,000 of cocaine was found on his kitchen table.

[Guy Profumo]

Surely Bert Trautman is the most famous example of this?


(Not to mention Pele, Bobby Moore, John Wark, Ossie Ardiles, and Russell Osman)

[Dink]

Slightly different from most of the incidents on this thread, Alloa's veteran striker (and all round God amongst men) Willie Irvine was taken hostage during a prison riot (or minor disturbance, but that doesn't sound quite as impressive). On his first game after being released he scored our winning goal against Forfar, a high point in a season where he could generally do no wrong.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/1..._the_deadlock/

[Crystal Staples]

Our first summer signing of 2014 Russell Benjamin was arrested a few weeks later and is currently two years into a nine-year sentence as the ringleader of a criminal gang exporting heroin and cocaine. We also had Courtney Meppen-Walter last season, who served 9 months in 2013 for causing death by dangerous driving.

[Giggler]

Not my club, obviously, but Peter Swan returned to play for Sheffield Wednesday after serving time for the 60's betting scandal. Fellow scandaler Bronco Layne, who started his career with us, also returned to Sheffield Wednesday, but didn't play for them.

My uncle played in Bury's 1974 promotion team with Swan. He sounds like quite the character.

[Hot Orange]

Gary Croft was arrested just after scoring on his Ipswich debut and went on to spend a month in prison for driving while disqualified and telling fibs to the police (Policeman: Aren't you Gary Croft, the footballer who is disqualified from driving? Croft: Um... no.). On his release, he became the first footballer to play with an ankle tag.

[Anton Gramscescu]

Not really my club anymore, is Tony Adams at Arsenal too obvious? And of course van Persie was incarcerated on (eventually dismissed) suspicion of sexual assault.

At Toronto FC, we've never had anyone in jail, I don't think. Martin Saric did time for shoplifting the year after he left the club. And Kevin Harmse probably should have been jailed a couple of times for his tackling ability, but that's it.

[Stumpy Pepys]

The only ones I remember at Bolton were Stig Tøfting, who did time for headbutting a cafe owner, and an Australian called Con Boutsianis, who I think ended up on trial for armed robbery.

[Stumpy Pepys]

Does Glen Johnson's toilet seat 'incident' in B&Q count?

[Gangster Octopus]

Not my club, obviously, but Peter Swan returned to play for Sheffield Wednesday after serving time for the 60's betting scandal. Fellow scandaler Bronco Layne, who started his career with us, also returned to Sheffield Wednesday, but didn't play for them.

[Lang Spoon]

Fans favourite (twenty odd year back, when we were good) defensive hard man at Raith Shaun Dennis was cleared of assault after the case fell apart through conflicting prosecution evidence. Apparently no stranger to a night in the cells though (often getting a taxi from Kdy polis shop to training or even matchday), usually for drunk and disorderly or the Scots Pig’s favourite bampot catch-all, breach of the peace. Definitely got a lot of leeway for being Captain and Local Leader Legend.

[3 Colours Red]

Mickey Thomas is the obvious one. It was almost a rite of passage around here if you ended up with one of his dodgy notes.

Surprisingly (to me, anyway), Chris Armstrong never served time for his misdemeanours.

[MrLeam]

The wretched Shaun Tuck (Racist Tweeting) for us. Also a player called David Anane ( drug dealing).

I'd actually forgotten Tuck's name so I googled "footballer racist tweets". That still left me with a bit of a search.

Jeez, that Tuck guy is something else. Mind you, perhaps I should focus on his apology and denial that he is racist rather than the myriad clearly racist comments both before and after his "apology".

[wittoner]

The wretched Shaun Tuck (Racist Tweeting) for us. Also a player called David Anane ( drug dealing).

I'd actually forgotten Tuck's name so I googled "footballer racist tweets". That still left me with a bit of a search.

[Vicarious Thrillseeker]

I was going to type in the name of our ex-chairman, but I felt dirty.

[Duncan Gardner]

The Irish League 1970-2000 obviously offers possibilities...

[Nefertiti2]

Luke McCormick (now back at Plymouth) had his first games at Oxford United after a prison sentence for causing death by dangerous driving whilst at Plymouth

Like wise Adam Chapman who was at Oxford when he caused the accident and returned to the club after completing his sentence

[Giggler]

Ronnie Mauge was arrested for kidnapping his then-girlfriend when he was at Bury. As part of bail conditions, he went to live with chairman Terry Robinson.

[Snake Plissken]

Christ. There’s a name from the past. Signed from Colne Dynamoes.

I think George Oghani spent time behind bars on leaving Burnley.

[Tapiocahead]

In 2010 Bradford City signed Jake Sleight for actual money. He'd neglected to mention that he was about to go on trial for assault, was found guilty and then sent down for a few months.

We also had Jamie Lawrence after his spell and full back Lewis Emmanuel whose post City career has involved a bit of armed robbery.

At the other end of the spectrum City also had former PC Paul Showler in the 1990s.

[andrew7610]

Crawley's Josh Payne served 6 months of a 12 month sentence for ABH back in 2013.

[Gerontophile]

It's really difficult to search for my team's players, aside from I don't think there are many. I keep reading about nutters from Boston.