Newcastle United winger Rolando Aarons appeared at court this morning to face a charge of violent disorder following a mass brawl at a nightclub.
The £15,000-a-week England Under 21 winger was arrested in the early hours of October 9 when a fight which broke out in the Livello club on Newcastle's Quayside.
The 21-year-old was one of seven people set to appear at Newcastle Magistrates' Court today.
Aarons appeared alongside four others but the charges were not put to them and they did not enter a plea.