Banned Wayne Rooney gets lift to Everton training

Wayne Rooney was banned from the roads for two years and ordered 100 hours of unpaid work as after he pleaded guilty to drink-driving

Everton striker Wayne Rooney was given a lift to training on Tuesday after he was banned for two years for drink-driving.

Wayne Rooney at Stockport Magistrates Court were he was sentenced for drink-driving charge on Monday. The Everton striker and former England football team captain was arrested when stopped by police in Wilmslow on September 1. (Getty Images)

The 31-year-old was disqualified from the roads for two years and ordered to perform 100 hours of unpaid work as part of a 12-month community order by a judge on Monday after he pleaded guilty to drink-driving.

Rooney, wearing a black baseball cap, arrived at the club’s Finch Farm training complex in the passenger seat of a black Range Rover to prepare for the club’s League Cup tie at home to Sunderland on Wednesday.

The former England captain issued a statement following his court appearance in which he apologised for his “unforgivable lack of judgement in driving while over the legal limit. It was completely wrong”.

Stockport Magistrates’ Court in northwest England heard Rooney was almost three times over the legal limit when he was stopped driving a Volkswagen Beetle on September 1.