Twelve footballers fined for breaking Covid rules on a night out – when they claimed to all live together

Published Oct 21 2020 at 1:12 PM GMT

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TWELVE footballers have been fined for breaking Covid laws after they went on a night out claiming to be from the same household.
The team was drinking in a pub in South Tyneside on Sunday when a member of staff challenged them.
The players, all from the same team, insisted they were from one household.