Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner has become the latest high-profile figure to be caught speeding on London’s roads.
The FA Cup-winning boss, 51, has been banned from driving for the next six months after breaking a 20mph limit.
Glasner was caught by a speed camera as he drove his BMW along the Old Kent Road in Bermondsey last July.
Court records reveal Glasner already had past driving offences on his record, putting him in line for an automatic ban.
The Austrian wrote to Willesden Magistrates’ Court to plead guilty to speeding at 29mph on a stretch of the road which has a 20mph limit.
And he submitted a handwritten note vowing not to break the law again, as he chose not to try to convince magistrates to spare him a disqualification.
“I fully accept responsibility for my actions and understand the seriousness of this matter”, he said.
“I have taken steps to ensure it will not happen again.
“Due to the nature of my role, I will ensure I take the steps to address the issue.”
A magistrate, sitting in private in the Single Justice Procedure, imposed a six-month disqualification on Glasner on Tuesday last week.
The football manager must also pay a £660 fine, together with £130 costs and a £264 victim surcharge.
The incident happened as Glasner drove through traffic lights opposite Tesco on the Old Kent Road at just before 7.30am on July 15 last year.
In May, Glasner had guided Crystal Palace to FA Cup glory in his first full season with the club.
But two months later – and three days before Glasner’s speeding offence – Palace suffered a blow as their European place earned through the cup win was downgraded from the Europa League to the Europa Conference League.
Glasner’s side is due to face struggling Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday, in a key match in the Premier League relegation battle.
The speeding prosecution was brought by the Metropolitan Police, with the force telling the court that Glasner initially tried to pay a fine to settle the matter.
“Payment was made and licence details provided for electronic endorsement, however, the additional penalty points would have resulted in the total current points on the licence being 12 or more”, set out case worker Emily Delroy, in a statement.
“A refund has been requested and the matter was referred to the prosecution team for a single justice notice to be issued.”
Glasner pleaded guilty in writing on January 27, and he accepted that a ban would be imposed without an open court hearing in a second letter to the court on February 16.
Details of the case have now been revealed after the Press Association was given access to court documents this week.
Glasner was among 1,089 motorists to be prosecuted last week for breaking a 20mph speed limit, with magistrates handing out fines totalling more than £157,000 and 27 driving bans.
He is the latest in a string of high-profile named to be convicted of motoring offences under the single justice procedure in recent months.
Earlier this week, it was revealed that TV producer Jemima Goldsmith had been fined £1,000 over a run-in with the Metropolitan Police.
The 52-year-old failed to respond to police letters after a Mini Clubman vehicle registered in her name was caught breaking the speed limit in north London.
Goldsmith eventually offered up the name of the guilty driver who had been using her car, but had had missed the deadline to respond to avoid court proceedings.
She blamed major renovation work on her £10 million Kensington home for the blunder.
“Due to ongoing construction works at the property where my car is registered, which made access tricky, the original letter was mislaid by builders and I was unaware of its existence until October,” she wrote, in a note to Westminster Magistrates' Court.
In January, Sir Idris Elba was convicted and fined after he was caught breaking a 20mph speed limit while riding his scooter along Chelsea Embankment.
The award-winning actor and DJ, 53, was prosecuted by the Metropolitan Police over a speeding offence which happened last June.
In February, Manchester United footballer Leny Yoro was banned from driving for six months after speeding in his Porsche at more than 70mph past homes and a school.
The 20-year-old centre back's £170,000 Porsche Cayenne was clocked at 72mph by a camera in the Manchester suburb of Withington last August.
In the same month, Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior was convicted of speeding after fog delayed his flight back to the UK to complete a speed awareness course.
The 41-year-old was prosecuted by Derbyshire Police over an incident last July when his Audi A8 Quattro had been caught out on a speed camera.
Rosenior admitted being behind the wheel of the vehicle, which had been travelling at 36mph in a 30mph zone in Rykneld Road, Littleover, Derbyshire, at 11.41am on July 7.
Last year, Chelsea striker David Datro Fofana - currently on loan at Strasbourg - was twice convicted for getting behind the wheel of his £100,000 Cadillac without a licence.
