Former Newcastle United coach Dean Saunders is due in court today to appeal against his drink-drive jail sentence.
The 55-year-old said he had only drunk one pint when he was stopped by police for “atrocious” driving in Chester city centre on May 10.
Officers who arrested him told the ex-Wales international: “You can’t even stand up.”
Saunders, who has played for Liverpool, Aston Villa and Derby County but now works as a pundit, refused to give a breath specimen at the roadside and continued his “obstructive and evasive” behaviour at the police station.
The father-of-three denied any offence but was jailed for 10 weeks on August 28, after admitting at Chester Magistrates’ Court to failing to comply with a roadside breath test and failing to provide a breath specimen.
His lawyers secured his release a day later in a private hearing at Chester Crown Court, and he has been on bail since.
Saunders' appeal is due to be heard at the court today.
The Crown Prosecution Service released footage of Saunders being stopped in his Audi A8 and his subsequent arrest and refusal to give a sample at the police station.
Saunders, of Whitegate, a village in Cheshire, was also banned from driving for 30 months and ordered to pay court costs of £620.
Saunders was part of Graeme Souness' backroom coaching team at St James' Park when the Scot became manager in 2004.
He initially started out as a striker coach, before becoming first-team coach.
Souness was sacked in 2006 and Saunders - along with the rest of the coaching staff - were replaced.
