Former Nottingham Forest striker Dean Saunders will apply for bail later on Thursday, one day into a 10-week jail sentence for failing to give traffic police a breath specimen.
The 55-year-old looked crestfallen when he realised he was going to jail at Chester Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.
The father-of-three was branded "arrogant" by District Judge Nicholas Sanders, passing sentence, who told Saunders he had shown no remorse and thought he was "above the law".
Lawyers for Saunders, who also played for Liverpool , Aston Villa and Derby County and was capped by Wales 75 times, immediately said they will appeal the jail sentence as "excessive" and described the defendant as "in shock".
They will apply to a more senior judge sitting at Chester Crown Court on Thursday for bail until his appeal against the sentence can be heard.
The talkSPORT radio football pundit had pleaded not guilty at an earlier hearing but on Wednesday admitted a charge of failing to comply with a roadside breath test and failing to provide a breath sample for analysis in Boughton, Chester, in the early hours of May 10 this year.
Saunders said he had been out at Chester Races and had drunk three pints over the day before getting in his Audi A8 and deciding to drive.
He was seen shortly before 1am by a police patrol weaving across the road, swerving to avoid other vehicles and almost causing an accident.
Officers who arrested him said there was a smell of "intoxicants" and Saunders was slurring his speech and had to steady himself against his car when he was asked to get out of the vehicle.
He refused three times to give a roadside breath test and was arrested. He again failed to provide a specimen at the police station.
Saunders is likely to be serving his sentence at HMP Altcourse in Liverpool.
He was also banned from driving for 30 months and ordered to pay court costs of £620.
