Two footballers were charged today in connection with the same
nightclub brawl which saw Steven Gerrard accused of assault.
Accrington Stanley goalkeeper Ian Dunbavin, 28, and the club's
midfielder, Robert Grant, 18, were both charged with affray,
Merseyside Police said.
A third man, Paul McGrattan, 31, was also charged today with
affray and assaulting a police officer.
Liverpool and England player Gerrard, 28, remains on bail after
appearing in court charged with assault and affray last month.
He was arrested in the early hours of 29 December after a
disturbance at the Lounge Bar nightclub in Southport,
Merseyside.
Company director Marcus McGee, 34, from Churchtown, Southport,
required hospital treatment after receiving facial injuries in the
incident.
Gerrard, a father of two who is married to model Alex Curran,
26, was at the bar with friends to celebrate Liverpool's 5-1 win
over Newcastle United earlier that day.
Gerrard's solicitor indicated at his first court appearance that
he would plead not guilty to the charges against him.
He is due before North Sefton Magistrates again on 20 March.
A spokeswoman for Merseyside Police said Dunbavin, of Guildford
Road, Southport, Grant, of Enstone Avenue, Litherland, Merseyside,
and McGrattan, of Linden Drive, Huyton, Merseyside, will appear at
North Sefton magistrates next Monday.
Two men, a 33-year-old from Huyton and an 18-year-old from Roby,
Merseyside, remain on bail pending further inquiries.