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Footballers might not need their cars for work and the cars they drive aren’t those you’d expect to see as part of fleet of business vehicles, but they are a group prone to falling foul of UK traffic law.

Whether it’s the case that they don’t rely on their cars for work as many of us do, that they can easily afford to pay large fines, are victims of ‘affluenza’ or just too busy chasing WAGs some of them have managed to commit a driving offence in fairly spectacular fashion.

With the World Cup starting in Brazil, driving offences solicitors Hammond Trotter have produced an infographic league of footballers who managed to score an own goal in the driving offences stakes.

Having helped many high profile clients avoid a driving conviction or keep their licence the team at driving defences have a wealth of experience, which the players in this infographic could have benefitted from.