Footballer Ashley Cole has been arrested and charged with being drunk and disorderly after a night out in London.

"Cole was held after swearing repeatedly at police and refusing to calm down after emerging from Collections Nightclub in South Kensington at around 2am," BBC reporter Ben Ando confirmed.

A Scotland Yard spokesperson told reporters that the 28-year-old Chelsea player was arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly: "He was taken to a central London police station where he was issued with a fixed penalty notice for being drunk and disorderly and released shortly after 5.30am."

We wonder what Ashley’s wife Cheryl Cole will say when she finds out – Cheryl is currently climbing Mount Kilimanjaro for BBC’s Comic Relief.

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