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Former footballer turned TV soccer pundit Paul Merson was banned from the roads for six months today after being caught speeding four times in the space of eight months.
The 56 year-old ex-Arsenal star already had three speeding convictions on his driving licence and the additional penalty points triggered an automatic ban.
The Sky TV 'Soccer Saturday' star, of Teddington, Richmond-upon-Thames, appeared at Guildford Magistrates' Court where he received three penalty points for each new offence.
He was repeatedly caught driving his silver three-litre VW Touareg over the speed limit in southwest London and Surrey throughout 2023.
Merson pleaded guilty to exceeding the 50mph limit on the M3 motorway in Thorpe, Surrey on February 27, last year by driving 10mph over the limit.
The 56 year-old ex-Arsenal star already had three speeding convictions on his driving licence and the additional penalty points triggered an automatic ban
Paul Merson won two league titles with Arsenal, the FA Cup League Cup and European Cup winners' Cup
He also admitted twice exceeding the 40mph speed limit on Great Chertsey Road, Twickenham by 7mph on both occasions on September 9 and September 11.
Merson further pleaded guilty to exceeding the 50mph limit in Country Way, Feltham on October 1 by driving at 7mph over the limit.
'We have heard what has been said on your behalf and take into account your guilty pleas and the circumstances and the speeds you were doing,' magistrate Joan Lindsay told him.
'However these were four matters in a relatively short period of time and looking at your driving record, which is not great we will add points and you will be disqualified.'
The magistrates also fined Merson £2,640, with £110 costs and ordered him to pay a £1,056 victim surcharge.
Merson made a total of 749 club appearances and won 21 full England caps during his footballing career.
He scored 154 goals and three international goals during before his retirement from the sport.
The Harlesden-born forward was a product of the Arsenal youth system and went onto play for Middlesbrough, Aston Villa, Portsmouth and Walsall.
While signed to Arsenal Merson won two league titles, the FA Cup, League Cup and European Cup winners' Cup. After hanging up his boots he also managed Walsall for three years, before being sacked in 2006.
Three-times married Merson is a father-of-eight and currently shares a £900,000 house with his wife and their
