Ex-Leicester City footballer Joe Mattock has avoided custody after he floored four people in a violent nightclub brawl, a court heard.

The £40,000-a-month defender lashed out with punches after criticism from a fan because he had just transferred from Leicester City to premier league club, West Bromwich Albion, Leicester Crown Court heard today.

The 20-year-old admitted causing an affray Liquid Envy nightclub, in Church Gate, Leicester, on August 30 last year.

Mattock, of Grove Road, Whetstone, received 10 months detention, suspended for two years and was ordered to do 150 hours of unpaid work and pay £1,500 costs.