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Yesterday, saw two Championship footballers charged with burglary after items were stolen from a staff room at a nightclub.

Bradley Wright-Phillips, 23, and Nathan Dyer, 20, both players for Southampton, were charged after allegedly being filmed on CCTV at the Bar Bluu Club in Southsea, Hampshire, entering an unlocked staff room with friends. Items belonging to staff supposedly went missing, including 3 mobile phones, cash of £145, student cards and cigarettes.

Wright-Phillips, the son of Ian and brother of Shaun and Dyer, were questioned by police on the March 25 and appeared yesterday at Portsmouth Central police station where they were charged. They are due to appear at Portsmouth Magastrate’s Court on July 8.

Both players have been fined two weeks wages and were dropped for one match by Southampton Football Club for late night socialising, although with Wright-Phillips earning £8,000 a week and Dyer earning £5,000 a week, it’s hardly going to break them.

Ian Wright-Philips has said “I will stick by him. My conscience is clean because I know he did not steal anything and he knows he has made a major mistake”.

The 44-year-old former footballer described his son’s disciplinary behaviour as “disgraceful” and told about his concerns at the footballers lifestyles.