England Under-21 footballer Andy Carroll was charged with assault and will appear in court today, police have confirmed.
The Newcastle striker was due to appear before Tynedale Magistrates Court, Northumberland, this morning.
Carroll, 21, wears the club's famous number nine shirt and won plaudits for his early season form.
You're crazy in your head if you knock a woman so hard that the skull fractures. Get in prison.
Agree he is stupid and should go to prison