Soccer stars urged to stop spitting

THE charity Keep Britain Tidy has asked footballers to stop spitting as young people are copying the habit.

The group, based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, criticised players for making a “filthy habit appear macho.”

In a poll of nearly 300 fans, 75% said they were upset by the incident when Bolton striker El-Hadji Diouf spat at Portsmouth player Arjan de Zeeuw.