No action on alleged Moyes bar-room row

Former Manchester United manager David Moyes is in the clear police said after he was investigated over an alleged bar-room bust-up.

The fiery Scot was spoken to by police after claims made by builder Josh Gillibrand, 23, that he had been attacked at a wine bar in Lancashire.

Officers were called to the upmarket Emporium bar in the rural market town following a report of the altercation on the evening of May 21.

It is understood Moyes, 51, had been socialising with his friend, Blackburn Rovers managing director Derek Shaw, a local businessman in the Ribble Valley.

Witnesses reported Moyes, who had been sacked by Manchester United the previous month, was abused by a group of drunken young men shortly before he entered the bar.

Mr Gillibrand, from nearby Dutton, denied that he or his friend were involved in the abuse but told The Sun he “felt like I was going to die”, as trouble allegedly flared.

Police said at the time there were, “a number of differing accounts” of what happened. Lancashire Police has confirmed no further action will be taken against any party.