Soccer: Year-long court battle to name 'cheating rat'

The naming of Garry Flitcroft completed a successful legal battle by the Sunday People, which has been fighting to identify him for nearly a year.

The Court of Appeal ruling earlier this month that he could be named was hailed by Neil Wallis, the newspaper’s editor, as a ‘‘historic victory’’ and he said then he was confident the case would not go to a full hearing in the House of Lords.