Goalkeeper charged with rape

Ireland and Arsenal footballer Graham Stack was today charged with raping a 21-year-old girl at his home, Scotland Yard said.

The 23-year-old goalkeeper, who is on loan at Millwall, was charged following the alleged incident in Beckenham, south east London on September 1.

Stack, a Republic of Ireland Under-21 international who has already made the senior squad, was bailed to appear at Bromley Magistrates Court on November 23.

Allan Smillie, aged 22, an operations analyst, of Feltham, south west London, was also charged with sexual assault on the same date. He will also appear at Bromley Magistrates Court on November 23.