Ex-Premier League striker ploughed Land Rover into supermarket after ‘up to 10 pints’

The crash happened in November 2022

CCTV shows the moment former Premier League striker Danny Graham crashed his Land Rover into a supermarket whilst drunk. On November 4 last year, the now-retired footballer, who has played for the likes of Watford, Swansea, Sunderland and Blackburn, ploughed through the front of the Co-op Village Store near where he lives on Teesside.

The 37-year-old was then arrested and taken to hospital, where tests showed he had no less than 230mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood, well above the legal limit of 80mg. He was charged with a single charge of drink-driving at Teesside Magistrates’ Court last week. Graham was disqualified from driving for two years, given a 12-month community order in which he must carry out 180 hours unpaid work and given a 90-day alcohol ban, monitored by a tag, the Mirror reports. Now, CCTV footage has been released showing the moment of the crash. Images show the door of the supermarket being smashed open by the vehicle.

More than £5,000 of stock was damaged and the total loss to the supermarket was roughly £32,000. In court, Graham said he had drunk between “five and 10 pints” whilst playing golf with a mate.

Graham had a playing career spanning 17 years. He played for 12 clubs over the course of his career, scoring 174 goals. In the Premier League, he played for Middlesbrough, Swansea City, Sunderland and Hull City. In total, he made 124 appearances in the competition, scoring 18 goals. His first season in the Premier League was his most prolific. This was the 2011-2012 season, when he scored 12 goals in 36 appearances for Swansea.