'That was woeful': What England fan charged with trespass told players in dressing-room rant... as Rooney is forced to apologise for his on-screen outburst


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A football fan who revealed himself as the spectator who found his way into the England team's dressing room was today charged by police for trespass.
Pavlos Joseph, 32, from Crystal Palace, south-east London, said a security guard sent him in the direction of the players' tunnel explaining there were toilets nearby, and after taking a wrong turn he found himself in the changing room.
The intrusion, which happened minutes after Princes William and Harry left following England's goalless draw with Algeria on Friday night, prompted the Football Association (FA) to make an official complaint to World Cup organisers Fifa who promised to tighten security.
Pavlos Joseph
Facing the music: England fan Pavlos Joseph leaves the Bay Hotel, Camps Bay, to be taken to the Sea Point Poilce station, where he will be officially charged for invading the England dressing room on Friday
South African police arrested Mr Joseph after he revealed his identity to a newspaper and charged him with trespass and breach of security.
Mr Joseph, a life-long England and Manchester United supporter, said he told a stunned David Beckham that fans had been left bitterly disappointed at England's performance.'I looked David straight in the eye and said, "David, we've spent a lot of money getting here. This is a disgrace. What are you going to do about it?".'
The mortgage advisor told the Sunday Mirror that when Beckham asked him who he was, he had responded: 'I'm Pavlos and I actually need the toilet.'He said he then addressed the players, who were sitting on benches with towels around their waists.


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