Ormskirk - Everton footballer Duncan Ferguson has been praised by police in England after he fought off two burglars at his home early this morning.
He detained one of the two men, who was later arrested, while the second fled. The incident is understood to have happened just after 1 a.m., and one youth was taken to hospital after the fracas near Ormskirk, Lancashire. Ferguson (29), also suffered a minor injury but did not need hospital treatment.