Former Tottenham star banned from driving for FOURTH time

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Fintan Starkey

By Fintan Starkey


Published: 21/05/2025

- 10:29

Updated: 21/05/2025

- 11:44

The 79-goal Spurs striker was handed yet another ban for smashing the speed limit in leafy Hertfordshire

Ex-Premier League striker Jermaine Defoe, 42, has been barred from driving for a year after being clocked speeding at 82mph in a 70mph zone.

Defoe, who notched 20 goals in 57 England appearances, was driving a Land Rover in Wormley, Hertfordshire, last October.


In court, his barrister said the ex-Spurs player deserved credit for pleading guilty.

Defoe - who was not in court - was fined £660 plus £90 costs and a £266 victim surcharge.

Jermaine Defoe

The ex-England striker has been banned from driving for the fourth time

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He was also slapped with three points on his licence - on top of the nine he already had.

Defoe was previously banned from the road for six months in July 2008 for speeding.

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He received another six-month ban for the same offence the following year.

The former Sunderland man later admitted to driving at 45mph in a 30mph zone in Portsmouth in May 2008.

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Jermaine Defoe spent 9 years of his career at Spurs

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He was given an additional four points on his license.

He ended up in court again in October 2010 after being caught with a phone behind the wheel while driving in Loughton.

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Defoe was handed three points, narrowly avoiding yet another ban, and fined £800.

The former Rangers hero was then hit with his third six-month ban two years ago, when he was clocked doing 56mph in a 30mph zone in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, in December 2020.

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Defoe was most recently seen at the Stadium of Light watching his former club beat Coventry to take a trip to Wembley, and is excited to see what the young team can do next.

“What an experience for these young players,” Defoe told Sunderland’s in-house media after the semi-final win over two legs against Coventry City.

“To get over the line, go to Wembley and do it there, it’s been a long time coming. To have that experience is something so special.”