John Terry’s brother ‘had fling with player’s fiancee’

It seems playing away with your team-mate's girlfriend runs in the family of former England captain John Terry. His older brother Paul, who plays for the English lower league side Rushden & Diamonds, has been caught having a fling with the fiancee of the club's goalkeeper.

Paul Terry, 31, has reportedly admitted to other team-mates that he has been sleeping with Lindsey Cowan, a 25-year-old secretary who was engaged to Rushden goalie Dale Roberts.

Roberts and his fiancee have now split up, the Rushden keeper told the Mirror this week. "I'm a bit messed up... it is bad enough she's done it at all but the fact that it is with him, one of my team-mates, makes it that much harder to bear," he said.

It is thought that Terry-the-elder got to know Cowan after Roberts let him stay the night at their home last year.

But what must be even more galling for Roberts is that Terry's behaviour mirrors his brother's. John Terry allegedly had a fling with the former girlfriend of his then Chelsea team-mate Wayne Bridge last year. And although Bridge and Vanessa Perroncel had already separated, the revelation prompted Bridge to retire from international football and rule himself out of the World Cup as he no longer not want to play alongside Terry. National boss Fabio Capello was so angry that he stripped John Terry of the captaincy over the affair.

Now Roberts, too, is refusing to play alongside Paul Terry next season. According to the Mirror's source, "the players have all sided with Dale and are calling themselves Team Roberts. It's so similar to the John Terry and Wayne Bridge scenario it's ridiculous."

The news of Paul's affair comes days after the footballers' father Edward Terry admitted supplying cocaine to an undercover reporter from the News of the World.

Last night Dale Roberts' dad George hit out at the entire Terry clan. "They say every family has a black sheep - the Terrys must have a flock." ·