Harry Maguire has been fined £1,000 after being caught driving at 37mph in a 30mph zone in Altringham, Greater Manchester, on 28 December last year. He was sentenced at Tameside Magistrates’ Court to three penalty points, £120 in costs and a £400 victim surcharge. The conviction landed weeks after Maguire said he was "shocked and gutted" by being left out of Thomas Tuchel’s England World Cup squad.
What Maguire told the court
Maguire wrote that he was driving at 37mph in what he mistakenly believed was a 40mph zone, when it was in fact a 30mph limit. In the same written plea, he said: "I understand this was my responsibility and I fully accept the offence. I will be more careful in future and pay closer attention to speed limit signs."
He also added: "If possible, I would be very grateful if the court would consider allowing me to complete a speed awareness course instead of receiving penalty points."
The detail that stands out is not just the fine itself. It is the timing, with the case emerging as his Manchester United teammates travelled to the USA for their men’s 2026 World Cup preparations.
Maguire’s on-pitch numbers also make the week look harsher than it might have done for a player out of form. He averaged 7.22 across his last five Premier League appearances and played 467 minutes in that spell. His latest league outing was rated 7.0 in a 3-0 win at Brighton.
United, meanwhile, went unbeaten in their last five Premier League matches, winning four and drawing one. That does not soften Maguire’s off-field setback, but it does show he was still heavily involved at club level when the England omission arrived.
The next step is straightforward enough. The fine, penalty points and costs have been settled, and Maguire’s request for a speed awareness course now sits in the record. The football context is harder to separate, because this latest case follows the World Cup snub and lands while England continue their preparations without him.
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