Stevie G’s advice for Roo

(07-09-2010) Steven Gerrard has come out in support of beleaguered England colleague Wayne Rooney. This comes after reports in a Sunday newspaper alleging that Manchester United star Rooney cheated on his then pregnant wife with a high-class prostitute. And Gerrard knows what it is like to be in the public eye for the wrong reasons after a lengthy court case, and the threat of jail, following a brawl in a Southport pub in 2008. He was later acquitted. "Incredibly enough, I played some of my best football when I was going through my court case,” said Gerrard on Monday. "As Paul Gascoigne once said, the only way to escape is out on the pitch. That's certainly what happened to me." He added: "If you have an issue off the pitch, you're in a situation where you have to park it. And then get on with the rest of your life.”