Former England and Chelsea footballer Ray Wilkins was too drunk to stand when he was stopped for driving his car erratically, a court has been told.
Mr Wilkins, 56, slurred his words and leaned on his Jaguar for support when he was pulled over near his Cobham home in May 2012, magistrates heard.
North Surrey Magistrates' Court also heard he fell asleep in a police patrol car and later swore at officers.
Mr Wilkins denies a charge of drinking and driving.
Tests taken at a police station showed he was almost three times the legal limit.
The former England midfielder was arrested on 7 May last year after his car was seen "weaving" down the road at about 01:45 BST, the court heard.
It was alleged Mr Wilkins's car had "lurched" forward and then hit a traffic island.
PC Nicholas Skidmore told the court: "There was a strong smell of intoxicating liquor in the vehicle and around him.
"When he got out of the vehicle, he couldn't stand up properly," he said.
"He had to lean against the car."
The officer said he handcuffed the Sky Sports football pundit, who then fell asleep in his unmarked police car.
The court was told Mr Wilkins was then taken to a local police station where he was told he could not make a call to his wife until he had provided two breath samples.
CCTV played to the court showed him apparently trying to complete the tests.
Paul Lund for the prosecution said Mr Wilkins would challenge the result of the breath test.
He said: "Mr Wilkins says that he can't have drunk enough to produce that high reading.
"At the end of the day, the defence is relying on Mr Wilkins' assertion that he hadn't drunk enough.
"He would say that, wouldn't he?"
How can he have the cheek to challenge this?!
His defence is basically that there is no way he was 3 times the limit as he hadn't drunk that much...........................despite smashing his car into an island in the middle of the road, not being able to stand up properly and falling asleep in the back of the police car.
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That's his defence, everyone know he only went sideways.
Why doesnt he just hold his hands up and get on with it. Ridiculous to challenge.
So that's 14 months he's still been legally driving awaiting a possible conviction for drink driving.
He was on bail for this offence when he was stopped again in Tongham in March this year.
This time a roadside breath test found he had 129 microgrammes of alcohol in his blood per 100 mililitres of breath - nearly four times over the legal drink drive limit.
But he failed to provide a second specimen at the station and was banned for two years and fined £2,000 at Guildford Magistrate’s Court earlier this year.
So, he got done first for the second offence, while on bail for the first one - weird.