Toney pleads not guilty to nightclub assault charge

England striker Ivan Toney, 30, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He is accused of headbutting and punching Saber Da Silva during a confrontation at the 100 Wardour Street nightclub in central London on December 6 last year. Toney elected for a Crown Court trial before a judge and jury, and was released on unconditional bail with a hearing scheduled at Southwark Crown Court on October 29.