Ashley Cole enjoys the single life with a little help from friends

Back on the town: Ashley Cole was involved in a scuffle with photographers
11 April 2012
The Weekender

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Just a month after his divorce was finalised, Ashley Cole is enjoying life as a single man.

The Chelsea and England star was spotted with friends at Alto nightclub in Soho, where they stayed until 2.45am today.

He left with two women, but they did not appear to relish the attention of photographers and quickly made off. Cole and his friends then got into a scuffle with the cameramen, which was broken up by police. Officers ordered the 29-year-old and his companions into their car to go home.

The footballer's divorce from X Factor judge Cheryl Cole was finalised in September on the grounds of his unreasonable behaviour. The pair married in July 2006 but in January 2008 it was claimed he had slept with a 22-year-old hairdresser. In February he was caught exchanging lewd texts with a glamour model and two more women then claimed to have had affairs with him.

Meanwhile, Wayne Rooney has upset neighbours by playing loud rap and rock. The Manchester United player and his wife Coleen had a £100,000 party for the first birthday of son Kai on Sunday but two residents in Prestwich, Cheshire, complained to the council about "booming" noise that kept them up until 1am.

A spokesman for Rooney said: "Wayne and Coleen took every precaution to make sure the noise was not excessive. They are sorry if anyone was disturbed."

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