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There was no room at the bar for David Healy

You can be at the top of your game, but that is no guarantee of getting into a trendy nightspot as Northern Ireland's top striker found out at the weekend.

David Healy is used to twisting and turning to get away from opponents on the football field, but on Saturday he could not slip past the doorman at Cafe Vaudeville.

The striker - and current top scorer in the qualifying stages of Euro 2008 - was turned away because the Belfast bar was full.

On Monday, bar management said they were embarrassed at what had happened - and that the doorman was not a football fan and did not recognise the player.

A spokesman - ironically a David Healy fan - said the striker was turned away at about 2330 BST on Saturday.

He said that the bar was full at the time and there were between 30 and 40 people queueing outside.

The spokesman added that they would love to have David Healy's patronage, and they are trying to track the footballer down to apologise.