Aston Villa defender Alan Hutton has been involved in an altercation outside a pub in Scotland.

According to the Daily Record, Hutton flew back to Scotland after the 1-1 Euro2016 qualifying draw with the Republic of Ireland in Dublin on Saturday to spend time with his two children, wife Kylie, and her parents.

However, Hutton got involved in an unsavoury incident with a group of drunken amateur footballers outside the pub as he made his way home from a night out at a bowling club in Hurlford, Ayrshire.

A source told the Record: "Alan is in Hurlford all the time as Kylie's family live there. Alan, Kylie and Janie have gone down to the bowling club for a couple of drinks after Alan got back on Saturday night. Everything has been fine until they were walking home past the Thistle Bar where Hurlford Amateur FC have been having their Player of the Year night.

"A bunch of guys from the amateur team have been standing outside where they go to smoke as Alan and his family have been walking past. The group from the Thistle have been pretty drunk and works have been exchanged. Alan has stepped in and Kylie and Janie have been shoved around and there has been a bit of an altercation.

"When Alan stepped in, one of the guys backed down and that was it. Alan was just doing what anyone would have done and protected his family. It's a shame because he doesn't usually get any hassle out and about in Hurlford."