Leeds United soccer star Jonathan Woodgate was today found guilty of affray but cleared of causing grievous bodily harm with intent over a brutal street attack on an Asian student.

His team-mate Lee Bowyer was cleared of causing GBH with intent and affray by a jury at Hull Crown Court.

But Woodgate's friend Paul Clifford was found guilty of causing GBH and affray. Another friend Neale Caveney was found guilty of affray but cleared of causing GBH.

Woodgate, 21, of Middlesbrough, Bowyer, 24, of Leeds, and Paul Clifford and Neale Caveney, both 22 and from Middlesbrough, all denied causing Sarfraz Najeib grievous bodily harm with intent. They also denied affray.

The 21-year-old student was left with injuries including a broken nose and cheekbone and a fractured leg. Clifford bit him on the cheek during the attack.

The prosecution alleged that Mr Najeib and his friends were chased through the city centre following a confrontation outside the Majestyk nightclub in City Square. The Leeds Metropolitan University student, of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, was caught in Mill Hill where he was attacked.

Woodgate, Clifford and Caveney told the jury they took no part in the attack. They claimed to have watched an incident from the top of Mill Hill.

Bowyer told Hull Crown Court he did not enter Mill Hill that night because he was assaulted in Boar Lane and was left dazed before making his way back to the Majestyk.

The jury of seven women and five men first retired to consider its verdicts on Monday afternoon after an eight week trial.

The first trial collapsed after an article in a Sunday newspaper. The cost of both trials has been estimated at £15 million.