Four men have appeared in court charged with attacking a professional footballer's father and uncle outside a pub.

Ross Monaghan, 35, appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court with three other men on Thursday charged with assaulting Queen of the South player Derek Lyle's family members.

He appeared with Eddie Lyons Jr, Liam Boyle and Andrew Gallagher in connection with an attack on Alex Lyle, Robert Lyle and William Logue outside the Campsie Bar on Woodhill Road in Auchinairn, East Dunbartonshire, last April.

All four men are accused of repeatedly punching and kicking Robert Lyle until he was unconscious and striking him with a sharp object.

They are also accused of repeatedly punching Alex Lyle and William Logue, dragging them across the road and also striking them with a sharp object.

Monaghan, Lyons, Gallagher and Boyle all appeared and pled not guilty to the three charges.

A trial has been set for April.