Hammers star Anton's strop

FOOTIE star Anton Ferdinand exploded with rage on a packed nightclub dance floor after dropping a diamond ring worth thousands of pounds.

The West Ham ace had to be held back by pals at The Time and Envy club in Romford, Essex.

A clubber said: “It all went off when Anton dropped a ring and accused someone of stealing it. He’d clearly had a few and had a posse of pals around him.”

But Ferdinand’s agent insisted last night there was no scuffle. Geoff Weston said: “Anton was at the club and his ring did fall on the ground. But someone picked it up and handed it back. There was no scuffle and nobody tried to take the ring.”

Defender Ferdinand, 22 — brother of Manchester United and England star Rio — will face trial in November after being arrested outside another nightclub last year. He and another man have been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and violent disorder, which he denies.