Denise Clair, 30, (pictured) is suing former Scotland striker David Goodwillie and ex-St Johnstone player David Robertson

A woman who claims she was raped by two footballers was in need of an ambulance when she left a club, a bouncer working that night told a court yesterday.

Denise Clair, 30, is suing former Scotland striker David Goodwillie, 27, and ex-St Johnstone player David Robertson, 30, for £500,000 in damages at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.

The mother claims both men raped her in the early hours at a flat in Armadale, West Lothian, because she had drunk too much to give consent to sexual intercourse.

Security employee Gayle McGregor was searching for the woman after she lost a purse at the nightclub in Bathgate in the early hours of January 2, 2011.

The woman’s counsel, Simon Di Rollo, QC, asked Miss McGregor, 40, what she was doing when she came across her.

She said: ‘She was leaning against the front doors. She wasn’t in control of herself.

‘Her eyes were rolling in her head. She couldn’t stand up straight.’

Goodwillie’s counsel Dorothy Bain, QC, asked if she thought the woman needed an ambulance. Miss McGregor said she thought she did but later Robertson had offered to take her home. She said she told him to phone 999 if she fell unconscious.

Ex-Dundee United player Goodwillie, now with Plymouth Argyle, and Robertson, denied the allegation and maintained that intercourse was consensual. Neither was prosecuted.

The criminal case against Goodwillie (arriving at court left) was dropped in 2011 but it has now been taken to civil court where yesterday security employee Gayle McGregor (right) told the court Ms Clair looked 'drunk'

As the MailOnline previously reported the woman's accusations against Goodwillie and fellow footballer David Robertson were initially thrown out due to a lack of evidence.

The criminal case against Goodwillie was dropped in 2011 and Robertson, 30, was never charged

Because Ms Clair has resorted to suing them in a civil court, in a long-running campaign that has also seen her waive her right to anonymity, the rule of anonymity does not apply and there will be a cross examination.

Goodwillie (pictured right) scored two goals in 20 Premier League games in an unsuccessful spell at Blackburn Rovers

Both players deny Ms Clair's accusations that the pair had sex with her while she was too drunk to consent, at a flat in West Lothian, Scotland, on January 2, 2011.

At a pre-trial hearing at the Court of Session, in Edinburgh, Judge Lord Armstrong said: 'I take it by your presence you wish to insist on your defence in this action.'

Goodwillie replied: 'Yes.'

He was unable to afford the £90,000 legal fees after the sale of his house produced a lower return than he had expected.

Goodwillie played alongside Robertson at Dundee United and then also had spells at Blackburn - where he scored two goals in 20 Premier League games - Crystal Palace, Blackpool and Aberdeen before moving to his current club, Plymouth Argyle, this summer.

David Robertson (pictured right playing for St Johnstone) is also facing the allegations from Ms Clair

He was fined £250 in 2012 after admitting assault for an attack in Glasgow city centre after a night out.

Robertson is now at Cowdenbeath after spells at various clubs north of the border.