John Terry accepts four match ban
19 Oct 2012 6:23 AM IST
Chelsea’s John Terry will not appeal against his four-match ban and 220,000-pound [$355,700] fine for racially insulting Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand, the player said in a statement on Thursday.
Terry, 31, was found guilty by a Football Association [FA] tribunal of using a racial slur towards Ferdinand during a Premier League match at Loftus Road in October 2011.
The centre back was acquitted in a court of law for the same offence and always maintained his innocence but apologised on Thursday for the language he used in his altercation with Ferdinand.
‘After careful consideration, I have decided not to appeal against the FA judgment,’ Terry said in a statement.
‘I want to take this opportunity to apologise to everyone for the language I used in the game against Queens Park Rangers last October.
‘Although I’m disappointed with the FA judgment, I accept that the language I used, regardless of the context, is not acceptable on the football field.’
Terry, whose defence was described by the FA commission that banned him as ‘improbable, implausible and contrived’ had two weeks to study the case.
ASHLEY COLE FINED FOR TWITTER ROW
Chelsea defender Ashley Cole has been fined 90,000 pounds [$145,500] by the Football Association for a Twitter insult he aimed at the governing body last week, the FA said in a statement on Thursday.
The England international called the FA a ‘bunch of t***s’ after being accused of ‘evolving’ his statement supporting team mate John Terry’s defence.
‘Chelsea’s Ashley Cole has been fined £90,000 after he admitted an FA charge in relation to a Twitter comment which was improper and/or brought the game into disrepute,’ the FA said.
Terry, 31, was found guilty by a Football Association [FA] tribunal of using a racial slur towards Ferdinand during a Premier League match at Loftus Road in October 2011.
The centre back was acquitted in a court of law for the same offence and always maintained his innocence but apologised on Thursday for the language he used in his altercation with Ferdinand.
‘After careful consideration, I have decided not to appeal against the FA judgment,’ Terry said in a statement.
‘I want to take this opportunity to apologise to everyone for the language I used in the game against Queens Park Rangers last October.
‘Although I’m disappointed with the FA judgment, I accept that the language I used, regardless of the context, is not acceptable on the football field.’
Terry, whose defence was described by the FA commission that banned him as ‘improbable, implausible and contrived’ had two weeks to study the case.
ASHLEY COLE FINED FOR TWITTER ROW
Chelsea defender Ashley Cole has been fined 90,000 pounds [$145,500] by the Football Association for a Twitter insult he aimed at the governing body last week, the FA said in a statement on Thursday.
The England international called the FA a ‘bunch of t***s’ after being accused of ‘evolving’ his statement supporting team mate John Terry’s defence.
‘Chelsea’s Ashley Cole has been fined £90,000 after he admitted an FA charge in relation to a Twitter comment which was improper and/or brought the game into disrepute,’ the FA said.
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