FA decide to charge Chelsea captain
John Terry must have been hoping that he had heard the last of the racism row after being acquitted in court. Unfortunately, Chelsea’s defender and captain will have to go through it all again in an FA inquiry. The FA have given him until August the 3rd to respond to the charge, but Terry will not need that long.
“I deny the charge and I will be requesting the opportunity to attend the commission for a personal hearing.”
Terry will still be allowed to represent his country until any decision has been reached, but it is bound to have an effect on him. It will also provide ammunition for opposition fans to use against him. I expect he will be given a very hard time at the start of this season.
It is unclear why the FA are pressing ahead with this, as they have only the same evidence that failed to stand up in the criminal court.
“This charge is the result of the FA’s long standing inquiries in to this matter, which were placed on hold pending the outcome of the criminal trial, and relates to rules governing football only.”
If they cannot prove that Terry racially abused Anton Ferdinand when Chelsea played QPR last October, then what can the FA discipline him for? Let’s hope that our captain can keep himself focused on his football until this is over.
Common guys, what did you expect really. How else can they justify their stripping Terry of the England captainship band. But I wish to call on the Club and John Terry to FIGHT this with everything and every means possible, even up to the Court of Abritation for Sports. The English Judiciary should even resist this, is this not double jeopardy and also contemptous of the ruling of a properly constituted court of law? If the FA is unhappy with the judgement, I believe there is an appeal process. But of course they know they can never win that, so what do they do? They drag him to their kangaroo court. TERRY, FIGHT, FIGHT & FIGHT ALL THE WAY. And I also hope Ferdinand will be charged as well.