CHELSEA CAPTAIN JOHN Terry has been banned for four matches and fined £220,000 by the Football Association after he was found guilty of racial abuse towards Anton Ferdinand.
The FA announced Terry’s punishment on Thursday afternoon following the conclusion of a four-day hearing before an independent regulatory commission.
The former England captain now has 14 days to appeal the decision, which signals the end of the FA’s long-standing investigation into an altercation between Terry and Ferdinand during a Premier League game in October 2011.
Terry has always denied using racial terms towards the QPR defender and was cleared of having committed a “racially aggravated offence” by the Westminster Magistrates Court in July.
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Shortly afterwards the FA announced its intention to conduct its own investigation. Contrary to FA Rule E3[2], Terry, 31, was charged with “using abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour towards Queens Park Rangers’ Anton Ferdinand and which included a reference to colour and/or race.”
In a statement released through his management agency on Thursday, Terry said that he would consider the panel’s full written report before deciding whether or not to appeal.
As his suspension and fine will not take effect until after the outc0me of any appeal, or until the window for an appeal expires, Terry could line out for Chelsea in Saturday’s derby at Arsenal.
“Mr. Terry is disappointed that the FA Regulatory Commission has reached a different conclusion to the clear not guilty verdict of a court of law,” his statement said.
“He has asked for the detailed written reasons of the decision and will consider them carefully before deciding whether to lodge an appeal.”
In a brief statement of their own, Chelsea said that the club “notes and respects” the FA’s decision but that it would be “inappropriate” for them to comment further pending a possible appeal.
“Chelsea Football Club notes and respects today’s decision by the Football Association regarding John Terry.
“We also recognise that John has the right to appeal that decision.
“It is therefore inappropriate for us to comment further on the matter at this time.”
“I feel the FA, in pursuing charges against me where I have already been cleared in a court of law, have made my position with the national team untenable,” he said on Sunday.
Doesn’t really seem fair compared to what Suarez got really, fine more but less games for what might be considered a worse offence given they’ve found him guilty!
The excuse is going to be that they require a lower burden of proof and also they aren’t really answerable to anyone. 99.9% failure rate on appeals to the FA also!
Maybe he will get off but then the question becomes what if the Suarez case had gone to court? he probably would have gotten off too. They keep saying the burden of proof is less for the F.A to find him guilty compared to a court of law but if a white English man gets off the hook while an Hispanic foreigner gets 8 games and a 40k fine the F.A will be made to look very foolish and even more bias than they already appear in this ruling!
I know and he is such a dislikable character but I know if it was me and the law vindicated me but a kangaroo court like the FA’s found me guilty that I would be fighting the charge right up to the court of arbitration for sport on principle alone!
It wouldn’t hold up, though. Most professional organisations require a higher code of conduct at work than the law does. Which makes sense – it’s not illegal for me to say sexist things, but if I tried in my office, I’d be out of a job fairly quickly.
People commenting here have a point that this should be applied more consistently, but a professional organisations should be able to hold its players to a higher standard than just meeting the legal minimum.
Court of law has a burden of proof of reasonable doubt. Once there’s doubt he has to be found guilty while a civil ha a lesser burden of proof. Prob most famous case was the OJ case.
A financial penalty is a slap on the wrist for multi- millionaires like JT. It’s like fining a millionaire the same as Joe Soap for a parking violation, for one €120 will be a lot and it will stop him parking somewhere but for the other it’s nothing so he’s gonna park wherever he likes.
4 matches is laughable. Good point on Joey Barton though. He’ll still be captain of club and up until recently country. Kick racism out of football my arse.
are you seriously trying to compare john terrys case to the guilford 4 & birmingham 6 where innocent people were locked up for years in prison for the crime of being irish.cop yourself on.
Poor old JT. Given a 4 game ban and fined a weeks wages; £220000! As others have said not much of a punishment compared to Suarez and Barton. He got off lightly. No consistency here. Violent conduct perceived to be a much greater crime than Racism and one type of Racism more Racist than another! Quite bizarre really.
I Dont care about Chelsea or john terry but the only thing that this proves is the corruption of the fa on two fronts. Terry was found not guilty by the law of the land but they are above that. Also if you find him guilty how can you ban one player for eight games and the next one to be found guilty of it for four games. Especially when what terry is supposed to have said is as least as offensive if not more than what suarez allegedly said. I say allegedly because he was never charged or brought before a court of law. The fa has proved itself to be unable to hear cases fairly and is corrupt and RACIST
am a mad chelsea fan but jesus the fa are really light on english players… I was waiten 4 john to be banned till january at least cos of the video evidence…
Suarez got a longer ban because the FA chose to believe Evras version of events over his. In Evras version, Suarez used the word Negro on several occasions. When explaining the length of the Suarez ban the FA highlighted this as the main contributing factor to handing out a ban of more than the default. I don’t like it just as much as most of the people who posted but this time, having read the Suarez report in full, I think the FA have actually shown consistency for the number of games. Still doesn’t excuse them for not punishing Evra for the abusive language he directed at Suarez about his sister (which Evra admitted in court) simply because he didn’t reference race. If we were playing top trumps… the race card wins every time.
Brendan,
Well said, but you got me thinking.
At the end of the day it’s grown men calling each other names. One of them decides to be offended, the other is found guilty and told he can’t play with the other boys for a while……
For Terry it’s kinda like being grounded and it’s really not worth the column inches it gets.
In finding JT guilty the FA completely ignored their own rule 6.8 which states that “the findings of any previous civil or criminal case shall be considered true and the accurate series of events” (Paraphrased). How can they pick and choose what rules they are going to follow?
He will appeal it and failing that I should hope he takes the FA to court, either way he won’t be missing games because of the ban anytime soon.
Rule 6.8 FULLY states. “Where the subject matter of a complaint or matter before the Regulatory Commission has been the subject of previous civil or criminal proceedings, the result of such proceedings and the facts and matters upon which such result is based shall be presumed to be correct and the facts presumed to be true unless it is shown, by clear and convincing evidence, that this is not the case.”
It was pretty clear on video what was said.
The FA must really ask themselves who the real racists are
Is John Delaney associated with the English FA. Sounds like he is. People in positions of power have very little integrity. JT is not a nice guy but is a great footballer.
For elbowing Tevez, swinging at Kompany, kicking Aguero and really quite inconceivably starting on Ballotelli, I think the FA took the view that it was 4 seperate instance that was each worth a 3 game ban.
@Damien … It started when I recognised his , ahem , high moral fibre !!!. I knew it was out of control when he screwed his mates girlfriend , cheated on his wife !!!!!!
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Doesn’t really seem fair compared to what Suarez got really, fine more but less games for what might be considered a worse offence given they’ve found him guilty!
Ironically the Englishman gets a lesser ban than the foreigner charged with the same offence in a case based on racial discrimination!
Remember Barton got a 12 game ban for violent conduct.
A four game ban is only one more than for a straight red. Disgraceful decision, FA have lost the plot, no consistency.
That’s not irony – that’s political correctness!
I cant abide John Terry but I can’t see how this decision can stand up on appeal considering he was vindicated by a court of law.
The excuse is going to be that they require a lower burden of proof and also they aren’t really answerable to anyone. 99.9% failure rate on appeals to the FA also!
Maybe he will get off but then the question becomes what if the Suarez case had gone to court? he probably would have gotten off too. They keep saying the burden of proof is less for the F.A to find him guilty compared to a court of law but if a white English man gets off the hook while an Hispanic foreigner gets 8 games and a 40k fine the F.A will be made to look very foolish and even more bias than they already appear in this ruling!
I know and he is such a dislikable character but I know if it was me and the law vindicated me but a kangaroo court like the FA’s found me guilty that I would be fighting the charge right up to the court of arbitration for sport on principle alone!
It wouldn’t hold up, though. Most professional organisations require a higher code of conduct at work than the law does. Which makes sense – it’s not illegal for me to say sexist things, but if I tried in my office, I’d be out of a job fairly quickly.
People commenting here have a point that this should be applied more consistently, but a professional organisations should be able to hold its players to a higher standard than just meeting the legal minimum.
Court of law has a burden of proof of reasonable doubt. Once there’s doubt he has to be found guilty while a civil ha a lesser burden of proof. Prob most famous case was the OJ case.
Sorry once there’s doubt he has to be found NOT guilty in criminal court.
£220k fine, about a week’s wages.
A financial penalty is a slap on the wrist for multi- millionaires like JT. It’s like fining a millionaire the same as Joe Soap for a parking violation, for one €120 will be a lot and it will stop him parking somewhere but for the other it’s nothing so he’s gonna park wherever he likes.
Nothing much for Timmy Terry
4 matches is laughable. Good point on Joey Barton though. He’ll still be captain of club and up until recently country. Kick racism out of football my arse.
Another British miscarriage of justice. Remember the Birmingham 6 and the Guildford 4 today we have the Chelsea 1. Free John Terry.
are you seriously trying to compare john terrys case to the guilford 4 & birmingham 6 where innocent people were locked up for years in prison for the crime of being irish.cop yourself on.
And Deirdre Barlow too, never forget the Weatherfield One :-(
I think John Terry should not have been charged by the FA. He was found not guilty in a court of law. Are the FA bigger than the criminal courts.
No, but they have a lower burden of proof.
Poor old JT. Given a 4 game ban and fined a weeks wages; £220000! As others have said not much of a punishment compared to Suarez and Barton. He got off lightly. No consistency here. Violent conduct perceived to be a much greater crime than Racism and one type of Racism more Racist than another! Quite bizarre really.
I Dont care about Chelsea or john terry but the only thing that this proves is the corruption of the fa on two fronts. Terry was found not guilty by the law of the land but they are above that. Also if you find him guilty how can you ban one player for eight games and the next one to be found guilty of it for four games. Especially when what terry is supposed to have said is as least as offensive if not more than what suarez allegedly said. I say allegedly because he was never charged or brought before a court of law. The fa has proved itself to be unable to hear cases fairly and is corrupt and RACIST
Settle down there. It’s been explained already that the FA have a lower burden if proof.
And anyway, anybody with eyes can clearly see what he said.
am a mad chelsea fan but jesus the fa are really light on english players… I was waiten 4 john to be banned till january at least cos of the video evidence…
Banned for one match longer than a straight red card! Go figure.
The FA yet again disgraces itself.
Suarez got a longer ban because the FA chose to believe Evras version of events over his. In Evras version, Suarez used the word Negro on several occasions. When explaining the length of the Suarez ban the FA highlighted this as the main contributing factor to handing out a ban of more than the default. I don’t like it just as much as most of the people who posted but this time, having read the Suarez report in full, I think the FA have actually shown consistency for the number of games. Still doesn’t excuse them for not punishing Evra for the abusive language he directed at Suarez about his sister (which Evra admitted in court) simply because he didn’t reference race. If we were playing top trumps… the race card wins every time.
Brendan,
Well said, but you got me thinking.
At the end of the day it’s grown men calling each other names. One of them decides to be offended, the other is found guilty and told he can’t play with the other boys for a while……
For Terry it’s kinda like being grounded and it’s really not worth the column inches it gets.
In finding JT guilty the FA completely ignored their own rule 6.8 which states that “the findings of any previous civil or criminal case shall be considered true and the accurate series of events” (Paraphrased). How can they pick and choose what rules they are going to follow?
He will appeal it and failing that I should hope he takes the FA to court, either way he won’t be missing games because of the ban anytime soon.
@Brendan Cox. Evra couldn’t possibly have admitted anything in court, considering there was no court case.
You got me Conor… my point is completely null and void because I mistakenly wrote court. Well done buddy… top marks.
4 game ban what a joke he will prob appeal & it will be reduced to a 2 game ban. #YNWA #JFT96
Such a poor excuse of a ‘man’ …. And young children look up the likes of him as a hero !!!! He makes my skin crawl
What first attracted you to the millionaire John Terry?………..
Rule 6.8 FULLY states. “Where the subject matter of a complaint or matter before the Regulatory Commission has been the subject of previous civil or criminal proceedings, the result of such proceedings and the facts and matters upon which such result is based shall be presumed to be correct and the facts presumed to be true unless it is shown, by clear and convincing evidence, that this is not the case.”
It was pretty clear on video what was said.
The FA must really ask themselves who the real racists are
But the video was already ruled upon by a court of law, the FA couldn’t have found anything new in the same video!
Remember there was no evidence against Suarez except Evra’s testimony.
Remember there was no evidence against Suarez except Evra’s testimony. They had Terry caught on video.
Is John Delaney associated with the English FA. Sounds like he is. People in positions of power have very little integrity. JT is not a nice guy but is a great footballer.
john terry has descided that he will take the 4 match ban and spend tyme with the wife…….
he doesnt knw whos wife but…
Joey barton got 12 games for elbowing tevez. Disgrace
For elbowing Tevez, swinging at Kompany, kicking Aguero and really quite inconceivably starting on Ballotelli, I think the FA took the view that it was 4 seperate instance that was each worth a 3 game ban.
@Damien … It started when I recognised his , ahem , high moral fibre !!!. I knew it was out of control when he screwed his mates girlfriend , cheated on his wife !!!!!!
Ridiculous… So the Fa are now the law….
Double jeopardy ! ! !
Double jeopardy laws are different in every country. The FA is not a court of law so it doesn’t apply here
Different eyes don’t always see the same thing
Yeah of course not found gulity in court of law its hardly against the law to be racist
Yes it is Conor !
He needs to pull up his socks………….