Racism in Football

[Boogs]

has he admitted to using the words ? Chelsea mate seems to think he said blind c*nt not black.

Pretty sure he has admitted to saying it but in the context of I'd never call you a ......

Then why did he apologise to him in the tunnel?

[McDermotX]

Then why did he apologise to him in the tunnel?

He said he apologised if that's what Ferdinand heard, and that he would never say 'black c**t', and wanted to make sure things were 'awight' between them.

It is plausible.

[Alex]

I think the FA taking the captaincy away is probably the right move. Take him too the euros, but not as the leader.

[Vermilion]

He said he apologised if that's what Ferdinand heard, and that he would never say 'black c**t', and wanted to make sure things were 'awight' between them.

It is plausible.

It would be plausible, he wouldn't have come up with the alternate story if it wasn't plausible. No use saying he called him a Honky tonk woman, has to be something that looks like what he actually said..

[cream]

Lots of pressure on the FA, seems like a stand off between the two parties. The FA would imo prefer for Terry to stand down whilst Terry wants the FA to force him out. It's clear Terry can not continue as captain, he should do the honourable thing and stand down. Cappello should have never reinstated him as captain, what a ****ing shambles.

[Kenneth]

So will Steven be capatain? I'd be surprised if Rio even makes the squad.

[Exiled_red]

Lots of pressure on the FA, seems like a stand off between the two parties. The FA would imo prefer for Terry to stand down whilst Terry wants the FA to force him out. It's clear Terry can not continue as captain, he should do the honourable thing and stand down. Cappello should have never reinstated him as captain, what a ****ing shambles.

The FA are probably hoping he gets injured near the end of the season and is ruled out for the Euros so they don't have to make a decision

[elrichio86]

Either that, or the weight of the court case hanging over him causes his form to drop and Capello can drop him on footballing reasons.

Would be quite funny if he was replaced by Anton Ferdinand.

[Lents]

Odds on the FA pulling the handshakes before the United/Chelsea game if Rio plays? Cowards. I'd love to see Rio just punch him in the face instead of shaking his hand. It's win win, ban for Rio and broken nose for EBJT.

[Exiled_red]

Either that, or the weight of the court case hanging over him causes his form to drop and Capello can drop him on footballing reasons.

Would be quite funny if he was replaced by Anton Ferdinand.

No one would believe that he was dropped because of poor form through as the England team isn't picked on merit anyway

[McDermotX]

It would be plausible, he wouldn't have come up with the alternate story if it wasn't plausible. No use saying he called him a Honky tonk woman, has to be something that looks like what he actually said..

agreed, but the court will have to rely on evidence (as opposed to a certain other case), but I'll admit, if it wasn't John Terry involved, and someone told me two sides to a story - one, that a player claims he was called a black c**t (not even sure if that's even what Ferdinand claims - more what he heard repeated from another person) and that the alleged offender apologized after the game. The second, that the alleged offender actually came up after the game to say he's sorry that Ferdinand had the impression that he called him a black c**t, and is was actually blind c**t and it was just the heat of the moment.
I'm not so sure. Both are a possibility. Both are plausible.
The video isn't as clear cut as we'd like either, the fact that people are still debating over what was said months ago is evidence of that.
TBH though, I'm not invested enough in the case to know what the 'word' is on this case (more interested in the Luis one naturally).....what's the testimony of all these lip-reading 'experts' that magically appear after things like this happen ?

My apologies if my understanding of the 'facts' around this one isn't up to speed, but you can only hope justice is done - if he's innocent, he should rightly be found that way......if he's guilty, he should get done for the fine, community service, whatever.

[cream]

According to the BBC, FA are going to strip Terry of the captaincy. Vile cunt.

[cream]

OliverKayTimes Oliver Kay
Here we go .... John Terry has been stripped of the England captaincy. He was informed of FA board decision by David Bernstein at 10am

[Craig_H]

It's all a bit laughable, they should never have given it back to him in the first place. What a shambles England and the FA are

[Phoenix07]

Oliver Holt responding to some tweets on Twitter. Keeps saying the same thing.

"I just said FA made right decision to strip him of captaincy"

http://twitter.com/ollieholtmirror