So, a couple of weeks after being cleared in a court room of using racist language, John Terry will be tried for it again – by the FA. According to reports in the press, the Chelsea captain has been charged with using alleged racist language towards Anton Ferdinand by the FA, which is pretty surprising really considering he’s already been found not guilty of that once.
Still, we know the FA have been dying to get their pound of JT’s flesh for months, so let’s not let a little thing like a not guilty verdict in court stop them. So, in preparation for their kangaroo court hearing, the FA have said “Chelsea captain John Terry has been charged by the Football Association with using abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour towards QPR defender Anton Ferdinand, the FA have confirmed. It is further alleged that this included a reference to the ethnic origin and/or colour and/or race of Ferdinand.”
Strange that they think using ‘abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour’ is something they should be charging JT for and yet, we haven’t read anything about a similar charge for Anton Ferdinand. Did we imagine reading about the abuse and insults he was throwing about on the very same pitch? Or does JT just have the better profile when it comes to making an example of someone? Surely not? Because that would be a little prejudiced wouldn’t it?
There’s suggestions the FA will even dish out a punishment in excess of that given to Suarez but again, you’d have to think that sort of disparity could only happen if they were going into this with some sort of agenda – and that wouldn’t be the case at all would it? I mean, that would make this whole thing some sort of witch hunt, right?
Quite rightly, John Terry has said “I deny the charge and I will be requesting the opportunity to attend the commission for a personal hearing”, although given the FA barely have a burden of proof to satisfy, I suspect none of us will be holding our breath for a fair hearing anyway.
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