Terry, whilst winning nothing with Chelsea since the year of the affair (he did win the Premier League and FA Cup the same year), had managed to keep his nose out and his head down. That was until last week.
Apparently he launched a double edged foul mouthed comment at Anton Ferdinand during last week’s temper tantrum that was QPR v Chelsea. Nine yellow cards were issued, a further two reds were handed out, both to Chelsea players and Andre Villas-Boas publicly bemoaned referee Chris Foy, “I think this is too much, it is not to Premiership standards and I’m disappointed with Chris’ performance today.” His comments are yet to be fined but The F.A. has asked him to explain his comments.
It wasn’t the discipline of Chelsea, which led to a £20,000 fine, that stole the show, it wasn’t the score line, it was the alleged comment, “you f**king black c**t” from Terry’s mouth to Anton Ferdinand that has saturated this week’s news, in the month of the football calendar dedicated to “Kick Racism out of Football.”
But nothing has been proven, so why is Terry the feature of a hate campaign in a month that should highlight a Race campaign? Videos show the words did leave his mouth, but he defends his case by stating they were out of context and in rage he turned to the defender and said, “Oi, Anton, you don’t think I called you a f**king black c**t,” following accusations of a racial slur being made.
Let’s be honest until one admits they are lying it is one’s word against the other; Ferdinand says he, “had no idea it happened until (he left the ground,” so how can he fully know for sure what Terry said, whilst the England captain remains defiant that he “never used that term.”
He hasn’t made it easy for himself and yet again it is a case of a dodgy past off-the-pitch including assault, affray and affairs, affecting judgement on recent events. But to put some logic to the actions, Ashley Cole was stood within earshot, Ashley Cole is black. Florent Malouda is black, Drogba’s black, Kalou is black, Romelu Lukaku is black. In fact, John Terry is in a team where he could be fielded in a 4-4-2 as the only white player. If he did make the comment in a slur, he deserves the punishment that will follow, however I for one think it is unlikely he made them. One defence he can’t take is the one in the seemingly forgotten Evra-Suarez clash, “lost in translation.”
Written by Jordan Florit for www.may-cause-offence.tumblr.com/ For more articles like this visit my website or my Twitter @JordanFlorit
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You missed out about him abusing Americans on 9/11, his tun ins with bouncers etc
top player, pond life as a person though
here’s a few other reason he’s not exactly Mr Popular
9/11
John Terry was fined two weeks wages by Chelsea after a drinking session with team mates Jody Morris, Frank Lampard and Eidur Gudjohnsen at a Heathrow hotel which culminated in the harassment of American tourists at a Heathrow hotel in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on New York. The players embarked on their binge after their game against Levski Sofia had been called off out of respect to the victims of the terrorist attack.
Assault and Affray
In January 2002 Terry was arrested for affray while out celebrating the birth of team mate Jody Morris’ first child. The pair were held overnight at Belgravia police station and questioned over an alleged attack on a male receptionist, before eventually being cleared of all charges – and all this just thirty-six hours before an away game at Norwich City!
Paparazzi Attacks
No good celebrity should go without a good paparazzi attack, and the same is allegedly true of John Terry and some Chelsea teammates who clashed with a photographer outside a restaurant on Fulham Road in October 2007. The photographer called the police claiming the Chelsea players had prevented him from taking photographs and damaged his scooter before disappearing before the police arrived.
Thanks cb; I was well aware of the other misdemeanors of the man, just didn’t want to create too lengthy an article so kept to the more recent and prevalent.
Thank you for the reply nonetheless.
just thought they’d give a better idea of why everyone that doesn’t support chelsea in England thinks he’s a scum bag
I think the point of the article has gone over your head.
I agree with “Stating the Obvious” thank you man feel free to follow me on Twitter for more of my articles