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Post by Premier League News on Mar 6, 2015 12:58:30 GMT
FA independent commission will now decide striker’s punishment
The West Ham striker Carlton Cole has accepted a Football Association charge over a Twitter exchange with a Tottenham Hotspur supporter.Cole had until 6pm on Thursday to respond to the charge of making a comment that “was abusive and/or insulting and/or improper and/or brings the game into disrepute”. An FA independent commission will now meet to decide his sanction, with no limit to the possible punishment. The charge related to Cole’s involvement in a Twitter altercation with a Spurs fan following West Ham’s 2-2 Premier League draw at White Hart Lane last month. The 31-year-old, who has 122,000 followers on the social networking site, was responding to a message from the Spurs supporter Stuart Hardy that said: “Hi @carltoncole1 when your own team-mates don’t kick the ball out when you’re lying injured for 2 mins, you think it’s time to call it a day?” Cole replied: “***** off you *****” before later deleting the tweet. Cole has been in trouble before for previous postings on social media and this may be taken into account in his punishment. He was fined £20,000 by the FA in April 2011 for a tweet he posted during England’s friendly against Ghana that read: “Immigration has surrounded the Wembley premises! I knew it was a trap! The only way to get out safely is to wear an England jersey and paint your face w/ the St George’s flag!” Source: Guardian |
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