Ashley Cole has been charged by
the Football Association with
conduct which was "improper and/
or brought the game into
disrepute", the governing body has
confirmed. The Chelsea left-back called the FA a
"bunch of twats" on Twitter in a
hashtag after he was accused of
being an unreliable witness in his
statement supporting John Terry's
defence against the charge he racially abused Anton Ferdinand. The charge by his country comes
two days after confirmation by the
Chelsea manager, Roberto Di Matteo,
that Cole would be punished by his
club. "We've got a social media policy at
the club and there's going to be a
disciplinary process – action –
against the tweet and that's how I'll
leave it," the Italian said. "The image of the club is very
important to us of course. We have
rules, and anybody who breaks the
rules faces disciplinary action
against them. We strive to have high
standards and hopefully, going forward, we can be better at
showing those."
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