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Terry quits England team ahead of 'racism' hearing

Terry quits England team ahead of 'racism' hearing
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Former England captain John Terry announced on Sunday his retirement from international football, accusing the country’s Football Association of making his position “untenable” ahead of his disciplinary hearing on racism allegations.

 

John Terry brought his long and often controversial England career to an end on Sunday when the Chelsea defender announced his retirement from international soccer.

The 31-year-old, capped 78 times since his debut in 2003, issued a statement saying his position in the national team had become untenable due to the Football Association's impending case against him.

Terry is due in front of an FA tribunal on Monday facing charges of racially abusing Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand despite being acquitted in the law courts in July.

"I am today announcing my retirement from international football," the former England captain said in his statement.

"I would like to thank the England managers who have selected me for my 78 caps.

"I have had great pleasure in sharing that honour with all the players that I've played with. I would like to thank them, the fans and my family for their support and encouragement during my international career.

"Representing and captaining my country is what I dreamed of as a boy and it has been a truly great honour. I have always given my all and it breaks my heart to make this decision."

Terry, who if found guilty of racially abusing Ferdinand could face a lengthy ban similar to the one served by Liverpool's Luis Suarez last season, said the FA had left him in an impossible position.

"I am making this statement today in advance of the hearing of the FA disciplinary charge because I feel The FA, in pursuing charges against me where I have already been cleared in a court of law, have made my position with the national team untenable," Terry, whose last game was in the recent World Cup qualifier in Moldova earlier this month, said.

Terry was stripped of the England captaincy for the second time in February over the allegations, a decision that led England coach Fabio Capello to quit.

The Chelsea stalwart, who regularly put his body on the line for his country and proved himself to be an effective leader, also had the captaincy taken away by Capello in 2010 after revelations about his private life.

 

(AFP)

Date created : 23/09/2012 
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BLACK racism in Washington DC, USA

by milan milenkovic (not verified) - 20/10/2012 - 16:34

Racism is a huge problem in USA today ; I felt on my skin how strong is BLACK racism in VA and practically Washington DC. Now I am homeless and I must live in black ghetto in NE (DC): for so many blacks, to have a black President is symbol of “ Black power”( they forget if ONLY blacks vote for Pr. Obama , he will never be elected: from 314 million Americans, blacks are around 13%) ! For some of them, “ DC is NOT American city; it is town which belong to blacks”??? Part of Black racism is Anti-Semitism speech (which part I heard 3 times on 7H street, DC), using Bible and Jesus against Jewish people??? Or on NY Ave shelter, black had Bible ‘class’ about : ” Jews put Jesus on cross”?... I gave my support to Obama’s re-election, but I keep ALL blacks far away from myself!!!
-CNN,04.09.12: “How racially divided is USA today”? – “ Newsweek/daily beast poll show that 72% whites and 89% of blacks say the country is racially divided”.

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by ismaheel miftaudeedeen (not verified) - 25/09/2012 - 14:03

i like what he did . nice one, continue play for chelsea.

Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white

by Anonymouse (not verified) - 24/09/2012 - 21:51

ASIA FOR THE ASIANS, AFRICA FOR THE AFRICANS, WHITE COUNTRIES FOR EVERYBODY!

Everybody says there is this RACE problem. Everybody says this RACE problem will be solved when the third world pours into EVERY white country and ONLY into white countries.

The Netherlands and Belgium are just as crowded as Japan or Taiwan, but nobody says Japan or Taiwan will solve this RACE problem by bringing in millions of third worlders and quote assimilating unquote with them.

Everybody says the final solution to this RACE problem is for EVERY white country and ONLY white countries to “assimilate,” i.e., intermarry, with all those non-whites.

What if I said there was this RACE problem and this RACE problem would be solved only if hundreds of millions of non-blacks were brought into EVERY black country and ONLY into black countries?

How long would it take anyone to realize I’m not talking about a RACE problem. I am talking about the final solution to the BLACK problem?

And how long would it take any sane black man to notice this and what kind of psycho black man wouldn’t object to this?

But if I tell that obvious truth about the ongoing program of genocide against my race, the white race, Liberals and respectable conservatives agree that I am a naziwhowantstokillsixmillionjews.

They say they are anti-racist. What they are is anti-white.

Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white.

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