Terry faces questions as FA reopens inquiry

 John Terry arrives at court to hear the verdict

Chelsea defender, John Terry, was cleared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court court of committing a racial abuse on Anton Ferdinand during the match between Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers last October, but now faces further investigation into whether he racially abused Anton Ferdinand after the Football Association said it was reopening its inquiry.



The unsavoury case, which has brought some shameful publicity to the game, could be a watershed moment.
Gordon Taylor, the chief executive of the Professional Footballers’ Association last night admitted that the game’s image had been badly damaged and called on the Respect campaign to be stepped up.

“It has been an unedifying process and the game has been damaged as a result of the dirty linen being washed in public,” Taylor said.

“I now want to see an improvement in the Respect campaign.