Former England captain John Terry has been found guilty by the English Football Association of racially abusing an opponent.

The Chelsea captain has been banned for four domestic matches and fined £220,000, pending appeal, after he was found guilty at an FA hearing of directing abuse at Queen's Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand during a Premier League match in October 2011.

The footballer denied the charge but the FA independent regulatory commission ruled that he was guilty of misconduct during Chelsea's defeat at QPR on October 23 last year.

The FA's guilty verdict came despite the 31-year-old being cleared by a criminal court in July of a racially aggravated public order offence.

The Chelsea defender's representatives, Elite Management, said Terry is "disappointed" by the guilty verdict, which was "a different conclusion to the clear not guilty verdict of a court of law".

He will ask for detailed written reasons of the decision before deciding whether to lodge an appeal, the management company added.

Before his FA hearing started this week, Terry announced his retirement from international football.

The case centred around an incident during a Chelsea QPR match last year when Terry and Ferdinand clashed verbally on a number of occasions.

Terry was found not guilty in Westminster Magistrates Court in July of a racially-aggravated public order offence with the prosecution unable to prove the words he said to Ferdinand were being used as an insult.

Terry admitted using the words, but insisted he had only been repeating words he thought Ferdinand had accused him of saying.

Chelsea and England team-mate Ashley Cole gave evidence that helped exonerate Terry, telling the court: "We shouldn't be sitting here".

The FA's decision to press ahead with their own charges infuriated Terry to the extent that on the eve of the disciplinary hearing he announced he was quitting international football with immediate effect, saying his position was "untenable".

Terry's legal team had argued the governing body's own rules dictated that his acquittal in court meant the case could not proceed but the FA believed their charge was distinct from the court charge.

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He got what he deserves. There is no space for racism in sport (or just about anywhere else). Mumu.

Finaly, d great iroko has fallen.

This is it.
All this media noises and just four match ban.
That means he racially abused Anton for real. Why four match ban, why not eight like Suarez?
Double standards and hypocrisy.

I don't care anyway.

he got less than Suarez. English fa and their endless mago mago.

Terry admitted using the words, but insisted he had only been repeating words he thought Ferdinand had accused him of saying.

This lie sef.. naija pikin for slap am..

So what special about john terry may is an igbo man cus then dey misbehave

what did The accused say to the accuser?

oh boy his fine is more 50million naira oh! chai!

D charge too small 4 him o

Fvcking racist, bias FA his ban should have been more than 4games.

May he not be able to play again

Suarez got 8matches for calling Evra ''negrito'' which is a friendly word in d sapnish language. But Terry after calling Aton Ferdinand ''fvcking black Cvnt'' got jus 4matches. The most corrupt and hypocritical FA in d world

The FA is nothing but an effing hypocrite.
Thank Goodness he'll be available 4 Arsenal and Man U.

FA messed up....very biased! >:

Y did it take so lon? Suarez case was imeditately handled. More match ban withn a short tym.

In tery case, after over 4 month delay, a smal penalty is gven. I smel foul play. Partiality

Just because he has quit the national team they want to punish him.

[quote author=smartjyke]Just because he has quit the national team they want to punish him.
bros u get am dey no punish am for dfor watin den say he talk but cos he quit the national team cos if na for watin he talk dey 4 ban am for like 10 games.

F.ucked up FA..why ban the guy when a court of law have discharaged and aquinted him?

ikoha: what did The accused say to the accuser?

John Terry said f*cking bla*k c*unt

Good one by the FA, racism is a disease.

suarez was ban for 8 matches n fine 40,000 pound while terry was ban 4 matches n fin 220,000 pounds, so what is the difference. Why r u pple hating unnecesarily.

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Na dem know. I don't care if he get's banned forever. All those white racist heifers can burn in hell for all I care.

I hope he will be available for Man Utd..

Lamispaco: John Terry said f*cking bla*k c*unt

Is there conclusive evidence that John Terry uttered these words? Is there a fool-proof technology for reading one's lips through video playback? Or is everyone merely relying on Anton Ferdinand's oral testimony? If the latter is the case, then on what grounds should Anton's credibllity be deemed superior to John Terry's?

These cases that depend almost entirely on 'he-said-she-said' are extremely difficult to resolve. I don't know what to make of the guilty verdict, to be honest.