John Terry's disciplinary hearing is set to
enter a third day as the Chelsea captain contests allegations he
racially abused QPR defender Anton Ferdinand.
Terry was at the Football Association's Wembley headquarters for a
second day to answer a charge of using racist language during a Premier
League game at Loftus Road last October.The 31-year-old was accompanied by Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck at the independent regulatory hearing on Tuesday morning with the defender departing shortly after 1pm.
He is expected to return on Wednesday to hear evidence in his defence with the case likely to last all week.
A similar hearing involving Liverpool's Luis Suarez last December took four days - and Terry could face a lengthy ban if found guilty of the charge of using racist language, a charge he categorically denies.
The former England captain, who announced his international retirement on the eve of the hearing, is being represented by George Carter-Stephenson QC, who defended him against a similar charge in court two months ago.
The 31-year-old was found not guilty in July when he insisted he had only been repeating words he thought Ferdinand had accused him of saying.
Meanwhile, former Chelsea coach Ray Wilkins, who testified on Terry's behalf in court, has said he is prepared to go to the FA hearing to support Terry.
Wilkins said: "I am there for him if he needs me. I gave evidence on his behalf at the magistrates' court and I would do so again at the FA hearing, if they wish me to."
Culled from sky sports
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