John Terry refuses to shake hands with FA chairman David Bernstein
LONDON. April 20. KAZINFORM English football's wounds were reopened on Fridayat the worst possible time for the Football Association's chairman, David Bernstein, as John Terry admitted snubbing his handshake at a high-profile Uefa event to hand over the Champions League trophy ahead of the Wembley final.
It was Bernstein who took the decision to strip Terry of the captaincy after Chelsea 's player was accused of racially abusing the Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand on the pitch, a decision that effectively forced out Fabio Capello as England manager.
Terry was caught on camera by Sky Sports apparently refusing to shake hands with Bernstein on what is believed to be the first time they have met since an FA panel banned the Chelsea captain for four matches and fined him £220,000, according to The Guardian.
Asked about the incident by the broadcaster, Terry confirmed that he did not shake hands with Bernstein, who will step down as FA chairman in June. He said: "Listen, it's a difficult one for me. Obviously he was the one who spoke about me in the court case and said things I don't want to talk about on air. It's probably a subject that we should maybe just avoid."
Bernstein did not appear as a witness at last year's court case, so it is assumed that Terry was talking about the FA disciplinary hearing that followed. The Chelsea captain went to Euro 2012 but later retired from international football ahead of the disciplinary panel verdict.
He was cleared by a criminal court of a racially aggravated public order offence but an FA disciplinary panel later found him guilty of racially abusing Ferdinand. Terry admitted calling the then QPR player a "fucking black cunt" but claimed he was repeating the words back to him in indignation.
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