Terry deadline is approaching

John Terry has until 6pm on Thursday
to appeal against the four-match ban
imposed on him for racially abusing
Queens Park Rangers defender Anton
Ferdinand.
The Chelsea captain and his advisers
have had two weeks to study the full
written reasons of the decision by an
FA independent regulatory
commission.
An appeal by Terry, who was also fined
£220,000, would, however, come as a
surprise given that the panel labelled
his defence 'improbable, implausible
and contrived'.
It would also mean prolonging the
scandal which has run for just a week
short of a full year, and provided
numerous negative headlines not just
for the player but for the whole of
English football.
Professional Footballers' Association
chief executive Gordon Taylor wants
Terry to accept the punishment.
He said: "I would like the situation to
be ended and people learn from it and
move on.
"It is a decision for John and his
advisers but my preference would be
now to accept what has gone on, and
that things were said which shouldn't
have been said.
"Sorry is the hardest word to say but
we have got to learn from it and move
on.
"To get reconciliation, people have to
accept what they have done is wrong,
and there has to be some
reconciliation because it is causing the
game to implode from within. It has
caused division among black players
and among white players."