WHETHER it is football, cricket or tiddly-winks, players probably abuse other players to gain an advantage in just about every sport there is.
WHETHER it is football, cricket or tiddly-winks, players probably abuse other players to gain an advantage in just about every sport there is.
John Terry's words saw him banned but in the old days on-pitch abuse meant just that Photograph: Getty
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Billy Dodds
In the wake of John Terry being found guilty by the FA this week of making racially aggravated comments against Anton Ferdinand, I started thinking about what the worst case of abuse I experienced on a football pitch was. It didn't take me long to remember.
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