Carlton Cole Fined by FA for Social Media Post: Latest Details and Comments
West Ham United striker Carlton Cole has accepted an FA charge for a comment he posted on Twitter that broke the rules surrounding players' use of social media. The FA fined him £20,000 on Thursday.
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FA Fines Cole £20,000 for Abusive Comments on Twitter
Thursday, March 12
The FA fined Cole £20,000 for "sending abusive comments to a Tottenham fan on Twitter," BBC Sport reported.
On March 6, Sky Sports provided confirmation of Cole's acceptance of the FA charge:
The FA reported on March 3 that the comment is alleged to have been "abusive and/or insulting and/or improper and/or brings the game into disrepute."
The charge is thought to refer to a response from Cole to a fan's critique after the Irons' 2-2 draw with Tottenham Hotspur on Feb. 22, per Ed Aarons of The Guardian.
Cole is certainly not the first player to have been cited for his use of social media. As recently as January, then-Stoke City defender Robert Huth picked up a fine and a two-game ban for breaching social media rules, per BBC Sport:
Indeed, Cole himself has been charged before over his use of Twitter, picking up a £20,000 fine in 2011 for disparaging comments made after a friendly between England and Ghana at Wembley, per Sandy Macaskill of the Daily Telegraph.
