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Its on SSN now, will try get a link up when possible. What does everyone make of this?

Former England captain John Terry has announced his retirement from international football after playing 78 times over nine years for his country.Terry, 31, says the decision is in response to the Football Association's disciplinary charge over alleged comments to Anton Ferdinand.

The Chelsea defender was cleared at Westminster Magistrates' Court in July of racially abusing Ferdinand.

He said his FA personal hearing on Monday makes his position "untenable".

"I feel the FA, in pursuing charges against me where I have already been cleared in a court of law, have made my position with the national team untenable," he said
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Do not blame him the slightest, given the fact he gets booed when he plays for England anyway. As posted above, England don't deserve him.

 
The right choice I think . I fully expect him to be asked to help out in a coaching role by RH .

 
Fantastic news, he has nothing left to prove at an international level, and his efforts aren't appreciated by the public in any case.

Good timing from a career longevity point of view as well.

Bold, assertive decision. Could be pre-empting a nasty ruling from the FA though, time will tell on that front.

 
Probably knows he is going to get a ban tomorrow and he won't give the FA the satisfaction of barring him from the England team.....the team will be a wreck without him in defence, maybe Ashley should also announce his retirement also as a protest against the Ferdinand brothers....

 
As above, England doesn't deserve him. From a Chelsea perspective it's a relief that he'll no longer be unavailable due to national squad duties or out of action for the club owing to injury caused while playing for England.

By the way, my heart sank for a moment as I read the first three words of the OP - "John Terry Retires... "!

 
Don't think the FA will be happy over his comments about them. Maybe they'll punish him even more now.

Oh well, I fully understand why he retires and I hope this will benefit his career at Chelsea.

And I also hope that the England defence completely falls apart now. Not Cole though. He'll be great as usual.

 
Don't think you should quit your country (I've berated Scholes & Carjacker for doing the same) but like many have said - they (well, we, I am English) don't deserve him. I'm glad he's now fully focused on the club where the fans appreciate him and love him. Chelaea forever. Love his statement, straight to the point. We love you John.

 
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Wish he'd have done it about two years ago, just need Frank to retire now. FA is a joke, its obvious they're gonna find him guilty, how can he be found not guilty in a court of law but the FA find him guilty? bloody stupid.

 
Good. Good for us and good for him. The irony is that England is a country packed to the rafters with racists that honestly believe they're not. It laughable that English people actually pretend not to be at the very least politically incorrect.

Hopeful Ash will follow suit. They had little or no chance of failing with the rest of the squad in 2014 any way.

 
Judge: Not guilty for racial abuse

FA: We're gonna charge you for racial abuse

Pretty much boils down to that doesn't it?

 
A ban was inevitable. The FA have proven they will undermine Capello and even a Court of Law to get to JT so what chance did Hodgson ever have? If I were him I'd resign, he's had the rug pulled from under his feet and lost without doubt his best and most experienced defender.

 
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