article_snippet: Carlton Cole Carlton Cole has been fined £20,000 after Carlton Cole admitted breaching FA rules in relation to social media with an offensive tweet.
article_snippet: Carlton Cole was involved in a Twitter spat with a Tottenham Hotspur fan after West Ham's 2-2 Barclays Premier League draw at White Hart Lane on February 22 and replied to an insult with a tweet saying 'F off you c
article_snippet: The 31-year-old, who has 122,000 followers on the social networking site, was responding to a message from Spurs supporter Stuart Hardy that read: 'Hi @CarltonCole1 when your own team-mates don't kick the ball out when you're lying injured for 2 mins, you think it's time to call the message a day?'
article_snippet: West Ham Carlton Cole has been fined £20,000 for tweeting a fan saying 'F off you c
article_snippet: Carlton Cole tweeted back to a Tottenham fan who had insulted Carlton Cole on Twitter, telling the  supporter: 'F off you c*
article_snippet: **' Carlton Cole is far from the first footballer to have be censured over Carlton Cole behaviour on Twitter: .
article_snippet: Carlton Cole tweeted during England's friendly with Ghana saying: 'Immigration has surrounded the Wembley premises!
article_snippet: Rio Ferdinand appeared to endorse a tweet by another user  which described  Ashley Cole as a 'choc ice', a term said to mean a person is black on the outside but white on the inside.
article_snippet: Carlton Cole was unimpressed with the FA's judgement in the John Terry racism case, tweeting: 'Hahahahaa, well done #fa I lied
article_snippet: Cole, who has over 100,000 Twitter followers, was also 'severely warned' as to his future conduct by the FA.
article_snippet: An the FA statement said: 'Following an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing today, Carlton Cole has been fined £20,000 after Carlton Cole admitted breaching FA Rules in relation to social media.' 'The West Ham United player, who was also severely warned as to Carlton Cole future conduct, admitted posting a comment on Carlton Cole Twitter account which was abusive and/or insulting and/or improper and/or brought the game into disrepute, in breach of FA Rule E3.'
article_snippet: The former Chelsea striker has been in trouble before for previous postings on social media and that may be taken into account in Carlton Cole punishment.
article_snippet: Carlton Cole was fined £20,000 by the FA in April 2011 for a tweet Carlton Cole posted during England's friendly against Ghana that read: 'Immigration has surrounded the Wembley premises!
article_snippet: Cole, who is currently recovering from a hamstring injury that forced him off during the game at Tottenham, will look at Rio Ferdinand as an example of how to avoid future misdeameanours.
article_snippet: Cole could have left West Ham in January's transfer window but a move to West Bromwich Albion fell through .
highlights_snippet: Carlton Cole admitted breaching FA rules in relation to social media .
  
highlights_snippet: Carlton Cole tweeted 'F off you c
highlights_snippet: Carlton Cole has also been 'severely warned' as to Carlton Cole future conduct .