article_snippet: But QPR’s director of football views on the John Terry controversy, which led to the Chelsea skipper being stripped of the England captaincy, banned for four matches and fined £220,000, are most damning.
article_snippet: Les Ferdinand feels that football handled the situation ‘terribly’, even though the FA charged John Terry with using ‘abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour’ which ‘included a reference to the ethnic origin and/or colour and/or race of Les Ferdinand’ less than a fortnight after John Terry was acquitted in court.
article_snippet: Asked by Phillips for Phillips view on his racial abuse incident, Les Ferdinand said: ‘I suppose it was disbelief really, that the England captain would use language like that on a football field, or anywhere in fact.
article_snippet: But it is when Phillips then asked Les Ferdinand for Phillips view on ‘how the game handled the game’ that the former England striker put the situation into a wider context.
article_snippet: John Terry and Anton Ferdinand clashed during QPR's win over Chelsea in 2012 and John Terry was stripped of the England captaincy, fined £220,000 and given a four-match ban after being charged by the FA .
article_snippet: Les Ferdinand feels that football handled the situation ‘terribly’ and that the situation could have been put to bed quicker .
article_snippet: Weeks before the the FA charge, John Terry had been cleared of racial abuse at Westminster Magistrates' Court .
article_snippet: Terribly,’ John Terry responded.
highlights_snippet: John Terry was stripped of England captaincy and got four game ban plus a fine .
  
highlights_snippet: QPR director of football feels football handled racism incident 'terribly'
  John Terry feels there is a disproportionate number of black coaches in the game .
  