West Ham striker Carlton Cole has been fined £20,000 after he admitted breaching FA rules in relation to social media with an offensive tweet . 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*** ' . He later deleted the message . 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 do n't kick the ball out when you 're lying injured for 2 mins , you think it 's time to call it a day ? ' West Ham striker Carlton Cole has been fined £20,000 for tweeting a fan saying ' F off you c*** ' last month . Cole tweeted back to a Tottenham fan who had insulted him on Twitter , telling the supporter : ' F off you c*** ' Carlton Cole is far from the first footballer to have be censured over his behaviour on Twitter : . Darren Bent , 2009 - £120,000 fine . Bent was fined by his club Tottenham for a blast at chairman Daniel Levy . He tweeted : ‘ Do I wan na go Hull City NO . Do I wan na go Stoke NO do I wan na go Sunderland YES so stop f****** around levy. ’ Carlton Cole , 2011 - £20,000 fine . Cole tweeted during England 's friendly with Ghana saying : 'Immigration has surrounded the Wembley premises ! I knew it was a trap ! ' Rio Ferdinand , 2012 - £45,000 fine . 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 . Ashley Cole , 2012 - £90,000 fine . Cole was unimpressed with the FA 's judgement in the John Terry racism case , tweeting : 'Hahahahaa , well done # fa I lied did I , # BUNCHOFT***S ' Michael Chopra , 2014 - £15,000 fine . Referring to life at crisis club Blackpool , Chopra posted : ‘ F****** joke this come in training only 6 f****** players here then find out the fitness coach taken the football session # joke. ’ Rio Ferdinand , 2014 - three match ban and £25,000 fine . QPR defender used the word 'sket ' in reference to another Twitter user 's mother this season . Cole , who has over 100,000 Twitter followers , was also 'severely warned ' as to his future conduct by the FA . An FA statement said : 'Following an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing today , Carlton Cole has been fined £20,000 after he admitted breaching FA Rules in relation to social media . ' 'The West Ham United player , who was also severely warned as to his future conduct , admitted posting a comment on his Twitter account which was abusive and/or insulting and/or improper and/or brought the game into disrepute , in breach of FA Rule E3 . ' The former Chelsea striker has been in trouble before for previous postings on social media and that may be taken into account in his punishment . He was fined £20,000 by the FA in April 2011 for a tweet he posted during England 's friendly against Ghana that read : 'Immigration has surrounded the Wembley premises ! I knew it was a trap ! 'The only way to get out safely is to wear an England jersey and paint your face w/ the St George 's flag ! ' 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 . The QPR defender was handed a three-game ban earlier this season for a second FA charge over social media activities - with the former England captain not contesting the suspension despite labelling the severity of the decision as 'crazy ' . Cole could have left West Ham in January 's transfer window but a move to West Bromwich Albion fell through . The striker celebrates after scoring for West Ham against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in August .
Carlton Cole admitted breaching FA rules in relation to social media . The Tottenham United forward has been fined £20,000 for his posts . Cole tweeted ' F off you c*** ' in response to a message from a fan . The tweet was posted after Tottenham 's 2-2 draw at West Ham last month . Cole has also been 'severely warned ' as to his future conduct .