West Ham striker Carlton Cole has accepted a Football Association charge over a Twitter exchange with a Tottenham supporter . Cole had until 6pm on Thursday night to respond to the charge of making a comment which 'was abusive and/or insulting and/or improper and/or brings the game into disrepute ' . A FA independent commission will now meet to decide his sanction , with no limit to the possible punishment . West Ham United striker Carlton Cole has admitted an FA charge for a tweet that the FA deemed abusive . Cole tweeted back to a Tottenham fan who had insulted him on Twitter , telling the supporter : ' F off you c*** ' The charge related to Cole 's involvement in a Twitter altercation with a Spurs fan following West Ham 's 2-2 Barclays Premier League draw at White Hart Lane on February 22 . 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 ? ' Cole replied : ' F off you c*** ' before later deleting the tweet . Cole could have left West Ham in January 's transfer window but a move to West Bromwich Albion fell through . The former Chelsea striker has been in trouble before for previous postings on social media and this 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 celebrates after scoring for West Ham against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in August .
Carlton Cole has accepted an FA charge for his insulting language . Cole replied to a tweet that said : 'your own team-mates do n't kick the ball out when you 're lying injured for 2-2 mins , you think it 's time to call it a day ? ' The West Ham forward responded , saying : ' F off you c*** '