Ashley Cole called FA a 'bunch of TWATS'

Ashley Cole on Friday risked a Football Association sanction and his England team place after criticising the governing body's ruling into the John Terry - Anton Ferdinand racism case.

Cole hit out after the FA published a 63-page written judgment on its website thefa.com into the disciplinary case against his Stamford Bridge team-mate that saw him banned for four matches and fined 22,000 pounds ($356,722, 276,000 euros).

The ruling highlights what it said were "issues and inconsistencies" in Cole's evidence about what he initially said he heard QPR defender Ferdinand say to Terry and his later statements.

On his Twitter account, @TheRealAC3, he wrote: "Hahahahaa, well done #fa I lied did I, #BUNCHOFTWATS."

Cole later deleted his offensive tweet, but only after it was re-tweeted more than 19,000 times.