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There are from top officials in British football to down on the use of bad language in the game. Many believe the reputation of English soccer was damaged this week during the of former England captain John Terry. Mr Terry, also captain of Premier League side Chelsea, was of using racially and sexually offensive language Anton Ferdinand, a player with Queens Park Rangers. The court Terry not guilty of the charges but the has brought to light the level of and abusive language used by players in Britain. Gordon Taylor, CEO of the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA), believes that the image of English football has at the trial this week.

PFA chairman Clarke Carlisle there should now be a clampdown on bad language. He said the laws of world football's governing , FIFA, allow the referee to send a player off for "using offensive, insulting or abusive language and/or ". Mr Carlisle said: "If players were off and banned because of the language, it would cause them to their behaviour. It would cause the clubs to clamp down on it too." Lord Ouseley, chairman of the -racism group Kick it Out, said: "I think at the highest of football it's got to stop because these are people who are paid role models, they influence their ." However, both Terry and Ferdinand said bad language on the was “acceptable”.