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West Ham striker Carlton Cole has accepted a Football Association charge of improper conduct for remarks made on social networking site Twitter.<\/p>\n

During England’s 1-1 draw with Ghana at Wembley in March Cole tweeted: “Immigration has surrounded the Wembley premises! I knew it was a trap!<\/p>\n

“Hahaha. The only way to get out safely is to wear an England jersey and paint your face w\/ the St. George’s flag!”<\/p>\n

Cole later withdrew the comments but was still charged by the FA.<\/p>\n

The England international, who won his last cap in March 2010, accepted the charge on Thursday and is now likely to receive a fine or a warning.<\/p>\n

An FA statement read: “The FA has charged West Ham United’s Carlton Cole with improper conduct relating to media comments.<\/p>\n

“The charge relates to comments made on Twitter during the England v Ghana fixture on 29 March 2011.”<\/p>\n

Cole, who has scored 11 goals for the Hammers this season, has requested a personal hearing which will take place before 21 April.<\/p>\n

It is not expected that the 27-year-old will be banned for any of West Ham’s remaining matches because of the comments.<\/p>\n

Lord Ouseley, head of Kick It Out, football’s equality and inclusion campaign, said: “We continually urge the responsible use of mediums such as Twitter, particularly due to their increasing accessibility and popularity.<\/p>\n

“What can seem like harmless comments can be deemed offensive by others and lead to unwittingly reinforcing negative stereotyping, including racist ones.<\/p>\n

“We will work with all our partners to ensure that education on what is and isn’t unacceptable behaviour is ongoing.”<\/p>\n

Cole’s reprimand is the latest in a number of incidents regarding Twitter that the FA has felt the need to investigate.<\/p>\n

In January, Dutch winger Ryan Babel was fined \u00a310,000 and warned about his future conduct by the FA over a post he made on Twitter.<\/p>\n

Babel, who was a Liverpool player at the time, linked to a mocked-up picture of referee Howard Webb in a Manchester United shirt in reference to the official awarding a penalty to the home side and sending off visiting captain Steven Gerrard in Liverpool’s 1-0 FA Cup defeat at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

The following month, Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere escaped punishment after tweeting about referee Phil Dowd following his side’s 4-4 draw with Newcastle.<\/p>\n

The FA looked into the matter but stopped short of punishing the midfielder.<\/p>\n

During last year’s World Cup in South Africa, England’s players were banned from posting comments on Twitter or Facebook or writing articles for newspapers for the duration of the tournament.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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