Football's season horribilis continues apace. On a day when all eyes were focussed on the horrible happenings at Old Trafford, There was more sad news in terms of racism, with Manchester City star announcing that he was closing his Twitter account due to receiving racist abuse from numerous morons. After recent incidents involving Shola Ameobi [.

By Chris Wright

According to the Daily Mirror and Mail among others, Manchester City's Micah Richards has been moved to delete his @officialMR2 Twitter account and asked police to investigate after receiving torrents of racist abuse from a 'small but depressing minority of people' over the past few months.

The Blues might be sitting pretty in position 6 in the football money league rich list but the truth of the matter is that their financial situation is not too good. With a massive debt in excess of over £1 billion, Chelsea could soon find itself in a very messy situation.

It is also now emerging that Chelsea paid £28 million to sign Andre Villas-Boas from Porto last summer.

John Terry has been England captain three times. He has been stripped of the captaincy three times. Rio Ferdinand has been England captain once. He does not want the England captaincy again. Steven Gerrard has been overlooked for the England captaincy several times. He is no longer a guaranteed starter in the side.

The artist formerly known as England's Brave John Terry. Again.

Innocent or guilty, right or wrong the time has come for the Chelsea captain to leave the Three Lions, and the circus surrounding them, behind. Permanently.

An era passed

It's difficult to argue however much I disagree with the Football Association's decision to relieve Terry of the England captaincy in wake of the racist abuse trial he faces in July.

John Terry has today been stripped of the England captaincy for a second time following allegations of racism.

Terry allegedly called Anton Ferdinand a "black cunt" in Chelsea's defeat against QPR. In last weekend's Cup game between the two clubs the FA scrapped the traditional handshake ahead of kick-off after it became apparent that the QPR players would snub Terry in support of Ferdinand.

Ex-Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse has been targeted by racist morons on twitter after moving from Lazio to QPR. Cisse is the latest in a long-line of players to be bombarded with racist abuse on Twitter, a site that does absolutely nothing proactive to stop anonymous idiots from engaging in all kinds of online bullying and abuse.

Patrice Evra will be on the receiving end of some abuse today but I'd like to think it won't be racist abuse. Maybe I'm naive and I'm probably giving the vermin too much credit but I genuinely hope that Liverpool fans don't turn their dislike of Evra, having been lead to believe that he's a liar by the ridiculous propaganda from their club, in to something far more sinister.

Telegraph: Liverpool and Merseyside police praised by Oldham Athletic for handgling of alleged racist abuse towards Tom Adeyemi

Oldham Athletic congratulate Liverpool and Merseyside Police for handling of the alleged racist abuse of Tom Adeyemi during Friday's FA Cup tie.

Telegraph: Liverpool and Merseyside police praised by Oldham Athletic for handgling of alleged racist abuse towards Tom Adeyemi

Oldham Athletic congratulate Liverpool and Merseyside Police for handling of the alleged racist abuse of Tom Adeyemi during Friday's FA Cup tie.

Guardian: Oldham praise Liverpool and police for handling of Tom Adeyemi incident

• League One side release statement on website • Follows alleged racist abuse of Oldham defender Oldham Athletic have praised Liverpool and Merseyside police for their handling of the alleged incident of racist abuse directed at Tom Adeyemi during Friday's FA Cup tie at Anfield.

BBC: Oldham thank Liverpool for responding to alleged abuse of Tom Adeyemi

Oldham thank Liverpool for their response to the alleged racist abuse of Tom Adeyemi.

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Mail: Tom Adeyemi race row: Oldham laud Liverpool response

Oldham have praised Liverpool and Merseyside Police for their handling of the alleged incident of racist abuse directed at Tom Adeyemi during Friday's FA Cup tie at Anfield.

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Sky: Oldham praise Reds for probe

Oldham have praised Liverpool and Merseyside Police for their handling of the alleged incident of racist abuse directed at Tom Adeyemi.

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Goal: Oldham Athletic praise Liverpool's response to alleged racist abuse of Tom Adeyemi

The Latics have shown their appreciation to the Reds, who joined forces with Merseyside Police, after incident at Anfield during FA Cup game which led to an arrest

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Talksport: Oldham praise Liverpool FC and Merseyside Police over Adeyemi incident

Boundary Park club says communication has been excellent regarding alleged racist abuse

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• Kop That: Liverpool's Stewart Downing arrested for suspected assault in Yarm http://t.co/0gps0qwS 23:08:12, 2012-01-08
• Kop That: Spurs boss reveals Toon star could be sold on the cheap http://t.co/CU3Vzxvh 22:53:32, 2012-01-08
• Kop That: Reds issue Adeyemi apology http://t.co/dq3E2Kdh 21:07:15, 2012-01-08
• Kop That: Liverpool make apology to Tom Adeyemi over alleged abuse http://t.

• Kop That: Joe Cole scores a hat-trick for Lille http://t.co/x9TU23CJ 23:42:05, 2012-01-07
• Kop That: Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish insists Liverpool are not pursuing Darren Bent http://t.co/89IV6Rwa 23:41:56, 2012-01-07
• Kop That: Howard Wilkinson can help make the peace between Liverpool and Manchester United over Suarez affair http://t.

Mirror: Adeyemi racist abuse suspect bailed

The 20-year-old man from Aintree was arrested on suspicion of racially abusing the Oldham player at Anfield

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John Barnes spoke out in defence of Liverpool Football Club on Saturday, telling ESPN that the Merseyside club are no more racist than any other in the country.
Liverpool have seen their reputation damaged by the drawn-out Luis Suarez saga, which has seen the Reds defend their player despite a guilty verdict of racial abuse delivered by the FA.

John Barnes spoke out in defence of Liverpool Football Club on Saturday, telling ESPN that the Merseyside club are no more racist than any other in the country.
Liverpool have seen their reputation damaged by the drawn-out Luis Suarez saga, which has seen the Reds defend their player despite a guilty verdict of racial abuse delivered by the FA.

Goal: Man arrested in Merseyside Police investigation over racist abuse of Oldham's Tom Adeyemi during FA Cup clash at Liverpool

A 20-year-old man from Aintree has been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence following Friday's match at Anfield

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Goal: Man arrested in Merseyside Police investigation over racist abuse of Oldham's Tom Adeyemi during FA Cup clash at Liverpool

A 20-year-old man from Aintree has been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence following Friday's match at Anfield

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Goal: Man arrested in Merseyside Police investigation over racist abuse of Oldham's Tom Adeyemi during FA Cup clash at Liverpool

A 20-year-old man from Aintree has been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence following Friday's match at Anfield

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Goal: Man arrested in Merseyside Police investigation over racist abuse of Oldham's Tom Adeyemi during FA Cup clash at Liverpool

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Goal: Man arrested in Merseyside Police investigation over racist abuse of Oldham's Tom Adeyemi during FA Cup clash at Liverpool

A 20-year-old man from Aintree has been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence following Friday's match at Anfield

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Goal: Man arrested in Merseyside Police investigation over racist abuse of Oldham's Tom Adeyemi during FA Cup clash at Liverpool

A 20-year-old man from Aintree has been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence following Friday's match at Anfield

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Goal: Man arrested in Merseyside Police investigation over racist abuse of Oldham's Tom Adeyemi during FA Cup clash at Liverpool

A 20-year-old man from Aintree has been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence following Friday's match at Anfield

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Goal: Man arrested in Merseyside Police investigation over racist abuse of Oldham's Tom Adeyemi during FA Cup clash at Liverpool

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Goal: Man arrested in Merseyside Police investigation over racist abuse of Oldham's Tom Adeyemi during FA Cup clash at Liverpool

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Goal: Man arrested in Merseyside Police investigation over racist abuse of Oldham's Tom Adeyemi during FA Cup clash at Liverpool

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Goal: Man arrested in Merseyside Police investigation over racist abuse of Oldham's Tom Adeyemi during FA Cup clash at Liverpool

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Goal: Man arrested in Merseyside Police investigation over racist abuse of Oldham's Tom Adeyemi during FA Cup clash at Liverpool

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Goal: Man arrested in Merseyside Police investigation over racist abuse of Oldham's Tom Adeyemi during FA Cup clash at Liverpool

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Merseyside Police have arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of racially abusing Oldham's Tom Adeyemi during the FA Cup game at Liverpool.
Some good news about the alleged Racial abuse of Oldham's Tom Adeyemi at Anfield in the FA Cup on Friday night.

Telegraph: Fan arrested as Liverpool probe racist abuse of Oldham's Tom Adeyemi

Merseyside Police have arrested a 20-year-old man from Aintree over the alleged racial abuse of Oldham's Tom Adeyemi at Anfield.

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Goal: Liverpool working with Merseyside Police following claims of racist abuse towards Oldham's Tom Adeyemi

The club have called on fans to help with the ongoing investigation, following reports of racist chants directed towards the 20-year-old during the FA Cup tie at Anfield on Friday

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A comfortable scoreline and advancement to the next round of the FA Cup. Struggling players getting on the scoresheet. A good day, then. Even a great day. When absolutely nothing went wrong and no bad news came out...

* Luis Suarez served the second match of his eight-game ban, Andy Carroll scored, and Stewart Downing broke his 22-match scoring drought.

Telegraph: Liverpool statement calls on fans' to help identify racist abuser of Oldham's Tom Adeyemi

Club issues statement outlining work done to identify the culprit responsible for the racist abuse of Oldham's Tom Adeyemi.

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Liverpool FC are once again in hot water after Oldham full-back Tom Adeyemi was left in tears following allegations of racist abuse during a fiery FA Cup 3rd round clash with the police set to investigate With Liverpool winning 5-1 at the time, Oldham full-back Tom Adeyemi appeared to challenge a Liverpool fan at the [.