2010 World Cup: Has the John Terry Affair Ended England’s Chances?

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Published: February 11, 2010

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The new decade has not started well for John Terry. No sooner had it begun before he replaced Tiger Woods as the new public enemy No. 1.

The reason for this, as has been well documented for weeks now, is the allegation (and it remains just an allegation) that Terry had an affair with the former girlfriend of England teammate, and ex-Chelsea teammate, Wayne Bridge.

The incident raised a number of questions.

Would John Terry's position as captain, or even his place in the squad, be in jeopardy? How would the strict disciplinarian Fabio Capello deal with his skipper? Why didn't he have an affair with Ashley Cole's wife instead?

Answers, to the first two questions at least, arrived soon after.

Capello eventually came back to England having recovered from a knee operation to meet Terry. Speculation was raging over what decision would be made, and we didn't have to wait long for an answer.

The meeting lasted just 12 minutes before it was announced that Capello had stripped John Terry of the captaincy.

It was the latest farcical incident in an already distorted story.

The melodramatic and pretentious media with their artificial outrage had once again succeeded in getting a front page story from an everyday event.

All they really accomplished, however, was to hurt England's World Cup bid yet again.

Whether or not John Terry was everybody's pick for captain in the first place is irrelevant. He wasn't mine, and I know I'm not alone in that line of thinking.

However, Capello had developed an air of consistency to England the likes of which we haven't seen in a long time. The core members of the team, the likes of Rio Ferdinand, Steven Gerrard, and Wayne Rooney, were beginning to perform.

And, in the midst of all these stars was the captain, John Terry. Regardless of whether he was the right man for the job, he had years of experience ...
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