BURTON-UPON-TRENT, England — England manager Roy Hodgson admits he is happy to draw a line under the Ashley Cole Twitter row after the Chelsea defender personally apologised to Football Association chairman David Bernstein.
Cole was charged with misconduct by the FA on Monday after the England star's outburst on Twitter last week in response to the organisation's criticism of his evidence in the John Terry racial abuse hearing.
The 31-year-old was quick to delete the tweet — in which he branded the FA "a bunch of twats" — and also issued a statement apologising for his rant, but Bernstein revealed that Cole had also said sorry to him in person on Monday.