The trouble with... Terry

John Terry has suffered the humiliation of being stripped of the England captaincy for a second time, and he may yet be forced by circumstances to rule himself out of representing his country at Euro 2012.

Mon, 06 Feb, 2012 - 00:00
Ken Early

But there is one thing the FA can never take away from him, and that is his position as the iconic English player of his generation.

No player personifies the trouble with English football to quite the same extent as Terry.

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