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Football Association (FA) chairman David Bernstein has pledged to stamp out racism from English football, and is ready to step up their fight against racism. Bernstein spoke out just a day after the FA had charged Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand for endorsing the term "choc ice" on Twitter, and in the wake of John Terry vowing to fight a charge of using insulting language against Ferdinand's brother Anton. Bernstein said football's governing body had always been determined to stamp out racist behaviour, but they were going to be even more vigilant in future particularly when it came to remarks made on social networking sites "We must continue to be tough as a regulatory body on sanctioning and disciplining inappropriate behaviour. Wherever possible, we must bring incidents of discriminatory abuse to charge and all participants must know the consequences of their actions," The Daily Star quoted Bernstein, as saying. "This goes for the Twittersphere as much as on the pitch, in the stands and in the recruitment processes across football," he added.

FA chairman vows to wipe out racism from English football