Chelsea refuse Terry's request for support

Inspired by Liverpool's Luis Suarez T-shirts, John Terry asked his Chelsea team-mates for a show of support as he fights allegations of racially abusing Anton Ferdinand.

Terry wanted his team-mates to do something similar to the Liverpool players, who all wore Suarez T-shirts against Wigan last Wednesday.

The Chelsea players gave a lukewarm response to the suggestion though - and then manager Andre Villas-Boas killed it dead in the water, saying he would not allow such a gesture.

Villas-Boas has been very vocal in support of his skipper though.

Terry faces a criminal charge of using racist language towards Ferdinand during Chelsea's match against Fulham on October 23rd.