Premier League to allow John Terry handshake snub

By Danielle Joynson, Reporter
Filed: Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 09:02 UK

The Premier League have decided not to scrap the pre-match handshakes between Manchester United and Chelsea on Sunday, despite the likelihood of Rio Ferdinand refusing to shake John Terry's hand.

Reports have claimed that the Red Devils defender is expected to snub the pre-match formality in defence of his brother, Queens Park Rangers' Anton Ferdinand, who is an alleged victim of racial abuse from the Chelsea captain.

While the Football Association chose to stop the traditional handshake for the Blues' 1-0 FA Cup fourth-round win over QPR last week, the Premier League will take no such action, according to the Daily Star.

The England skipper discovered yesterday that he will stand trial over racism charges from July 9 after pleading not guilty via his lawyers at Westminster Magistrates' Court.

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1	Manchester City	38	64	89
2	Manchester United	38	56	89
3	Arsenal	38	25	70
4	Tottenham Hotspur	38	25	69

5	Newcastle United	38	5	65
6	Chelsea	38	19	64

7	Everton	38	10	56
8	Liverpool	38	7	52
9	Fulham	38	-3	52
10	West Bromwich Albion	38	-7	47
11	Swansea City	38	-7	47
12	Norwich City	38	-14	47
13	Sunderland	38	-1	45
14	Stoke City	38	-17	45
15	Wigan Athletic	38	-20	43
16	Aston Villa	38	-16	38
17	Queens Park Rangers	38	-23	37

18	Bolton Wanderers	38	-31	36
19	Blackburn Rovers	38	-30	31
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	-42	25
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1	Reading	46	28	89
2	Southampton	46	39	88

3	West Ham United	46	33	86
4	Birmingham City	46	27	76
5	Blackpool	46	20	75
6	Cardiff City	46	13	75

7	Middlesbrough	46	1	70
8	Hull City	46	3	68
9	Leicester City	46	11	66
10	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	0	66
11	Watford	46	-8	64
12	Derby County	46	-8	64
13	Burnley	46	3	62
14	Leeds United	46	-3	61
15	Ipswich Town	46	-8	61
16	Millwall	46	-2	57
17	Crystal Palace	46	-5	56
18	Peterborough United	46	-10	50
19	Nottingham Forest	46	-15	50
20	Bristol City	46	-24	49
21	Barnsley	46	-25	48

22	Portsmouth	46	-9	40
23	Coventry City	46	-24	40
24	Doncaster Rovers	46	-37	36
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1	Real Madrid	38	89	100
2	Barcelona	38	85	91
3	Valencia	38	15	61

4	Malaga	38	1	58

5	Atletico Madrid	38	7	56
6	Levante	38	4	55
7	Osasuna	38	-17	54
8	Mallorca	38	-3	52
9	Sevilla	38	1	50
10	Athletic Bilbao	38	-3	49
11	Real Sociedad	38	-6	47
12	Real Betis	38	-9	47
13	Getafe	38	-12	47
14	Espanyol	38	-10	46
15	Rayo Vallecano	38	-20	43
16	Real Zaragoza	38	-25	43
17	Granada	38	-21	42

18	Villarreal	38	-14	41
19	Sporting Gijon	38	-27	37
20	Racing de Santander	38	-35	27
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1	Manchester City		18
2	Wigan Athletic		15
3	Everton		12
4	Manchester United		10
5	Tottenham Hotspur		10
6	Fulham		10
7	Liverpool		9
8	Queens Park Rangers		9
9	Newcastle United		9
10	Arsenal		9
11	Chelsea		8
12	Swansea City		8
13	West Bromwich Albion		8
14	Norwich City		7
15	Aston Villa		4
16	Bolton Wanderers		4
17	Stoke City		4
18	Blackburn Rovers		3
19	Sunderland		3
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers		3
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1	Millwall		16
2	West Ham United		14
3	Cardiff City		14
4	Reading		13
5	Blackpool		12
6	Bristol City		12
7	Southampton		10
8	Hull City		10
9	Leicester City		10
10	Birmingham City		10
11	Burnley		9
12	Derby County		8
13	Nottingham Forest		7
14	Middlesbrough		7
15	Portsmouth		7
16	Watford		7
17	Ipswich Town		6
18	Doncaster Rovers		4
19	Leeds United		4
20	Brighton & Hove Albion		3
21	Peterborough United		3
22	Barnsley		2
23	Coventry City		2
24	Crystal Palace		2
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