Thursday, August 31
Chelsea FC's intolerance for banned drugs led them to conduct tests privately on adrian mutu, whom the club had initially suspected of drug abuse. mutu was subsequently found guilty of taking cocaine and sacked from the club. in doing so, chelsea have lost approximately 8 million pounds and a heck of a footballer (had he not been a druggie).
in a glowing commendation for chelsea's gallant efforts in their fight to stamp out drugs, the Football Association have released the following statement:
"At an Independent Disciplinary Commission hearing today, Chelsea FC were fined £40,000 and issued with a warning after a charge of breaching FA Rule E25 was found proved.
Chelsea were charged in relation to the independent private drug testing the club conducted on some of its players on 12 July 2004. The Commission found that, in conducting such tests, the club had breached The FA's Doping Control Regulations."
yayy.