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The end came at 10am yesterday morning when David Bernstein, chairman of the Football Association, rang John Terry to inform him he was being stripped of the England captaincy.

Terry, pictured, who took the call at Chelsea's training ground in Surrey, was informed that he would not be considered to lead the national side until the completion of his trial on charges that he racially abused the Queens Park Rangers player Anton Ferdinand during a match last October.

Terry entered a not-guilty plea on Wednesday, whereupon his trial was set for 9 July, a week after the final of the European Championship. As England captain, Terry was due to lead the side to Poland and Ukraine, but Mr Bernstein and the FA board have decided they had to remove him from the position. He will still be available to play for England in the...

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