Anton Ferdinand accused John Terry of racially abusing him on the pitch in 2011

 Anton Ferdinand has invited John Terry to sit down with him in front of TV cameras to discuss his alleged racist abuse and dismissed the former England captain's claim the incident could have been handled better.

In 2011, Ferdinand claimed Terry used a racially-charged term to address him during a match between QPR and Chelsea at Loftus Road.

Terry was alleged to have called Anton a 'f****** black ****' with video footage circulating online. He had subsequently claimed that he said to Ferdinand: 'Oi, Anton, do you think I called you a black ****?' 

The ex-Chelsea defender was charged over the incident, but was cleared in court.

Terry has always denied abusing the ex-QPR centre back, but was hit with a four-match ban and fined £220,000 by the Football Association following the incident.

Speaking on William Hill's Up Front With Simon Jordan Podcast last week, the former England defender said he regretted the fallout.

Ferdinand, however, dismissed the claims and challenged Terry to confront him in front of TV cameras to clear up the incident for good. 

'Positive Change…@JohnTerry26 if you want to discuss, let’s sit down & watch the footage back?!,' he posted on X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter.

The post came along a clip of Ferdinand speaking on Vibe with Five, his brother Rio's YouTube channel. 

'As you know, I have done a documentary for the BBC, which stated all the facts and in which he [Terry] actually declined to come on,' the younger Ferdinand says in the clip.

'I wanted him on there to create positive change.

'I have seen what he's had to say on Simon Jordan's podcast, so my thing is this.

'If you really want to make positive change, I will sit down with you with live cameras rolling so there's nowhere for us to hide and for us to hide.

'We'll look at the actual footage unblurred and we'll start from there.

'If you don't want to talk about it like that, as far as I'm concerned the case is closed.'

Speaking on Jordan's podcast, Terry revealed Rio once blanked him on a beach in Dubai after he had been accused of racially abusing Anton.

The 43-year-old also claimed he'd tried to clear the air with the Ferdinand brothers, but to no avail. 

'Since then I've tried to speak to Rio, who doesn't want to talk to me at all,' Terry said, when asked by Jordan for his thoughts on the incident. 

'I've seen him on the beach in Dubai and he refused to speak to me. I think it could have been addressed and dealt with a lot better if I'm honest.'

Terry was charged for using racist language by the CPS in December 2011 and he pleaded not guilty when his trial started eight months later, before being acquitted.

The FA then charged him for using 'abusive and/or insulting words or behaviour' which 'included a reference to the ethnic origin and or race of Ferdinand'. 

The five-time Premier League winner opted not to appeal the decision and subsequently apologised for the 'language used'. 

In a statement, Terry said: 'After careful consideration, I have decided not to appeal against the FA judgment.

He added: 'Although I'm disappointed with the FA judgment, I accept that the language I used, regardless of the context, is not acceptable on the football field or indeed in any walk of life.'

Terry had previously spoken publicly on the incident during a BBC documentary, 'Football, Racism and Me' which was released in 2021. 

In it, the former Chelsea star claimed that he had spoken to Rio in Dubai, saying: 'Have you got five minutes? I'd like to talk to you', with the ex-Man United defender responding, 'I don't want to talk to you JT.' 

Rio, meanwhile, has previously blasted Terry for how he has handled the racism case, calling him 'the biggest idiot' in his autobiography released in 2014. 

Terry added during his interview with Jordan that he had also attempted to speak to Anton about the incident in 2011. 

'I tried to make contact with Anton that evening after the game,' he said. 'And I basically got shut down instantly from all of them. 

'I knew Anton, we were mates, we knew each other and always got on well. Obviously, I got on well with Rio. We could have done something that was more powerful than what came about in the end. And that's probably my disappointment because it's [racism] is in the game. 

'Clearly in the stadiums and all of that now that we need to get out for sure. We could have done something very powerful as a group of players, not only us but everybody else I think at the time.'

Ferdinand, meanwhile, has previously responded to comments from Terry that he had reached out to him, denying that the ex-Chelsea defender had been in touch. 

He wrote in a tweet in 2021: 'I never received a call personally from JT prior to the documentary or during the process. 

As I stated on the doc, the door is still open to have a conversation if he’s serious about racism in football & wanting to create positive change.

'Call me then JT?'