A Chelsea left back has apologised for using an expletive in a Twitter post, and this time it wasn't Ashley Cole.
Ryan Bertrand, Cole's understudy at Chelsea, failed to heed The Football Association's recent warnings about showing responsibility while using social networking sites when he swore in a tweet on Thursday.
He later tweeted: "Sorry if i offended anyone by swearing as i don't encourage that type of language..."
Bertrand wrote the expletive, which was later deleted, after being forced to withdraw from contention for England's World Cup qualifier against San Marino on Friday through illness.
Cole was charged Monday with misconduct after insulting The FA with an obscenity in a Twitter message.