"Following the choice to adjourn the court case against John Terry to July, the soccer Association ensure he won't captain the britain team till the allegations against him are resolved," the FA said in an exceedingly statement.
"The FA board expected the trial to be concluded before the ecu Championships. any to Wednesday's confirmation that the trial won't occur till when the tournament, the board has mentioned the matter well and has collectively set it's within the interests of all parties that John has the responsibilities of captaincy removed at this point.
"This call has been taken attributable to the upper profile nature of the britain captaincy, on and off the pitch, and therefore the extra demands and needs expected of the captain leading into and through a tournament.
"The FA board will ensure that he has not been excluded from the squad which [the England manager] Fabio Capello is absolve to choose him for the Holland [friendly] fixture on twenty nine February and therefore the European Championships.
"FA chairman David Bernstein has spoken to each John Terry and Fabio Capello to clarify the facts to them. Fabio Capello has not been concerned within the FA board discussions that reached this conclusion, however understands that The FA board has authority to form this call. Fabio Capello can take the choice on who are created captain moving forward.
"This call in no means infers any suggestion of guilt in relation to the charge created against John Terry. The FA are not be creating to any extent further touch upon this matter."
The decision was created by Bernstein when discussion with the opposite members of the FA's 14-strong board on Thursday. Terry himself isn't expected to older the news immediately.
It was announced on Wednesday that Terry's trial for racially abusing the Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand throughout a Premier League game played last October had been scheduled for nine July. This left the Chelsea centre-back absolve to represent and probably captain his country at Euro 2012, that ends every week earlier.
But anti-racism campaigners were among people who insisted that a footballer shouldn't lead his country whereas facing charges of such magnitude. "The seriousness of the allegations mean that he cannot lead the state," said Piara Powar, government director of soccer Against Racism in Europe. "The FA should do the proper issue."
Capello is out of the country and attributable to come back to observe a Premier League game on Saturday. He had selected Terry for the matches against Spain and Sweden last November despite the allegations, when consulting senior figures at the FA as well as Bernstein. "We ought to wait what is going to happen concerning the FA investigation and therefore the police investigation, however I will tell you he's innocent till proven guilty," the Italian said at the time. "This may be a extremely vital issue on behalf of me and therefore the FA."
Shortly when the news of Terry's enforced demotion broke Arsène Wenger insisted that the manager ought to have the ultimate say over the identity of his captain. "I do not know well this case, I simply assume it is the manager who names the captain," the Arsenal manager said. "It may be a terribly troublesome position [for Fabio Capello] to be in however the manager has some responsibilities that ought to be left to him."
Terry has consistently denied racially abusing Ferdinand. "I can fight tooth and nail to prove my innocence," he said when the criminal charge was announced in December. "I have campaigned against racism and believe there's no place for it in society." Terry's barrister on Wednesday entered a proper not guilty plea at Westminster magistrates court.
It is the second time that Terry has been stripped of the britain captaincy, the previous occasion returning in 2010 when intense speculation concerning the player's personal life.
Sports minister Hugh Robertson backed the FA's call saying it might are "impossible" for Terry, who can miss Chelsea's Barclays Premier League game against Manchester United on Sunday with the knee downside, to continue.
Robertson said: "I fully support the FA's call. it might are not possible for John Terry to possess continued as captain with this charge over his head."
