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Middlesbrough defender Marc Bola warned by FA over tweet sent aged 14 but escapes ban

Middlesbrough defender Marc Bola has been warned and ordered to complete an education course over a homophobic social media post from when he was 14.

Bola, now 24, accepted a Football Association charge brought after the historic tweet, written in April 2012 when he was a child at the Arsenal Academy, came to light last year.

The sanction was imposed following a hearing by an independent regulatory commission last November.

Marc Bola has been warned by the FA about a homophobic Tweet he sent when he was a child
Bola, 24, escaped a ban after his lawyers argued he should be punished by 2012 regulations

A statement from the FA read: 'Middlesbrough FC's Marc Bola has been warned and ordered to complete a mandatory face-to-face education programme by an independent Regulatory Commission after admitting a breach of FA Rule E3 in relation to a social media post from 14 April, 2012.