Burnley's Andre Gray is facing a ban after being slapped with an FA misconduct charge for homophobic social media comments.
Tweets emanating from the striker’s Twitter account, in which he called for gay people to ‘die’, were highlighted immediately after he scored a first Premier League goal on Saturday.
Gray also used the term ‘faggot’ in posts dating back to 2012 when he played for non-League Hinckley Town. They have now been deleted from his verified account.
The fact he was not a Burnley player when the offence took place is not something the independent three-man commission will take into consideration - meaning he could miss crucial top-flight fixtures.