FA SET FERDINAND DATE

Last updated : 02 December 2003 By editor

Rio Ferdinand will face a Football Association disciplinary hearing at Bolton on Thursday, December 18 into his failure to take a drugs test.

The FA have set aside two days for the hearing, which will take place at the Reebok Stadium, the venue where Roy Keane received his record eight-match ban following his controversial statements about Alfie Haaland in his autobiography.