LONDON (AP):

The English Football Association has fined West Ham striker Carlton Cole £20,000 ($30,000) for an offensive tweet.

Cole was also warned about his future conduct over the Twitter exchange with a Tottenham supporter after West Ham's 2-2 draw at White Hart Lane last month.

Expletives

Cole replied with expletives after being asked: "When your own teammates don't kick the ball out when you're lying injured for two minutes, you think it's time to call it a day?"

The FA says Cole "admitted posting a comment on his Twitter account which was abusive and/or insulting and/or improper and/or brought the game into disrepute."

This season, the FA has handed out bans for social media posts to Queens Park Rangers defender Rio Ferdinand, Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli, and Stoke defender Robert Huth, who is on loan at Leicester.