Ferdinand in an interview with GQ:
"I'm man enough to admit that I did cry. At the time, I just thought there were cases that had gone before mine, the precedents that had been set didn't reflect the ban that I got. I felt that the FA was making an example of me.
"I don't know why I missed the test, I really don't. I've asked myself over and over: 'How did you forget the test?' And there's no answer for it."