West Brom's loan manager Paul Terry charged by the FA for breaking betting rules

The former Yeovil and Leyton Orient defender, who is the brother of former England captain John Terry, joined the Baggies backroom team in July 2019.

Terry has been charged by the FA after it was alleged he placed 209 bets on football matches that took place between November 1, 2017 and October 25, 2019.

The 41-year-old has until November 10 to respond.

An FA statement read: 'Paul Terry, Loans Manager, West Bromwich Albion.

'Breach of FA Rule E8 - Misconduct in respect of 209 bets placed on football matches between 01 November 2017, and 25 October 2019.

'The Participant has until 10th November 2020 to provide a response.'

Terry's job at The Hawthorns is to find suitable loan moves for Albion's youngsters.

He then travels up and down the country watching them in action and reports back to the club's hierarchy on their progress.

FA Rule E8, which Terry is alleged to have broken, states: 'A participant shall not bet, either directly or indirectly, or instruct, permit, cause or enable any person to bet on – (i) the result, progress, conduct or any other aspect of, or occurrence in or in connection with, a football match or competition.'

The Express & Star understands Terry’s case is being treated as non-standard – meaning there is no set punishment if he is found guilty.

It means a punishment, in that case, is at the discretion of an independent commission.

Meanwhile, goalkeeper Sam Johnstone has called on Albion to try and rebuild some momentum following their dreadful display at Fulham.

The Baggies headed to Craven Cottage on the back of two decent performance against Burnley and Brighton –matches that both ended in draws.

But they were outplayed by Scott Parker's side who leapfrogged them in the table to ensure Slaven Bilic's side are now in the relegation zone.

Johnstone has been one o the big pluses for Albion this season – with the goalkeeper having made a number of impressive saves.

But he admitted, to a man, the team were not good enough in London on Monday.

“We’re very frustrated Fulham wasn’t good enough,” Johnstone said.

“The last few games we’ve played well, built momentum and we were looking to carry it into this game.

“We didn’t and we’ll be looking to put things right as soon as possible.

"It’s the Premier League and we knew it was going to be tough.

“Everyone's down and the boss wasn’t happy, we weren’t happy and the fans won’t be so we need to put things right and start building that momentum again.”