Former England football captain John Terry's father used torrent of racist abuse before assault, court told Terry's two friends Stephen Niland, 36, and Tudor Musteata, 47, also shouted racist abuse during the alleged attack near The Windsor pub in the City of London, the court heard. Ijaz Malik, prosecuting, said the three men, who work for construction firm C2C, were out celebrating Niland's birthday when there was an altercation between 5pm and 6pm. Mr Malik said: "Mr Talafair was outside the rear of the pub having a cigarette. The three defendants exited the pub and an exchange of words took place between the two groups. Mr Talafair and his friend Scott Faal walked away from the pub towards Fenchurch Street Station and were followed by the three defendants. Shortly afterwards Mr Faal returned to the pub and told his friends there was trouble outside. And Mr Talafair returned and said he had been head-butted by Mr Terry. Terry's lawyer John Oliver said he would plead guilty to the assault, but denied it was racially motivated. However, the prosecution did not accept his partial plea so a two day trial has been set to begin on November 11. If convicted, Terry, of Grays, Essex, could face up to a year behind bars.