Man accused of Collymore race abuse © Reuters/Darren Staples A 21-year-old man has been charged with racially abusing ex-Premier League star Stan Collymore over Twitter. Northumbria Police said Joshua Cryer, of Jesmond, Newcastle, was charged on Saturday night with "a Section Five racial public order offence and a Section Five public order offence." The force began their investigation after an allegation was passed on from colleagues in Staffordshire. Collymore, 40, originally from Cannock, Staffordshire, played for a string of top clubs, including Liverpool, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest and now works as a broadcaster. A spokesman for Northumbria Police said Cryer would appear before Newcastle magistrates on January 23.