By Amitai Winehouse For Mailonline
Published: 15:59 GMT, 4 January 2019 | Updated: 15:59 GMT, 4 January 2019
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The FA have called on players and fans to report any anti-doping violations in the wake of lurid claims of recreational drug-taking by an England star .
It was revealed on Thursday that a top footballer was kicked out of a nightclub after he was caught snorting cocaine in the toilet.
The unidentified star was allegedly spotted by a Premier League team-mate 'doing a line' in the toilets of a nightclub on a recent night out.
It has been revealed that an England footballer was kicked out of a club for snorting cocaine
Premier League players are warned they can be drug-tested at any time.
Under FA rules, players are required to let drug-testers know when they aren't showing up to training and give a one-hour time slot when they can be at home for testing.
Clubs are also forced to tell the FA their training schedules.
The FA has stated it hopes to carry out more than 4,500 tests by the end of this season.
But one former Premier League striker recently claimed to the BBC he was tested 'only once a season'.
Cocaine remains in the blood for up to two days and in the urine for up to four.
It can, however, remain detectable in the hair for up to 90 days.
Players can be punished for failing tests, refusing to take them, tampering with samples, or insulting test officers.
A source claimed other teammates saw him emerging from the club's toilets looking worse for wear and he was later
