Source: SKY_Sports
Campbell calls for action
Portsmouth defender Sol Campbell has called for clubs whose supporters are convicted of racist chanting to be docked points.
Campbell has urged football's authorities to use tougher measures to help stamp out the problem.
The England international has been the victim of racist chanting this season after he was subjected to vile abuse by Tottenham Hotspur fans at Fratton Park in September.
"I think that they [the game's authorities] are going to have to do more," said Campbell. "My situation is a small part.
"You also have racial abuse in the rest of Europe. The only way you can stop it from happening is by taking points from clubs. Then it would definitely stop.
"If it's just way over the top and you start taking points, you can lose the championship or you can be going down. That's the only way you can stop fans' abuse on that type of level.
"There is all sorts up and down the league, there is always someone saying something or part of the crowd saying something to certain players, but there is a level and once that level is crossed, I think people have to step in and sort it out.
"Football seems to think it can keep on going without getting checked. In most other sports on this level, it doesn't happen. You're not going to get that in tennis, rugby, cricket or athletics. It's just not accepted."
11 men and boys were charged with indecent chanting at a designated football match in the wake of the abuse at the match between Portsmouth and Tottenham in September and Campbell believes the arrests have had an
effect on people.
Campbell added: "The arrests woke up a lot of people because some people just thought 'I never thought it was wrong' - that's unbelievable - (or] 'That wasn't me', as if football turns people into some different kind of person. 'I've paid my money and I can say and do whatever I want at any time I want within that 90 minutes'.
"There is a level. You say that on the streets and you'd be arrested or put away. You wouldn't say that to your son or daughter and if that was said to your son or daughter, would you be the same? That's what people have to remember."
