Campbell wants points deducted for fans’ abuse

According to The Guardian, Sol Campbell has called on football’s authorities to deduct points from clubs whose supporters are found guilty of ­indecent and racist chanting. The ­Portsmouth captain, speaking in an interview with the Guardian, has long been the target of abuse from Tottenham Hotspur fans, who have never forgiven him for leaving them for Arsenal in 2001, and was subjected to vile chants during Portsmouth’s 2–0 Premier League win over Tottenham at Fratton Park last September.

“I think that the game’s authorities are going to have to do more,” said Campbell. “My situation is a small part. But also, you have the 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 … with those three 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”.