Triesman wants Spurs fans banned

FA chairman Lord Triesman has called on Tottenham to issue life bans to the fans who verbally abused Sol Campbell at Portsmouth. Triesman has also revealed he will be meeting FIFA president Sepp Blatter following the racist chants directed at Emile Heskey when England met Croatia last month. In a wide-ranging and hard-hitting keynote speech at the Leaders in Football conference at Stamford Bridge, Triesman, a lifelong Spurs fan, chose racism as one of his main topics. He insisted it was imperative that action be taken against supporters who shouted obscenities at Campbell when Spurs met Pompey at Fratton Park nine days ago. Campbell walked out on Spurs in 2001 to join Arsenal, despite assurances that he would never move to the other half of north London. He subsequently moved on to Portsmouth but Triesman insisted there was... [read full story]