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| Police are to investigate racial and homophobic abuse directed at Portsmouth and former England defender Sol Campbell at Fratton Park. | Police are to investigate racial and homophobic abuse directed at Portsmouth and former England defender Sol Campbell at Fratton Park. |
| The Portsmouth captain was subjected to taunts during his team's 2-0 Premiership home win over Tottenham on 28 September. | The Portsmouth captain was subjected to taunts during his team's 2-0 Premiership home win over Tottenham on 28 September. |
| The 34-year-old is unpopular with Spurs fans after moving to their north London rivals Arsenal in 2001. | The 34-year-old is unpopular with Spurs fans after moving to their north London rivals Arsenal in 2001. |
| Police initially said the scale of the taunts meant no arrests could be made. | Police initially said the scale of the taunts meant no arrests could be made. |
| Hampshire Constabulary said they received a complaint about the abuse on Tuesday night. | |
| "The complaint will be fully investigated but it is at an early stage," a spokeswoman said. | |
| 'Filthy abuse' | |
| The force originally said it would refer the matter to the Football Association (FA) because "it was not feasible to make arrests in that kind of huge crowd". | |
| The FA had said it would "take action where necessary". | |
| Portsmouth's manager, Harry Redknapp, branded the verbal attacks as "filthy". | |
| "Nobody likes being called filthy names and hearing other filthy abuse," he said. | |
| "It's not right. What has that got to do with coming to a game?" | |
| Campbell left Spurs on a free transfer in June 2001 to join rivals Arsenal. | |
| He then joined Portsmouth from Arsenal in August 2006 on another free transfer. |