"There is legislation in place to deal with abusive, threatening and racist behaviour by ejecting and arresting offending individuals. Put simply, it is against the law," said an FA spokesman.

"The FA lobbied hard for such tough policies. It is for individual clubs - working with the police if necessary - to enforce these laws.

"At Wembley games, which The FA are responsible for, people have been ejected and arrested for this type of behaviour.

"The FA supports football banning orders against anyone arrested for violent or racist behaviour and there were 3,500 in place ahead of last year's World Cup.

"This is not a direct issue for The FA but we do a lot of work to prevent crowd abuse - constantly working with the Home Office, police and clubs."