Over a million signatories have put their names to an an online petition calling on the FA and government to take firm action against anyone found guilty of racially abusing footballers on social media.
England's players were subject to vile racist abuse following their defeat to Italy at the Euro 2020 final - particularly the trio whose spot kicks in the penalty shootout failed to find the net.
A mural of Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford was defaced with an abusive message - though hundreds more people acted quickly to put that right and cover up the offending graffito with messages of support instead.
Impending United signing Jadon Sancho and Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka were also sent abusive messages.
In response, football fans Amna Abdullatif, Shaista Aziz, and Huda Jawad set up a petition demanding stadium bans for the guilty parties.
They said in a statement: "As multi-racial football fans, we finally feel represented by this anti-racist and inclusive England team.
"We could not be more proud or inspired by our magnificent team and by their talent, bravery, leadership and love for all.
"Gareth Southgate’s England team plays for ALL of us. Their vision is an inclusive vision and this matters more than EVER - it’s why we feel proud of this team and why they’re so cherished and loved by many of us.
"There should be no room for racists and bigotry in football or society."
The petition reads: "We are calling for the Football Association and the government to work together now to ban all those who have carried out racist abuse, online or offline, from all football matches in England for life."
A significant number of IP addresses have been traced to Thailand, with Football.London 's sources indicating that they are believed to have come from gamblers who had lost money on the game.
And while the FA has promised to ban anyone found guilty of hate speech from attending football games in England, UK police have no jurisdiction to act on messages sent from overseas, meaning those abusers are likely to go unpunished.
Twitter staff had monitored the situation in real time as it was developing to remove racists posts immediately but they were unable to stamp out the abuse altogether.
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