The two men who were arrested on Wednesday have been released on bail but the seven who were identified today have been called in for questioning. That now leaves the police with just another seven Tottenham fans to find after photos of the sixteen suspects were released recently.
The police have said they have received a "steady stream of information and names" since the photos were released and so I expect that the other suspects will be caught eventually.
It will be interesting to see what happens to the suspects if they are found guilty. I expect the FA will carry out their threat of banning the fans for life but as for a jail sentence, who knows?
The whole case has sparked a debate about just how far you can go when chanting at a football ground. Where do you draw the line?
If the police really wanted to be politically correct about the situation then they could have virtually the entire Tottenham support banned for their "Yid army" chant which may cause offence to the Jews. On the other hand, I've heard Pompey fans in the Fratton End call Redknapp allsorts of nasty, degrading things since his departure to White Hart Lane and yet nobody has batted an eyelid.
Whilst the offensive songs from the Spurs away support were sickening and in my opinion did cross the line, this move by the police may set a precedent for further action to be taken in future.
I'm all for the authorities to clamp down on racial abuse but considering these Spurs fans are also suspected of "indecent" abuse it makes me wonder what the police define as "indecent".
When does banter become abuse? The last thing I want to see as a football fan is banter being completely eradicated from football. A lot of footballers are going to take some sort of abuse in their career for one reason or another and whilst I don't believe footballers should be abused for the colour of their skin or sexual preferences, I don't see a problem with "abuse" in jest because said player once played for a rival club, or has done something embarrassing in the past that he deserves to be ribbed for.
But it only takes one complaint, be it from a fan or the player himself and then even this sort of supposedly harmless banter could be outlawed and that will just be another nail in football's coffin.
So whilst I'm 100% behind the police in convicting any of those fans found guilty of racism at Fratton Park that day, I hope the PC brigade don't rear their ugly heads and use this incident as a precedent to ban all forms of football "abuse".