He said: "Fifa and Uefa have thrown the book at the English FA often enough over the years, so let's hope they throw the book at the morons who made those chants.
"I'm glad they've made a stance because we thought we had seen the end of it, so I hope they give them more than just a rap across the knuckles and really sanction them the way they should be. At the end of the day, it's pathetic.
"We have tried so hard over the years, since the 1970s and 1980s when we had huge problems. Now we have all-seater stadia, we work with the local communities, and a football match is somewhere you can take your kids and enjoy the occasion.
"I remember there were times going back to when I was a kid when it wasn't quite possible because there was a hostility. But you don't see it very often any more inside football grounds, which is obviously pleasing to see.
"It's water off a duck's back as far as he is concerned. Emile was a kicking block in this country for many years for some reason, and I signed him in the middle of it when I was at Birmingham.
"The one thing about him is that he is a resilient so and so who takes it and takes it, but gets on with it. You never hear him complain or rant and rave because basically he is a big, quiet lad who gets on with his life and doesn't worry about things like that."
Heskey himself will no doubt will continue to play to the best of his ability and not let such mindless idiots affect his game. However this is no reason why any lesser action should be taken.
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