Goal Line Technology

Goal line technology is a bit of equipment that will prove a ball has crossed the line there have been alot of debates about goal line technology in the last year or so, there as been a lot of incidents where there has been arguments saying this is when you need goal line technology. A big incident that has made people mad and want it even more is the Frank Lampard incident in the match between England and Germany when Frank Lampard shot clearly crossed the line and a goal was not giving this was at the 2010 world cup.

The test criteria for goal-line technology systems are based on the following requirements set by the IFAB:

• The goal-line technology applies solely to the goal line and only to determine whether a goal has been scored or not;
• The GLT system must be accurate;
• The indication of whether a goal has been scored must be immediate and automatically confirmed within one second;
• The indication of whether a goal has been scored will be communicated only to the match officials (via the referee’s watch, by vibration and visual signal).

I think goal line technology is a great idea because it really gets on my nerves when it is obvious the ball has crossed the line and a goal is not given i dont think there will be many people who disagree with me. The Frank Lampard incident is the big one that got me.

However there are some incidents when people moan alot about a incident where the ball was clearly not over the line for example the Andy Carrol incident against Chelsea in the 2011/2012 FA Cup Final. When Andy Carrol pulled of a great header but Petr Cech made a superb safe to keep it out, and alot of the liverpool fans complained about it being over the line when it was clearly not in my opinion and im sure a lot of peoples opinion is the same.

Goal line technology will cost £150,000 per stadium this is very expensive but worth it what do you think?

Goal line technology was first introduced at the Eastleigh FC vs AFC Totton in the senior FA cup Final at St Mary's stadium home of Southampton FC.