Not that it'll help me much in the Kent County League. Somehow I don't think New Romney Reserves or Bearsted FC will be able to afford the tens of thousands of pounds it'll cost to put cameras all over the place.
But FIFA's law-making body IFABl finally embraced goal-line technology today, approving two systems for use in matches.
FIFA will introduce goal-line technology at the seven-team Club World Cup in Japan in December, and plans to use it in Brazil at the 2013 Confederations Cup and 2014 World Cup.The Premier League is expected to adopt one of the systems _ which are expected to cost up to £200,000 per stadium _ during next season.
Sepp Blatter was a member of the IFAB panel which accepted test results proving that the systems quickly and accurately judge when balls cross the goal line.
Hawk-Eye is a British camera-based system already used in tennis and cricket while GoalRef is a Danish-German project using magnetic sensors to track a special ball.
Blatter's conversion to technology came two years ago when he saw England denied a clear goal by midfielder Frank Lampard against Germany at the 2010 World Cup.
Michel Platini's rival project which seeks to keep all technology out of decision-making also received support on Thursday. UEFA's proposal of a five-referees system to officiate matches _ placing an additional assistant beside each goal _ won IFAB approval after three years of trials in more than 1,000 matches.
That decision came just two weeks after Platini's pet project suffered its biggest public failure, helping eliminate co-host Ukraine at the European Championship.A Hungarian refereeing team did not spot that a shot by Ukraine forward Marko Devic crossed the line before John Terry hooked the ball clear.
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