From the Guardian
The Premier League will move to bolster the position of its under-fire referees by submitting a paper to Fifa in January proposing the use of video technology. Keith Hackett, who as head of the Professional Game Match Officials Board is in charge of the country's top referees, has been charged with putting together the paper, which will support the use of television replays to aid referees on goalline incidents, and it also suggests that off-the-ball incidents and penalties should also be considered.
The move comes after a week in which referees have made the news for all the wrong reasons. Aidy Boothroyd, the Watford manager, criticised Chris Foy's performance at
Richard Scudamore, the Premier League's chief executive, has been a vocal advocate of new technology which the new document will outline. Sepp Blatter, the Fifa president, has opposed the introduction of television replays in the past but the Premier League, mindful that experiments inserting a chip inside the ball to rule on goalline decisions have proved unsuccessful, believe there is now a compelling case for video playbacks.
"Ultimately, it's a Fifa decision," said Dan Johnson, spokesman for the Premier League, "but what we are doing is putting together a paper which will go in front of the International Football Board [within Fifa] in January and that will be backing the use of video technology for goal line incidents. What we have said in addition to that is this leads to a debate where the game as a whole should consider where else it might be appropriate for video technology to be used."