Goal?

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It is for debate whether the disallowed goal in the England v Germany match would have made any difference to the end result, but already there are increasing calls for technology to be used to monitor goal lines in the same way that it is already used in other sports.

Cameras are one option that has been suggested. Another is to install a chip in the ball which will react with sensors behind goal lines. Of course, if there is mistrust of technology for this particular sport, there is a much simpler and possibly less expensive solution.

That is to appoint a couple of junior or trainee referees just to keep watch over goal lines in major tournaments. But they would need to have perfect vision!
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‘Uncanny’? Not!

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You do read some tosh in the newspapers sometimes.

Take, for example, the one-inch copper badge of England, thought to have been part of a 13th-century horse harness, that was recently found in a medieval stone wall in Coventry. The badge features the three lions of England which also forms the England football team’s logo.

A spokesman for the Football Association said the resemblance of the badge to the England logo was ‘uncanny’.

Doesn’t he know that the three lions passant have been used in the royal coat of arms since the time of Henry II in the 12th century?
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