Football should remain free of goal-line technology

16 June ~ Thank you Sepp Blatter, said Mark Lawrenson moments after Frank Lampard's shot crossed the line without a goal being given at last summer's World Cup. I hope he's here and squirming in his seat. As the head of an organisation that plumbed new depths of farce during its presidential election two weeks ago, there are many reasons why Blatter should be squirming. His caution regarding the adoption of goal-line technology, however, is not one of them. Yet Blatter is not completely alone.

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