Under the second phase of tests, Hawk-Eye was tested under real game conditions for the first time at St Marys, this evening. The first time any goal line technology has been tested anywhere in the world, in such a way. Any Wikipedia editors out there can start updating Southampton FC's profile. http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2774989,00.html Go back into the history of the club and you realise that Saints were often either first or one of the first to do lots of things in football. Floodlights and Evening matches is one of them. Can't remember the details though.
What about people who are negatively affected by the radiation given off by the tools used to measure this? They can no longer go watch a game without fear of death! I think it's disgusting that this is even being considered let alone tested.
I'll just make sure you're not joking by answering that. There is no radiation. It's all to do with precisely aligned cameras and a computer calculating trajectory, speed, acceleration, etc... It's as safe as any technology around. If you're that worried about radiation, I'd turn that mobile phone off. However, I assume you're joking.
I was at the game last night - we joked during the game when there was a couple of times the goal keepers tipped the ball over the bar about hawk-eye getting a good incident to test it out and was amazed when there was a goal-line incident and it was the linesman who initially gave the decision - not the referee - the latter awarded the goal after the linesman pointed to the halfway line!
I always thought it was supposed to be linesman who gave the decision anyway?. They are at the better angle to judge after all. Athough I admit they're much further away a lot of the time.
Weren't we also the first team to pay someone over £100 per week or something? Back then £100 was a big old lump.
The assistant gives the decision 99 times out of 100. The exception was Martin Atkinson in FA cup semi
I was at that game, no need for goal line technology for that one, I could see it was in and I was the other end of the pitch. This was of course backed up by the numerous texts we all received from people watching at home. I don;t believe we'd have won even if the goal had been given Germany were by far the better side, one consolation it saved my plenty in not having to extend my stay, not been to an England game since and declined the offer of a TST for the Euros this Summer.
It doesn't matter how many people saw it go in. The one person who mattered didn't. With goal line technology we will never see an incident like that again.
