‘Why destroy beautiful game with technology?’

ONE of the men who blocked the use of technology in football last night insisted video replays would risk endangering the “brilliant” game – despite the furore over Frank Lampard’s disallowed goal.

Jonathan Ford, president of the Football Association of Wales, voted with FIFA against any experiments with technology when the matter was raised at a meeting of the game’s rulemakers in March.

Ford stands by the FAW’s position and said it would be a potentially dangerous move to change the game so fundamentally by introducing goal-line technology or video replays.