Goal Line Technology - Too late?

As the footballing world have been crying out for Goal Line technology I believe it may ruin the beautiful game.

Fifa have finally agreed to bring goal-line technology into the game and it will be used during next years World Cup final, it is a huge step and by having this opportunity it may ruin the excitement,passion and nerve wracking moments in our game.

Yes as a supporter you would want justice for your team but as a neutral seeing nervy nail biting moments is what one of the reasons the love of football is all about, if football turns into a cricket or tennis type of system for goal-line technology I actually would think the game will become more boring.

People like to see a game flowing rather than a stop-start and when goal line technology comes in it will just be that.

There have been many controversial decisions over the years but does it really happen week in week out....hardly happens !?

It will help officials during a game but all the work will be done by camera work,do we really want our football to turn into a robotic format and not be a free flowing game?

The media have driven us to get goal-line technology for many years now and Fifa have finally decided now is the time,instead of putting huge amount of money on goal-line technology why don't Fifa have a look at some of the controversial footballing bodies like UEFA who seem to fix draws every season?

So it seems the endless debates on Monday mornings,blogs,forum talks and fan banter will be gone....

Technology will kill the game!!!

Recession in Football - A painful devastation for fans

This is a brief overview on Recession in Football, I am trying to get feedback from people on what they feel about the recession. feel free to read and comment your views.

In the past football was just a simple ball game, you'd get a free stand at a game or a cheap ticket(considering the times we are in) but as you now can see most clubs are debt ridden or the mighty have fallen ala Rangers FC.

A recent study showed Arsenal FC selling the most expensive tickets for a match day at £126 and season tickets  at £1,955 which must hurt some fans as they have not won a trophy in nearly 8 years! While a team in the third tier of Scottish football has the most cheapest for a match day at £9 and season tickets at £90.

Nowadays travel prices have gone racking up as well as food prices so for the average person they may have to cough up a weekly or monthly wage just to go watch their favourite team.Yes entertainment in football  has become immensely great but peoples pockets are becoming more empty.

The following table shows the cost of watching a Premier League football game in 2012

(source - Daily Mail)

Club	Cheapest season ticket	Most expensive season ticket	Cheapest matchday ticket	Most expensive matchday ticket	Cheapest day out (ticket, programme, pie, tea)	Programme	Pie	Tea
Arsenal	£985*	£1,955*	£ 26.00	£126	£34.30	£3	£3.30	£2
Aston Villa	£325	£595	£ 20.00	£45	£28.30	£3	£3.20	£2.10
Chelsea	£595	£1,250	£ 41.00	£87	£49.60	£3	£3.60	£2
Everton	£399	£672.30	£ 31.00	£43	£38.90	£3	£2.80	£2.10
Fulham	£399	£959	£ 20.00	£75	£29.30	£3.50	£3.90	£1.90
Liverpool	£725	£802	£ 39.00	£48	£47.30	£3	£3.10	£2.20
Man City	£275	£695	£ 26.00	£58	£35	£3	£3.50	£2.50
Man United	£532	£950	£ 30.00	£52	£38.60	£3	£3.10	£2.50
Newcastle	£322	£909	£ 15.00	£70	£23	£3	£2.80	£2.20
Norwich	£471	£790	£ 30.00	£50	£38	£3.50	£2.50	£2
QPR	£499	£949	£ 25.00	£55	£33	£3	£3.00	£2
Reading	£350	£595	£ 37.00	£50	£45	£3	£3.20	£1.80
Southampton	£495	£780	£ 28.00	£48	£36.20	£3	£3.20	£2
Stoke	£344	£609	£ 25.00	£50	£33.10	£3.50	£2.60	£2
Sunderland	£400	£845	£ 25.00	£40	£33	£3	£2.90	£2.10
Swansea	£429	£499	£ 35.00	£45	£42.80	£3	£3.00	£1.80
Tottenham	£730	£1,845	£ 32.00	£81	£41.20	£3.50	£3.70	£2
West Brom	£349	£449	£ 25.00	£39	£33.10	£3	£2.90	£2.20
West Ham	£480	£850	£ 36.00	£67	£44.50	£3.50	£3	£2
Wigan	£255	£310	£ 20.00	£22	£27.10	£3	£2.30**	£1.80*

To conclude this blog I would like to hear YOUR views.

Do you believe you have been affected if you have spent more or less money on tickets, Or do you think it has affected you through other forms such as merchandising or TV Subscriptions.

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