TECHNOLOGY AND FOOTBALL REFEREEING

Early day motion 2317, tabled 21 October 2008 by Angus MacNeil (Scottish National Party). Signed by 20 members.

That this House believes that football, the richest sport in the world, should no longer play King Canute in respect of modern technology and that officials should utilise the benefits of television replay if the ball has gone out of play providing the opportunity to review a decision over which questions have been posed; and deplores the continued blind eye to reality which leaves the referee and assistants, who should be the most informed figures on the field, frequently the least informed and denies fans and spectators the truth and real fairness and judgment assisted by all reasonable means.

Signatures by party: Labour 7, Liberal Democrat 6, DUP 3, Conservative 1, Independent 1, Scottish National Party 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.