The English Premier League could be the first football competition in the world to introduce goal line technology - and it could be in place in time for the start of the 2012-13 season.
Although its introduction would need to be sanctioned by FIFA, the league's chief executive Richard Scudamore says the system could be in place in just over a year, and he feels that's a realistic aim.
Although FIFA's president Sepp Blatter has been a long-time opponent of goal line technology, he agreed to re-open trials after last year's World Cup when a legal goal scored by Frank Lampard for England against Germany, when the ball was clearly over the line, was not given.
The International Football Association Board, the game's law-making body, is continuing with private trials of the technology and is due to report back next March.
