The F.A

[Artful]

May of missed it but have any the officials from saturday grown a pair & said they made a mistake - got it wrong.
Not that it will change anything, but would make me feel better!

[silvercue]

They are not allowed to.

[Rsonist]

The thing you have to realise is that The FA have near zero authority on anything that happens in the game any more... but happily for the Premier League they are still the whipping boys in the public eye.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...ughes-goalline

Contrary to Hughes's claims, it is the Professional Game Match Officials Board that designates who officiates at matches in consultation with the Premier League. The FA merely reacted to the controversy, as it was being analysed by Sky Sports' expert panel at half-time, by reiterating their desire to see goalline technology introduced at the earliest opportunity.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...ional-football

The FA, chaired by David Bernstein, stated that issues including ticket prices, the distribution of money between the wealthy Premier League and the rest of football, and "fan issues" will be classified as outside its influence.

In a section defined as "Matters outside scope of FA", a range of areas are listed which have been of major concern within football and to supporters since the FA sanctioned the top clubs to break away from the Football League to form the Premier League, in 1992.

They include: "Club and league commercial and financial matters; club business and operating issues, stadium, customer/fan issues; club/league relationship with other competition organisers including Uefa; club ticket prices; club distributions and parachute payments."

[...]

The document makes it clear the leagues themselves will draw up any suggested new rules. The FA board, which currently includes five representatives of the professional game, will have the power to reject recommended new rules, but not to work up rules itself.