Source: TheGuardian
How I ‘invented’ VAR at Bristol City in 1973 | Letters
Prof Peter Lewis thinks he may have been the first to use video to record a disputed offside decisionRe Simon Jenkins’ article (For a bird’s eye view of British conservatism, look at sport. No wonder VAR in football is in trouble, 16 May), I think I could claim to be first to use video to record a disputed offside decision.On 22 September 1973, Bristol City was at home to Sheffield Wednesday. In my role as manager of Rediffusion’s Bristol Channel, a small new community television station, I had been invited by City to show the possible use of video in training. Continue reading......read full article
