Moving The Goalposts!

FootieFrog's Uncle has noticed something awry at Stamford Bridge recently, and has sent a letter to several different authorities with his discovery. Footie Frog thinks that this should be given some publicity, so is posting these findings hoping the word spreads and things are rectified!!

From the Fifa regs:

Goals

Goals must be placed on the centre of each goal line.

They consist of two upright posts equidistant from the corner flagposts and joined at the top by a horizontal crossbar.

The distance between the posts is 7.32m (8yds) and the distance from the lower edge of the crossbar to the ground is 2.44m (8ft).

Both goalposts and the crossbar have the same width and depth which do not exceed 12cm(5ins). The goal lines are the same width as the depth of the goalposts and the crossbar. Nets may be attached to the goals and the ground behind the goal, provided that they are properly supported and do not interfere with the goalkeeper.

The goalposts and crossbars must be white.

In James Patterson's words....

"I noticed during the recent game with West Ham that your goalposts do not seem to be actually vertical and seem to lean backwards away from the pitch. The net support stanchions actually do seem to be vertical. Now, technically the rules below just state that the post must be "upright" but if you consider the images below, you can clearly see the leaning posts.
I think this should be corrected by your ground staff as soon as possible as the FA may take a dim view of this."

"On this picture I have added a truly vertical line for clarity. I reckon at least half a balls width at the bar height. This is when Anelka had just put away the equaliser."

"Later in the game, a looping header was sent towards Robert Green's goal and it dropped down almost vertically towards the goal with what looks like Scot Parker making a goal line clearance. However, I've drawn the line again to add a true vertical (notice how the corner flag pole tends to agree with me and so it's not down to the camera lens) and it can be seen that most of the ball crosses the vertical plane of the goal line. Now this could have happened two ways in my opinion, either it would have glanced the bar and bounced back into play right at John Terry's feet, or it would have hit the bar and gone over. I'm sure the Sky Sports HD coverage with a bit of Andy Gray's magic will be able to show the clarity of the situation."

Footie Frog's first scandal has offcially been posted... Let's hope this gets sorted for the integrity of the league!