THE Football League has responded to Blackburn Rovers boss Gary Bowyer’s latest call for goal-line technology to be introduced outside of the Premier League – claiming there is not a widespread appetite across its 72 clubs to meet the initial £8million cost.

Bowyer implored the League to find a solution before and after his side’s 2-1 defeat at Fulham on Sunday after the officials failed to spot that Grant Hanley’s late ‘equaliser’ had crossed the line.

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The League issued a statement on Monday, insisting that it was not ‘financially viable’ to install the technology at Championship, League One and League Two grounds.

But after Bowyer made his fresh plea on Tuesday, the League contacted the Lancashire Telegraph to further clarify its position on the issue.

A Football League spokesperson said: “The Football League supports the use of goal-line technology and uses it at its five Wembley finals and during Capital One Cup matches played at Premier League stadiums.

“However, we understand that the cost of installing the system used in the Premier League across our competition would be more than £8m with a further £6m-plus required in each subsequent season to maintain and run the system.

“That is a significant cost that would have to be met by reducing financial distributions to clubs by the same amount. Currently, there is not a widespread appetite across clubs to meet this cost but we are always happy to discuss the matter further.”