Q.P.R.'s Ghost Goal - NYTimes.com One week after the International Football Association Board voted to continue testing goal-line technology, an apparent goal by Clint Hill of Queens Park Rangers went unrewarded Saturday at Bolton. To make matters worse for Q.P.R., relegation-threatened Bolton scored a late goal to win, 2-1, in England's Premier League. Here's the video: It looks like the ball is far over the line before it is pulled back by goalkeeper Adam Bogdan, but Referee Martin Atkinson refused to give the goal to Q.P.R. after an assistant on the touchline failed to indicate that the ball had completely crossed the goal line. At the time of the apparent goal in the game's 20th minute, the match was tied 0-0. Bolton took a 1-0 lead in the 37th minute when Darren Pratley converted a crossing ball from the American Tim Ream. It was Ream's first assist since joining Bolton after two seasons with the Red Bulls of Major League Soccer. Q.P.R. tied the match in the 48th minute when Djibril Cisse, who appeared to be offside, scored past Bogdan. But Ivan Klasnic scored the game-winner in the 86th minute from a pass by Ryo Miyaichi, the 19-year-old Japanese striker. After the incident, the Associated Press reported that the English Football Association said it would "continue to press for its introduction once further independent testing is complete." After some noteworthy incidents, including at the 2010 World Cup during England's loss to Germany, how could it be possible for world soccer officials to deny the need for goal-line technology, now that it is available? And why do these incidents always seem to involve English teams?