Yeah the only problem with all that is your misunderstanding of how the goal line technology will operate. It's not going to be some fella scrutinising footage to see if its crossed the line. It's technology that will near instantaneously tell the referee if the ball has crossed the line.
So he went to the ticket office assuming that because he played for us in the 1976 Cup Final that he would be refused a ticket? That's a bit weird isn't it?