Video technology could be used in English football for the first time in next season’s Community Shield, it can be revealed, as the game’s lawmakers stage their annual general meeting at Wembley on Thursday.

The Daily Telegraph has learnt that the International Football Association Board is scheduled to discuss approving live trials of video reviews in matches organised by the Football Association.

That would include FA Cup ties, but any experiments could start with next season’s Wembley curtain raiser between the Premier League champions and cup holders.

The FA had considered putting forward this season’s Community Shield and FA Cup for the first wave of trials of what are known as Video Assistant Referees, something it ultimately decided against.

But with IFAB expected to sanction their use in time for next year’s World Cup, English football is in danger of not having conducted any live testing beforehand.