The Swedish FA has asked its top clubs to consider allowing fourth officials to watch live TV pictures to avoid the kind of refereeing mistakes seen at the World Cup.

Its chairman Lars-Ake Lagrell would like officials to be able to watch the TV pictures that viewers see at home but ruled out introducing goalline technology and video replays.

The Swedish referee Martin Hansson was criticised for missing Thierry Henry's handball in the lead-up to a France goal that denied the Republic of Ireland a place at the World Cup finals. "That particular problem could have been solved using this system," Lagrell said.

He has presented the idea to Sweden's leading clubs and, if they agree, Fifa will be asked to give its approval for a trial period.

"We don't think we will ever have them [goalline cameras] in football as it means too many breaks in play, studying film and so on," Lagrell said. "We think goalline technology is a worse alternative than simply giving the fourth official the chance to look at the TV pictures.

"With that you have a team of officials who referee the game exactly as it is today, but this way they get something to help them."