Emirates FA Cup Changes Ahead of 2024/25:

[Blue5964]

 

[half & half derby scarf]

Another nail in the Football coffin. Why not decide every match on penalties to begin with. Save us the trouble of having to sit through 90 minutes. YCNMIU.

 

[give it to gordon]

But we still have games being played by different rules in the same competition.

FA Cup should be all games have VAR or all games don't have VAR, ridiculous to have different rules depending on where the match is played.

 

[SWPISHOME]

No replays are an absolute joke.

Lower league clubs need replays in many ways, A big payday to lower league clubs in an FA Cup is massive for them, Plus it's always nice that they have a big team in town at their own stadium.

Replays should definitely stay especially in the early rounds, Surely then when it gets to Round 5 or the Quarter Finals then play the games without replays.

Seems like they just want the lower leagues fucked off to be honest.

 

[TinFoilHat]

No replays are an absolute joke.

Lower league clubs need replays in many ways, A big payday to lower league clubs in an FA Cup is massive for them, Plus it's always nice that they have a big team in town at their own stadium.

Replays should definitely stay especially in the early rounds, Surely then when it gets to Round 5 or the Quarter Finals then play the games without replays.

Seems like they just want the lower leagues fucked off to be honest.

If there's no replays then they should have added the option the lower league team gets to choose the game be played at their home ground.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

If there's no replays then they should have added the option the lower league team gets to choose the game be played at their home ground.

Or the opposition stadium if they want.

 

[TinFoilHat]

FA Cup replays scrapped from first round onwards

FA Cup replays will be scrapped from the first round onwards in the 2024-25 competition.

www.bbc.co.uk

The fourth round will be played in an extended window from Friday to Wednesday.

So not all ties played on weekends then.

Gives TV companies to manipulate fixtures.

 

[SWPISHOME]

If there's no replays then they should have added the option the lower league team gets to choose the game be played at their home ground.

That's a very good point, One of which I genuinely wouldn't mind happening.

We know what it's like being down in lower league and strapped for cash and amazingly there's numerous clubs down there that are far worse off.

More than likely they'll never see their club in the Premier League or even the Championship for that matter. So what's their chances of now seen there team up against one of the big boys with no replays, Very slim unfortunately.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Or the opposition stadium if they want.

Yes. I'd go with that. If a game at ours more than covers a clubs budget in revenue for their next season then it's win win for them.

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

Have they also confirmed the rule that every rag tie is televised?