I doubt Epsom will rearrange their fixture for a “football match”
The amount of money involved in the Derby is probably significantly more than the the FA Cup final. Should have scheduled this for the 3pm kick off with the Derby in mind.
Just as an aside, I went to the 1983 Derby (Wednesday as it was), it pissed down and England were playing the Jocks at Wembley that night. The sweaties decided getting pissed at the races in the afternoon was a good way to pass a few hours. It was fucking carnage, free entry to the Downs which was a quagmire, readily available booze from East-end wide boys flogging cans and bottles at over inflated prices and time to spare, what could go wrong? There were thousands of Jocks who wouldn’t have made the match even if they had tickets.
Many of them were caked in mud, and unable to walk properly, it was proper funny but the Jocks were an absolute nuisance. Slowest Derby on record.