FA CUP

[Knights In White Satin]

Replays to be scrapped from the first round proper, starting next season

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

 

[Supa Shrimpa]

The FA shoudn't just roll over to the Premier Leagues demands. This is the peoples cup, for the real teams and their supporters

 

[kaymac]

As long as the Prem clubs and their players are kept happy that's all that matters to the FA, couldn't care a toss about all the other clubs for which they responsible. Effin' disgraceful!

 

[cerbera45]

Football is dying a slow death

 

[tottenham541]

Another kick in the teeth for the smaller clubs

 

[Sandbach Shrimper]

Sad but not surprising.

 

[TrueBlue]

Football is dead

 

[hlane17]

Football is dead

Can't help but feel like this. Still love Southend but anything beyond us I could hardly care less anymore.

I coach football on Tuesday evenings. Such a shame seeing local kids saying they support Man City or even Barcelona Real Madrid etc.

I still love the game but cannot stand to see what it's become at the upper levels.

 

[Cricko]

Can't help but feel like this. Still love Southend but anything beyond us I could hardly care less anymore.

I coach football on Tuesday evenings. Such a shame seeing local kids saying they support Man City or even Barcelona Real Madrid etc.

I still love the game but cannot stand to see what it's become at the upper levels.

My grandchildren who will be there Saturday and regularly attend home games only seem to wear Barca tops when they are out or similar when i have even bought them loads of SUFC clothing

 

[Cricko]

 

[kaymac]

A proportion of income (5-10pct) from replays used to be pooled and then distributed to teams knocked out in the earlier rounds, a lot of small clubs relied on that extra income. No doubt the £33m bribe for ‘grassroots’ football (merely two seasons worth of wages for the likes of say Rashford) will likely just evaporate to the benefit of no-one….

 

[hlane17]

My grandchildren who will be there Saturday and regularly attend home games only seem to wear Barca tops when they are out or similar when i have even bought then loads of SUFC clothing

Sadly it's somewhat to do with commercialisation of football now. Kits are now a fashion item for better or for worse, and kids don't want to be seen in a lower league kit anymore.

They'd rather have the latest big team's kit to show off at training with the name of an overpaid star they'll never get to meet on the back.

Also some of these kids will never know the feeling of holding a real trophy (I've got pictures with Barrett and White holding the L2 playoff trophy) nor will they ever get to actually meet their heroes for more than a couple seconds.

I've been able to meet and talk to every player I've admired for SUFC growing up, and IMO that's way more real and meaningful than following any top team.

 

[kaymac]

Maybe explains why you never see a kid in a Palace away shirt…vomit inducing fashion…

 

[Dave Smiths Love Child]

Once they wanted to break away and form a European league, they should have been kicked out and see how they would like not having any games. They didn’t listen to fans only pretended when it came obvious the league was a non starter
Have no problem with fans following big clubs good luck to them, what I have a problem with is the way the elite rule everything, moan too many games then fly off to far flung places to play sponsors games pre season
The FA cup is a life line to us smaller fish and another nail in the coffin for many who pray for a big away game

 

[Napster]

I've been able to meet and talk to every player I've admired for SUFC growing up, and IMO that's way more real and meaningful than following any top team.

I've still not met Rio Alderton.

 

[Evening Echo]

FA Cup replays have been scrapped from next season, the Football Association has announced.

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[Mick]

FA Cup replays have been scrapped from next season, the Football Association has announced.

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Yes, the FA have sold what was one of the attractions of the Cup for the usual Premier League bribe as these PL clubs really can't be bothered with midweek trips like that.

 

[Tommy2holes]

Now you have semi finals at wembley.

Remember the good old days when you only played a final at wembley and it was a whole day affair. Helicopters in the air, crappy suits, cup singles in the charts.

Happy days sadly gone now

 

[Richard Hearn]

Sadly, this competition is becoming more and more devalued as the years go by. The big boys don't give a sh!te about it and, to be frank, once any Southend involvement is gone (blink and you miss it) I take no interest in it anymore either.


And to be brutally honest I now wish that all the "Big" premiershite clubs had ****ed off years ago to their hermetically sealed "Super League" and left the rest to get on with proper football competitions.

 

[Napster]

Now you have semi finals at wembley.

Remember the good old days when you only played a final at wembley and it was a whole day affair. Helicopters in the air, crappy suits, cup singles in the charts.

Happy days sadly gone now

Semi-finals used to be played at the Kennington Oval (as well as the Final) - semi finals being played at the same venue as the final is not a new idea.