FA Cup 2016/2017

[davieG]

No More Quarter Final Replays 

 

 

Should Leicester City progress through to an FA Cup quarter final from the 2016/17 season onwards, the game will no longer be subject to a replay.

The Football Association yesterday confirmed that as part of their ongoing review of the domestic Cup competition, a sudden death format - in other words extra time and penalties - will be introduced from March 2017 and all eight quarter final teams on that FA Cup weekend will now formally know their fate on the day.

The move is both to reduce fixture congestion - referencing this season's tie between West Ham and Manchester United which took place on a Wednesday evening and clashed with Champions League action (apparently you can't or shouldn't do that or UEFA get huffy!) but also to add to the 'drama and impact' of the competition.

In a statement released to theFA.com, FA Chief Executive Martin Glenn explained.

'The Emirates FA Cup remains at the heart of English football and this change adds to the excitement of the competition and will benefit the wider game in general. With great attendances and TV figures across the BBC and BT Sport, this season has confirmed the Cup`s special status - underlined by great stories culminating in Manchester United`s triumph at Wembley last Saturday. In a demanding calendar and with increased pressures on fans, it is important we move with the times and consider new innovations such as last week`s successful Non-League Finals Day which saw 50,000 fans at Wembley for the Vase and Trophy. While fully respecting tradition and history, this new development will help the Cup retain its status as a much-loved and world-renowned competition.'

The move was approved on Thursday evening by the FA Board, and whilst replays for earlier rounds will still take place - from next season onwards the quarter final stage will be a straight knockout.

With replays remaining at earlier levels how this benefits 'English football's congested fixture list' will be open for debate when it comes to League 1 and 2 clubs, but it will no doubt be generally welcomed by Premier League and Championship sides you would imagine.

Read more: http://www.leicester.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=448100#ixzz49qrmKbpn

[Langston]

Makes sense really. Lower ranked sides (all of whom you'd imagine would be out by that point in the competition) can still keep the replays that can be massively valuable and it eases up congestion.

[kingcarr21]

Will this mean a winter break is around the corner

[Voll Blau]

Start of a slippery slope this. Not a fan.

 

Surely if home advantage is being considered irrelevant in this round, it should be considered so in all rounds?

[Guest Sharpe's Fox]

There is no excuse to moan about replays. Go and win the game.

[Footballwipe]

Hallelujah. Not before time.

 

Personally cup games going to replays seems really archaic as a concept. It's not like the draw is seeded. Either have the tie two-legged or get it done with through the usual routes. 

 

Imagine this will be fully implemented throughout the competition around the time of the Qatar World Cup, too

[m4DD0gg]

Can see the logic but unfair on the away team, especially if they are leagues apart.....just fcuks smaller teams over again.

[filbertway]

Good idea, replays really are for the benefit of teams that could do with the extra cash, most of whom will be out by this point. If they have made it that far then they will have made a pretty penny.

[ScouseFox]

Can see the logic but unfair on the away team, especially if they are leagues apart.....just fcuks smaller teams over again.

 

it's the cup. it's all about the luck of the draw. it's always been "unfair on the away team" because they get drawn away. unless you want every game of every round to be played at a neutral venue i'm not sure what your point is? 

[AKCJ]

They need to offer a Champions League spot to the winner.

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo]

They need to offer a Champions League spot to the winner.

 

 

They should offer a CL group-stage entry to the winner of the FA Vase for a laugh

[Mark_w]

They need to offer a Champions League spot to the winner.

 

Don't want clubs like Man U ruining our coefficient thanks.

[Footballwipe]

They need to offer a Champions League spot to the winner.

 

Really? Champions League spot for what is essentially winning six games (as all winners enter at round three?)

 

Man Utd's path this season was Sheffield United, Derby, Shrewsbury, West Ham, Everton, Palace. Do they really deserve a UCL place based on that path to the championship?

 

Fourth place (while we've still got it) may seem folly for the "Champions League," but it at least guarantees a team who have played 38 matches in an increasingly unpredictable league get a spot in the most prestigious competition in Europe.

[Bob Weasel Fox]

I would love Leicester City to win the FA Cup next season

[C-man]

All replays need to get in the bin. Complete waste of time.

[Izzy]

Yet more tinkering and fvcking around with the worlds oldest and greatest domestic cup competition. The demise of the FA cup over the last 20 years has been sad to watch. Man Utd should never have been allowed to skip it and play in that world club cup a few years ago, and playing the semis at Wembley is a joke. I find it a real shame. Used to love the FA cup, huddled around the radio at school for the 3rd round draw and final day used to be a proper family occasion. Sponsoring the FA cup also took a bit of the shine off it for me. But I'm old skool and things move on I guess.

[Guest CityFan 06]

Would be delighted if we won this. We've been in the FA Cup final four times, so to go alongside that with the actual cup would be excellent.

Any kind of silverware would be beneficial next season. The key ingredients to becoming a bigger club. We've got ourselves onto a perfect platform for future success and development.