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Citygirl

Citygirl

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Am I missing something here . We are now due to play Millwall Tuesday 26 th February . However Millwall play Wimbledon in the cup this weekend . A replay after a draw would normally be played 26/27 th . Can someone enlighten me or have the football authorities messed up and the Millwall game might have to be rearranged again .
 
It has been the case for the Sixth Round and semi-finals for a few years now. It's slowly creeping down the rounds. Yes there is extra time and then penalties in the Fifth Round.
 
No replays in the 5th round was due to start in 2020, but they brought it forward to this year. Its to assist teams playing in Europe, apparently. More power of the big clubs to make the rules, but actually its no bad thing.
 
Shame the FA stopped the losing finalist from the FA cup getting the chance to play in europe since last time Millwall got to the final
 
newlandcasual said:
Shame the FA stopped the losing finalist from the FA cup getting the chance to play in europe since last time Millwall got to the final
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I thought we were the last ones to sneak through on that route.

Not sure if I'm that arsed about losing the replays, although I do agree that it is clearly to advantage the big clubs.

As a kid, there were replays in all cups and often arranged at short notice, but I do forget how it worked.

Was it

Original match drawn replay at away team's ground
1st replay, draw aet - then toss a coin to decide venue
2nd replay same as above but then replay at neutral venue with pens if needed (or was there one more replay before the neutral ground)?
 
Leon T Trout AFC said:
I thought we were the last ones to sneak through on that route.

Was it
Original match drawn replay at away team's ground
1st replay, draw aet - then toss a coin to decide venue
2nd replay same as above but then replay at neutral venue with pens if needed (or was there one more replay before the neutral ground)?
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I recall a FA cup tie between Sheff Wed and Arsenal in the early 80's. I think. There was the 1st game, the replay, then 2 or 3 games before there was a winner. It went on for ages, longer than Coronation Street.
One game ties are on the horizon...90mins + ET, then pens
 
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Leon T Trout AFC said:
I thought we were the last ones to sneak through on that route.

Not sure if I'm that arsed about losing the replays, although I do agree that it is clearly to advantage the big clubs.

As a kid, there were replays in all cups and often arranged at short notice, but I do forget how it worked.

Was it

Original match drawn replay at away team's ground
1st replay, draw aet - then toss a coin to decide venue
2nd replay same as above but then replay at neutral venue with pens if needed (or was there one more replay before the neutral ground)?
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I remember City/Darlington were joint record holders in the number of replays in an FA cup proper single round. (5)
Record is 6 replays in FAC qualifying round.

It was Chris Chilton's first full season in the first team, and he includes a paragraph about the Darlington games in his autobiography. 20 goals for the lad (17 years young, just under 50 games played in his first season - imagine how much he'd go for in this day & age). Quite a revelation he was - I must have been at most of the home games he played in that season.

What is the most number of replays in the FA Cup?

6 in the qualifying rounds: Alvechurch and Oxford City in 1971/2

5 in the proper competition: Stoke/Bury in 54/5, Chelsea/Burnley in 55/6, Hull/Darlington in 60/61 and Arsenal/Sheffield Wednesday in 78/9

Multiple replays were abolished in 1990
 
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Duffens_Briefs said:
I recall a FA cup tie between Sheff Wed and Arsenal in the early 80's. I think. There was the 1st game, the replay, then 2 or 3 games before there was a winner. It went on for ages, longer than Coronation Street.
One game ties are on the horizon...90mins + ET, then pens
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I remember an Everton/Sheff Wed one from the 80s, that went on for a while
 
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Quill said:
Replays being scrapped is big club bullshit. Whining because the players might get a bit tired.

They're professional athletes for ****s' sake.
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'Tis true. They should give the "smaller" clubs 80 % of the gate takings if it's a draw after 90 mins as compensation for the loss of replay income. If the big clubs with large squads want to protect their mega million saleable assets from "injury" or fatigue, share a bit of it with the grass roots teams.
 
Replays aren't necessarily to the big clubs advantage , if in the unlikely event Newport had scraped a draw against Man City at weekend they could have chanced their arms on pens , instead of the inevitable 12-0 defeat in a replay
 
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Barchullona said:
I don't think anyone who was at the Chelsea replay at BP would agree with you.
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You are probably right Barchullona, but these are different times and the cup games would get a lift if they marketed cup games as a battle to the end.
I think it would move the cup back up market.
 
tigerscanada said:
I remember City/Darlington were joint record holders in the number of replays in an FA cup proper single round. (5)
Record is 6 replays in FAC qualifying round.

It was Chris Chilton's first full season in the first team, and he includes a paragraph about the Darlington games in his autobiography. 20 goals for the lad (17 years young, just under 50 games played in his first season - imagine how much he'd go for in this day & age). Quite a revelation he was - I must have been at most of the home games he played in that season.

What is the most number of replays in the FA Cup?

6 in the qualifying rounds: Alvechurch and Oxford City in 1971/2

5 in the proper competition: Stoke/Bury in 54/5, Chelsea/Burnley in 55/6, Hull/Darlington in 60/61 and Arsenal/Sheffield Wednesday in 78/9

Multiple replays were abolished in 1990
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I don't think that is correct. I have found multiple sources, that only give 4 replays. For example (from a Darlington site):

Everything was on the up by the time Fourth Division Darlo faced Third Division Hull City at Feethams in the other cup. With the game petering out in the 89th minute to a 1-0 defeat, Darlo's Bobby Baxter fired a speculative lob just over the crossbar. In an act of kindness, we young 'Tin Shed apprentices' leaned over the fence and pushed the ball under the back of the net to the Hull keeper. The referee, on seeing him retrieve the ball, blew for a goal. Kindness rewarded. This set in train a series of replays beginning with the return, a 1-1 draw, at Hull on the following Monday. Further drawn replays at Leeds (1-1) and Doncaster (0-0) on the Tuesday and Thursday of the following week led to a fourth replay on the next Thursday at Ayresome Park and a 3-0 win for Hull. They made seven changes for this game; Darlington made just one change over all five games, which attracted a combined total of 61,138 spectators. The tie lasted from 26 November to 15 December.
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