FA Cup Replays Scrapped From First Round

FA Cup replays will be scrapped from the first round onwards from next season as part of an agreement with the Premier League, the Football Association announced.

The FA had already dropped replays from the fifth round onwards and said the move to ditch them altogether had been agreed "in light of changes to the calendar driven by the expanded Uefa (European) competitions".

From next season the Champions League will feature an extra 64 games, creating increased pressure on the domestic calendar.

The FA said all rounds of the FA Cup would now be played at weekends including the fifth round, which has been played in midweek for the past five seasons.

There will be no Premier League matches on weekends set aside for the fourth and fifth rounds as well as the quarterfinals.