Preston North End director Peter Ridsdale sees the scrapping of FA Cup replays as a ‘sad day for the history of English football’. The FA confirmed, on Thursday, the changes that would come into play for next season’s famous domestic competition. Replays are off the cards from the first round, with all games to be played at the weekend - as part of the new six-year agreement between the FA and Premier League. 'Disappointing, but I suppose it was on the cards,” Ridsdale told BBC Lancashire.
I am sure clubs who dream of drawing a massive Premier League club at home, drawing, going back to their stadium and getting a lot of income, will be bitterly disappointed.' Ridsdale’s main frustration is not financial, more so at the damage done to the FA Cup as a football competition. Lower league clubs will no longer be able to dream of earning a replay at Old Trafford or Anfield though.
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