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2006 FA Cup Final brought foward

  • 03-03-2005 11:07pm
    #1
    Brian017
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    The 2006 FA Cup final, the first match scheduled for the new Wembley Stadium, will be played on Saturday May 13, the Football Association says.

    The final will be the last game of the domestic season barring the lower league playoffs, providing a boost for England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, who had asked for ample preparation time for the 2006 World Cup should his side qualify.

    The England team would now have a four-week break between the FA Cup final and the start of the tournament in Germany.

    "The FA believes it is crucial to allow the national team to be given equal preparation time to every other team competing in Germany next summer," the FA said in a statement on its website on Thursday.

    The FA has also moved to help clubs playing in Europe next season by scrapping FA Cup replays in the fifth and sixth rounds for sides still competing in the UEFA Cup, and the sixth round for teams still involved in the Champions League.

    Ties in the relevant rounds involving clubs still in Europe will be settled in the original match using extra time and penalties if required.

    The ruling only applies for next season, the FA added.


Comments

  • #2
    d22ontour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,388 ✭✭✭d22ontour


    Its a disgrace the way the fa are treating the smaller clubs by abandoning replays to help out the top teams and england.A lot of the smaller clubs will lose out fortunes by not getting united/liverpool and so on away in replays.This is only a compromise for shortening the league timetable to benefit england and the top clubs,its like the fa are sticking 2 fingers up at the smaller teams but its not really surprising.


  • #3
    eirebhoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,013 ✭✭✭✭eirebhoy


    I'm glad. Love to see international football being treated a lot more seriously. It is obviously just as much a benefit to us as it is England.


  • #4
    Keano_sli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 242 ✭✭Keano_sli


    Exactly Ireland will benefit from this decision as much as England.


  • #5
    eirebhoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,013 ✭✭✭✭eirebhoy


    How funny would it be if England failed to qualify. I thought Holland booking their hotel for the 2002 WC was bad...


  • #6
    Keano_sli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 242 ✭✭Keano_sli


    Well if they failed to qualify you can be sure they'd drop the plan fairly quick, God forbid they'd help Ireland or France or any other country who have players in the Premiership


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  • #7
    por
    Closed Accounts Posts: 568 ✭✭✭por


    eirebhoy wrote:
    How funny would it be if England failed to qualify. I thought Holland booking their hotel for the 2002 WC was bad...

    Well there is nothing wrong with making contengency plans.....

    Keano_sli wrote:
    Well if they failed to qualify you can be sure they'd drop the plan fairly quick, God forbid they'd help Ireland or France or any other country who have players in the Premiership

    It's not the job of the English FA to look out for the players of other countries, there responsibility is to the England team and the Premier League.

    I think England will qualify and Ireland will benifit from the change.


  • #8
    eirebhoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,013 ✭✭✭✭eirebhoy


    por wrote:
    Well there is nothing wrong with making contengency plans.....
    There is absolutely no way Brian Kerr would even think about planning for the World Cup at this early stage. I wouldn't even call this a contingency plan tbh as nobody would take such drastic measures if they were wary about failing to qualify.


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