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WE are very conscious Emirates FA Cup replays are potentially very lucrative for Non-League clubs.
As from last season, quarter-finals are now decided on the day and if you look at the stats there are very few replays from the fifth round onwards.
People have suggested we’re going to do away with them from the third round. There are very special rounds each season – the first round, with all the Non-League clubs and, of course, the third round.
I don’t think we should tamper with that.
We need to keep the tradition while modernising it to a degree of making sure the financ...

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