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Hornets got such a big buzz

Dom Di Paola has claimed the Football Association’s decision to do away with replays in the FA Cup from the first round proper onwards is ‘destroying their own competition’.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
21 April 2024

Hornets got

By Matthew Nash

ON THE BIG STAGE: Horsham walk out alongside Barnsley in front of nearly 2,000 fans at The Camping World Stadium
PICTURE: Alamy

DOM DI PAOLA has claimed the Football Association’s decision to do away with replays in the FA Cup from the first round proper onwards is ‘destroying their own competition’.
The FA announced on Thursday it was scrapping replays as of next season as part of a new six-year agreement between the game’s governing body and the Premier League.
Currently, the FA Cup has no replays from the fifth round onwards but the FA says the move to eliminate them...

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