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Poll: would the FA Cup be better served if it was midweek?
It can often feel like there are more parlour tricks than magic to the FA Cup these days. Would the competition be better served if it went to midweek and didn’t provide such an interruption to the all-consuming Premier League calendar?
It’s been some time since the FA Cup third round felt quite as magic as the media often make out. Indeed, the ennui really goes back to the mid-90s. There are no complex reasons for that: basically, the Premier League and Champions League have become such all-consuming monsters that the FA Cup basically feels like an unwanted interruption. And that will likely be reflected in some of the line-ups today.
By contrast, the Carling Cup – previously so dismissed – appears to have increased in attraction over the past few years. Part of that is undoubtedly the fact that it quietly goes about its own business midweek only for the excitement of the latter stages to gradually accumulate.
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With that in mind, would the FA Cup be better served if it became a midweek competition? Would it be easier for teams to get up for? Would it have a greater sense of occasion?
Poll: would the FA Cup be better served if it was midweek?
It’s been some time since the FA Cup third round felt quite as magic as the media often make out. Indeed, the ennui really goes back to the mid-90s. There are no complex reasons for that: basically, the Premier League and Champions League have become such all-consuming monsters that the FA Cup basically feels like an unwanted interruption. And that will likely be reflected in some of the line-ups today.
By contrast, the Carling Cup – previously so dismissed – appears to have increased in attraction over the past few years. Part of that is undoubtedly the fact that it quietly goes about its own business midweek only for the excitement of the latter stages to gradually accumulate.
With that in mind, would the FA Cup be better served if it became a midweek competition? Would it be easier for teams to get up for? Would it have a greater sense of occasion?
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