• Fifth-round ties could move to midweek from 2019-20 season
• Exeter manager Paul Tisdale: ‘very sad day’ if replays are scrapped
Lower league club owners and executives are expected to express misgivings about plans to scrap FA Cup replays in order to accommodate a winter break in the Premier League.
It is understood a winter break is a step closer to being agreed after the FA, Premier League and Football League reached a provisional agreement to play the FA Cup fifth round in midweek from the 2019-20 season. The deal would afford top-flight players the first two weeks of February off in the hope it will improve England’s chances in Euro 2020, should they qualify, and major tournaments in the future.
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