FA Cup replays will be scrapped from the first round onwards from next season as part of an agreement with the Premier League, the Football Association announced on Thursday.Teams from the third and fourth tiers of English football enter the FA Cup in the first round, with Premier League and Championship clubs joining from the third round.
The Champions League quarter-finals have drawn to a close with both English clubs suffering a nightmare evening.
FA Cup replays have been scrapped from the first round proper as the Premier League pledged to put forward an additional £33m to grassroots football
Kelle Roos says it shouldn't take the appointment of a new manager to fire Aberdeen up for their Scottish Cup semi-final. The Dons face Celtic at Hampden on Saturday - live on BBC One Scotland at 12:30 BST - and Jimmy Thelin will be watching from afar as the Elfsborg boss prepares to take the Pittodrie reins in June. "For me nothing changes," said goalkeeper Roos.