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FA Cup replays are SCRAPPED to make way for expanded Champions League but Premier League games won't be played during Cup weekends in major shake-up

FA Cup replays will be scrapped from next season in a major shake-up of the world's oldest knockout competition - but each round will return to being played on a weekend.

The expansion of the Champions League means additional midweek slots are required, so the fifth round - played in midweek for the last five seasons - will return to a weekend.

FA Cup weekends in the fourth and fifth rounds, plus the quarter-finals, will also now be totally free of Premier League matches. This also applies to FA Cup final weekend.