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DON’T SCRAP CUP REPLAYS!

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The LeaguePaper Team
2 February 2020

Burton chairman Robinson’s plea

By Chris Dunlavy

BURTON Albion chairman Ben Robinson says it would be a “terrible backwards step” for football if the FA heeded calls to scrap FA Cup replays.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp – set to skip Tuesday’s replay against Shrewsbury – and Manchester City chief Pep Guardiola are among a host of top-flight managers demanding an overhaul of the 149-yearold competition.
There are already no replays in the fifth round, but Robi n s o n doesn’t want to see them culled any earlier.
In 2006, Burton were a part-time Con...

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