FA Cup Revamp

[gaelictiogar]

Surely the most obvious way to boost the prominance and importance of the FA Cup would be to just piss the League Cup off? One Cup competition a season would be better.

I personally love the FA cup, and think if something has worked for 130 years changing it will just ruin it, although I agree putting the semi's back to Villa Park or Old Trafford would be a good move

You are correct. The League Cups introduction was one of the first and most important steps in reducing the uniqueness and consequently the appeal of the FA Cup.

 

[Thewlis Dish]

Don't clubs usually split the gate 50/50?

If a struggling lower league club can snatch a draw and get a replay at a Premiership club, they make a fair bit of coin. Why take that away?

The FA Cup is losing it's stigma purely because bigger clubs don't prioritise it anymore. I'm not sure how any of these proposed ideas will change that.

 

[ShearMagic9]

Yeah, all gate receipts are split 50/50 in the FA Cup regardless of where it's played.

 

[Borgsta]

Agree with BB, piss off the league cup. It serves no purpose.

 

[Jessica Watson]

It does for Spurs

 

[RevDog]

It does for Spurs

Now just wait for it...

 

[Dimenhydrinate]

Makes sense that FA Cup winners get a CL spot; at least they the champions of something.

 

[Thewlis Dish]

Makes sense that FA Cup winners get a CL spot; at least they the champions of something.

Are you then going to give a CL spot to the winners of every major cup competition in Europe? Or at least Spain, Italy, Holland, Germany, France and Portugal?

 

[DB10]

most of the time the FA Cup winners are already in the CL anyway.

 

[Dimenhydrinate]

Are you then going to give a CL spot to the winners of every major cup competition in Europe? Or at least Spain, Italy, Holland, Germany, France and Portugal?

Personally, I would give spots in the CL to only league winners and major domestic cup winners (and also to the reigning CL champs).