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FA Agrees To Drop FA Cup Fifth-Round Replays For Winter Break

Football’s authorities are planning a formal announcement before the end of the season that "there will be a winter break for clubs," after the FA’s agreement to play the entire FA Cup fifth round in midweek, according to Martyn Ziegler of the LONDON TIMES. The FA’s council was updated with the plans at its meeting on Wednesday. It follows an agreement by the FA with the Premier League and the English Football League. A joint announcement is expected within the next four weeks. The two-week break will be introduced for the '19-20 season -- the first year of the new EPL TV contract -- and will be held in late January and early February. It will be "staggered," however, so that not all of the clubs will have the same 13 days off, "in order to keep some matches available for broadcasters on all weekends." The agreement will not affect the Christmas schedule, "which is viewed as an historic part of the English game" (LONDON TIMES, 4/17).

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