LighthouseRG30 All a massive overreaction. Let's be honest unless you get a big club in a replay they are massive loss makers for the majority of clubs and inconvenient for teams, players and fans. Just take our match at Eastleigh this season. We'd have had to push back the Oxford (H) match by a week to fit the replay in.
I also note our last home midweek replay attracted a crowd of 4.5k. Hardly the magic of the cup was it.
It should be noted at the time of this match. Reading were being deducted points for failure to pay tax on time. If they had drawn that match and won the replay they’d have earns an extra £60,000. They’d then have drawn Newport with the winners being drawn at home to Man Utd. Another potential huge windfall missed.
Should also be noted that Eastleigh drew at Newport and had a sell out for their replay earning significant extra revenue.
That's a lot of clutching at straws