This petition was submitted during the 2019 to 2024 Parliament
Rejected petition Stop the FA and the Premier League from scrapping FA Cup replays
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The FA Cup has been magical since the first ever inauguration of the tournament. It is what keeps some non league and lower league clubs alive financially and the scrapping of replays destroys this. Some clubs rely on that profit so much, and it’s so unfair that they’re being robbed of it.
This is a very serious matter. Football clubs are an integral part of local communities, and without the magic of the FA Cup, some of them might not survive. Please discuss this in Parliament, because the beautiful game is like the Arkenstone- it unites us all, regardless of who we are.
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
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Decisions about arrangements for football matches and tournaments are a matter for the football authorities, not the UK Government or Parliament.
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